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Catch art among the books at these Burnaby Public Library exhibitions

Art lovers, be sure to check out a pair of new exhibitions at Burnaby Public Library branches. The Burnaby Art Gallery is continuing its off-site exhibitions at the Metrotown and McGill branches. At Metrotown (6100 Willingdon Ave.
Marianna Schmidt
Work by Marianna Schmidt is on display in Repatriated Works, a Burnaby Art Gallery off-site exhibition at the McGill branch of Burnaby Public Library.

Art lovers, be sure to check out a pair of new exhibitions at Burnaby Public Library branches.

The Burnaby Art Gallery is continuing its off-site exhibitions at the Metrotown and McGill branches.

At Metrotown (6100 Willingdon Ave.), you can explore Behind Closed Eyes, featuring work by Angela Nagy. The exhibition includes 14 digitally collaged photographs by Nagy, a recent Canadian immigrant, taken while she was still living in her native Hungary. It runs from Monday, Aug. 12 to Sunday, Oct. 20.

At the McGill branch (4595 Albert St.), you can check out Repatriated Works, by Marianna Schmidt. The exhibition features full-sheet mixed-media drawings recently transferred to the City of Burnaby’s permanent art collection from a public Belgian collection.

Schmidt, Hungarian by birth, lived and worked in Vancouver from the mid-1950s until her death in 2005. Her work is included in several public collections including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the National Gallery of Canada, the Seattle Art Museum and the Vancouver Art Gallery.

The exhibition runs from Tuesday, Aug. 13 to Monday, Oct. 21.

See www.burnabyartgallery.ca for more, or drop in to the libraries at any time during opening hours to see the exhibitions.