VANCOUVER, BC.-Every fourth Friday, Vancouver’s leading visual arts destination akes on an entirely new light - at night. FUSE, presented by RBC, an evening of art, music and live performance, debuted to 1,200 people on July 22 and promises to be even bigger on Friday, August 26.

The Gallery’s summer exhibitions celebrate the human form with major works by sculptor Auguste Rodin and contemporary works by Theodore Wan, Wang Du, Franz West and fourteen young British artists. The August 26 FUSE will continue the physical theme as local DJ sipreano sets the beat with original music from 6 to 10:30 p.m. At 7 p.m., Vancouver fiction/screenplay writer and provocateur Michael Turner will journey through the sticky, political, gendered, sexual world of the human body in “Sex with Michael Turner.” Beginning at 7:30, spot contemporary choreographer/dance artist Kathryn Ricketts in performances throughout the Gallery as she moves her body “Out of Paint into Space.” Described by Canadian Art magazine as a “rising Vancouver star,” Naufus Ramirez Figueroa, one of the city’s most provocative, original performance artists, will present new work in the Gallery’s third floor Rotunda at 9:30pm.

FUSE admission is $10 per person, $5 off the regular adult ticket price, and includes access to the entire Gallery, music and performance art from 6 to 11 pm, with food and drinks available in The Gallery Café and patio. Members of the Vancouver Art Gallery receive free FUSE admission.