{"id":1056,"date":"2026-03-23T14:09:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T21:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendsofcentennialsquare.ca\/?page_id=1056"},"modified":"2026-03-23T14:17:01","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T21:17:01","slug":"victoria-arts-appraisal-2020-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/friendsofcentennialsquare.ca\/?page_id=1056","title":{"rendered":"Victoria Arts Appraisal 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1056\" class=\"elementor elementor-1056\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-547d0d8f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"547d0d8f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d65a3ec e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4d65a3ec\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 THE CITY ART COLLECTION<\/strong><\/h4><p><strong>The City of Victoria once had an arts policy that had an objective to encourage the arts in the city.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>As a result of this policy and as a result of public arts once being required as a part of private developments, the city now has an extensive collection of works of art.<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>In 2020, the city engaged an arts appraiser to review the existing collection to determine the condition of the works and a replacement value at that time.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>There were some 170 items in the collection\u00a0 with an estimated 2020 value of $6.8 million.<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>The works are displayed throughout the city but 39 works were in storage.<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>THE CENTENNIAL FOUNTAIN IS A WORK OF ART AND IS INCLUDED IN THE COLLECTION.<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>In 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