Vancouver: Like inexpensive art? You had to line up early at the Cheaper Show
“I’ve been here since around 6:30 or 7,” says one young man near the front of the line—he’s referring to 6:30 or 7 a.m. (!!) on a Saturday. He has set up camp with a foldable chair, a blanket, and a book, by the front doors of the W2 Storyeum on June 26.
By around 3:30 p.m., the line for the Cheaper Show has only expanded by about 50 people, all strategizing about how they are going to get the art pieces they want—all works are $200 and it’s first come, first serve. Although each person is the other’s competition, people are friendly, keeping each other entertained for the next two and a half hours.
For about an hour, it seems like the efforts of those who came at the crack of dawn were unnecessary—the queue has only lengthened by about a dozen people. Then, by around 4:30 p.m., what seemed like a sudden influx of people cause the line to wrap around the Storyeum, down Abbott Street to Water Street.
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