Metro Vancouver galleries and museums are the only arts establishments allowed to host patrons in-person during the current COVID-19 restrictions laid down by provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry. So get those masks on and get out for some socially spaced art-appreciation, people!

BILL REID GALLERY OF NORTHWEST COAST ART 639 Hornby St., billreidgallery.ca.

Bill Reid: To Speak With a Golden Voice (exhibition traces the iconic Haida artist’s lasting influence on Indigenous art and culture through an exploration of his voice, process, lineage, and legacy) to April 11.

Resurgence: Indigiqueer Identities (exhibition curated by Jordana Luggi celebrates the work of four emerging artists and their unique identities and stories as queer Indigenous people) to January 24.

Bill Reid: Creative Journeys (celebrating the many creative journeys of acclaimed master goldsmith and sculptor Bill Reid (1920–1998), this exhibition provides a comprehensive introduction to his life and work) permanent exhibition

BURNABY ART GALLERY 6344 Deer Lake Ave., Burnaby, burnaby.ca.

Reading Art (exhibition explores text-based and literary works of art on paper, featuring conceptual works from the 1970s, works of political protest, and illustrations of classic literary works such as Dante’s Divine Comedy, Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights, and Marcel Proust’s Swann in Love) to January 17.

CONTEMPORARY ART GALLERY 555 Nelson St., contemporaryartgallery.ca.

Memorial for the Lost Pages (moving and still images by late Pakistani artist Madiha Aijaz) to January 3.

EQUINOX GALLERY 3642 Commercial, equinoxgallery.com.

Natural Disorder (exhibition of new paintings and sculptural works by Bobbie Burgers) to December 19.

MUSEUM OF ANTHROPOLOGY AT UBC 6393 N.W. Marine Dr., moa.ubc.ca.

Shame and Prejudice: A Story of Resilience (Cree artist Kent Monkman critiques Canada’s colonial history and reenvisions it through Indigenous eyes) to January 3.

In a Different Light (exhibition presents more than 110 historical Indigenous artworks and marks the return of many important works to British Columbia) to spring 2021.

Shake Up: Preserving What We Value (exhibition explores the convergence of earthquake science and technology with the rich Indigenous knowledge and oral history of the living cultures represented in MOA’s Northwest Coast collection) to spring 2022

MUSEUM OF VANCOUVER 1100 Chestnut St., museumofvancouver.ca.

A Seat at the Table (exhibition explores historical and contemporary stories of Chinese Canadians in B.C. and their struggles for belonging) to Dec 31, 2021.

Haida Now: A Visual Feast of Innovation and Tradition (exhibit guest-curated by Kwiaahwah Jones features more than 450 works by carvers, weavers, photographers and print makers, collected as early as the 1890s) to winter 2020. Acts of Resistance (artwork of seven Indigenous artist-activists from the Pacific Northwest) to winter 2020.

c̓əc̓əwitəl̕ |  helping each other  |  ch’áwatway (exhibition explores themes of resilience, memory and identity, through reconnection with ancestral knowledge and lands) to December 9.

POLYGON GALLERY 101 Carrie Cates Ct., North Vancouver, thepolygon.ca.

Becoming the Past of Another Time (text work by Raymond Boisjoly reflects on how to speak to this unprecedented time of change, and the experience of everything being different and in flux) ongoing.

Mesh (photography exhibition featuring the work of Izabella Provan and Gregory Kaplowitz creates a dialogue between image and form, representation and abstraction, colour, and its absence) to January 10.

Everything Leaks (experimental collaboration by artists Marisa Kriangwiwat Holmes and Maya Beaudry uses collage, stickers, watercolour, and other mediums to respond to our era of visual information overload) December 11 to February 7.

RICHMOND ART GALLERY 7700 Minoru Gate, Richmond, richmongartgallery.org.

pseudo-here (Vancouver-based artist Scott Billings draws from a seemingly fathomless pool of mathematics, physics, art, and popular culture to fake and make meticulously constructed objects embedded with intriguing histories and questionable truths.) December 11 to January 16.

SURREY ART GALLERY 13450 104th Ave., Surrey, surrey.ca.

Carol Sawyer: Proscenium (in Carol Sawyer’s video installation, a seemingly ordinary vaudeville stage becomes the site for an exploration of illusion and performance) to February 14.

Passages (whimsical ceramic works by Ying-Yueh Chuang and the late Don Hutchinson) to January 3.

Where We Have Been (exhibition explores the interconnection between place and identity in the South of Fraser region, through selections from the Surrey Art Gallery’s permanent collection) to December 13.

Searching For Surrey (James Lash, Sheri Lynn Seitz, and Dan Tell present their vision of many sites throughout Surrey and its surrounding region) to December 13.

VANCOUVER ART GALLERY 750 Hornby, vanartgallery.bc.ca.

Modern in the Making: Post-War Craft and Design in British Columbia (exhibition examines the furniture, ceramics, textiles, fashion, and jewellery that defined West Coast modern living in the mid-20th century) to January 3.

Victor Vasarely (exhibition of Vasarely’s paintings, sculptures, tapestries, and multiples from the 1960s and ’70s) to April 5.

Op Art in Vancouver (Op Art exhibition features works by Vancouver artists Joan Balzar, Brian Fisher, Michael Morris, Bodo Pfeifer, Gordon Smith, and Takao Tanabe) to April 21.

Rapture, Rhythm and the Tree of Life: Emily Carr and Her Female Contemporaries (exhibition focuses on artwork from the first half of the 20th century by women artists based in B.C.) to December 13.

Uncommon Language (exhibition responds to the Eurocentric promise—and presumption—of a single overarching artistic language, through the presentation of artworks that evoke, embrace, complicate and counter the idea of a common vernacular) to April 5.

VANCOUVER MARITIME MUSEUM 1905 Ogden Ave., vanmaritime.com.

A Lens on Vancouver's Past: Walter Frost's Holland-America Line (select photographs of Holland-America Line ships) to February 21.

Mooring Lines (new exhibition of harbour sketches by Bill Rhone) to February 28.

WEST VANCOUVER ART MUSEUM 680 17th St., West Van, westvancouverartmuseum.ca.

The Eyes Have Walls (small paintings and ceramic works by Vancouver-based Nicole Ondre and Mina Totino) to December 12.