Embodied Conversations

Lorraine O’Grady, Art is…(Framing Cop), 1983/2009 Lillian and Billy Mauer Collection. ©2026 Lorraine O’Grady / Visual Arts–Droits d’auteur Arts visuels (COVA-DAAV).

Embodied Conversations

Griffin Art Projects, North Vancouver, BC - To May 10

by Michael Turner

The latest private collection to be showcased at the Griffin belongs to Montreal’s Lillian and Billy Mauer. It features over 40 works in painting, sculpture and photography by artists such as Carrie May Weems, Lorraine O’Grady, John Baldessari, Rosemarie Trockel, Doug Aitken, Tatiana Trouvé, Huma Bhabha, Frank Bowling, Betty Goodwin and Annette Messager. Though much of the Mauer Collection is focused on political and socially engaged content, Montreal-based curator Lesley Johnstone has selected works that represent the breadth of the collection. griffinartprojects.ca