Fairmont Pacific Rim and Equinox Gallery Present ‘Sampling’
The exhibition is an exploration of recontextualized visual culture
Fairmont Pacific Rim in continued partnership with Equinox Gallery, is proud to announce the opening of Sampling, a compelling group exhibition of mixed-media works. The exhibition explores the artistic impulse to juxtapose, contradict, and reassemble imagery in an age of digital saturation.
Running through May 1, 2026 in The Pacific Gallery on the hotel’s 2nd floor, Sampling features a distinguished roster of artists, including Bobbie Burgers, Angela Grossmann, Jack Kenna, Sigmar Polke, Gordon Smith, Renée Van Halm, and Elizabeth Zvonar.
In an era defined by an endless stream of digital media, the artists in Sampling treat the world of existing imagery as a vast archive. By “sampling” fragments of visual culture to construct new narratives, the artists disrupt linear meanings and create complex, often surreal, visual relationships. The exhibition invites viewers to consider how meaning shifts when a familiar image is stripped of its initial context and placed into a newly forged narrative.
“We are thrilled to transform The Pacific Gallery into a space of reflection on how we collectively process and repurpose the imagery that surrounds us daily,” Jens Moesker, Regional Vice President and General Manager, Fairmont Pacific Rim. “Through this collaboration with Equinox Gallery, we continue our commitment to bringing world-class contemporary art into the heart of the hotel, offering our guests and the Vancouver community a chance to engage with local and international art.”
The works on display range from painting and collage to digital intervention, highlighting techniques where fragments of the past are folded into the present to be altered, disrupted, and ultimately renewed.
Sampling is now on view at The Pacific Gallery. For more information, please visit https://www.
About Fairmont Pacific Rim
Fairmont Pacific Rim – Vancouver’s definitive luxury hotel – was rated the World’s Best Business Hotel by Condé Nast Traveler readers and awarded the coveted Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star and AAA Five Diamond Ratings. This ultramodern downtown hotel offers unobstructed mountain and harbour views, combining the best of the Pacific Rim in its architecture and décor. The hotel features three award-winning dining destinations, the resort-style Forbes Five-Star Fairmont Spa, a rooftop and pool sundeck, exceptionally designed guestrooms, and a variety of the city’s most luxurious suites.
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About Equinox Gallery
For 50 years, Equinox Gallery has been committed to presenting the work of Canadian artists in the context of an international program. The gallery specializes in long-term representation of Canadian artists as well as secondary market sales. In addition to exhibitions highlighting the work of represented artists, Equinox also undertakes larger collaborative projects which help to contextualize local artistic practices within an international conversation in a tangible and substantial manner, maintaining the gallery’s place in the ongoing conversations relating to contemporary art. The gallery places many works in public and private museums, and works closely with private clients in developing their esteemed collections.