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Interpreting design objects as a powerful language through which social reality is affirmed, ‘But I Don’t Want Comfort’ abandons the focus on utility and function and uses form and sound to explore the spaces between efficiency, excess, history, and future.

But I Don’t Want Comfort

Exhibition

But I Don’t Want Comfort

Jan 21

'Walking Backwards' is the result of a collaboration between Toronto-based Coolican & Company and Seattle brand Fin. Inspired by principles of improv theatre, the companies have generated a series of objects through the process of "improvised design."

Walking Backwards

Exhibition

Walking Backwards

Jan 21

Exploring the importance of in-person social interaction and the innate urge to connect with nature in a digital age, 'Biophilia' is a display of traditional hand cut paper artwork by Nathalie Kraemer.

Exhibition

Mar 02

A group of twenty-one international designers experiment with unusual approaches to craft.

Slanted/Enchanted

Exhibition

Slanted/Enchanted

Jan 21

Susan Campbell’s exhibition, 'Enclosure + Exclusion: A Visual Treatise', considers how urban environments are manipulated and shaped. Campbell’s process of apprehending inscriptions and boundary marks found on-site explores societal patterns of impermanence and exclusion.

Enclosure + Exclusion: A Visual Treatise

Exhibition

Enclosure + Exclusion: A Visual Treatise

Jul 13

'Soft Shield: Allegorical Spaces' is an exhibition of architectural provocations by Svima that explore spaces in relation to the mind, body, and environment, including large-scale digital visualizations, hand drawings, and a three-dimensional installation.

Soft Shield: Allegorical Spaces by Svima

Exhibition

Soft Shield: Allegorical Spaces by Svima

Jan 20

'Unearthing Chinatown' is a search for time past and futures remembered. This exhibition unearths the layers of Toronto's downtown Chinatowns. Visitors are invited to join in the exploration of Chinatown's pasts, presents, and futures, unearthing memories lost and found.

Unearthing Chinatown: Memories Lost and Found

Exhibition

Unearthing Chinatown: Memories Lost and Found

Jan 29

Beauchamp Art Gallery presents 'Colour Pop: What’s New and Now in Canadian Pop Art'. The exhibition features works by prolific contemporary French-Canadian artists in many mediums, including collage, acrylic, papier machée, 3D op-art, interactive digital works, and more.

Exhibition

Jan 21

A collection of stories about how people have been experiencing parks before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, and looking towards how those relationships might have shifted. Share someone’s story, reflect, and share your own.

What If Parks Were Safe For Everyone?

Exhibition

What If Parks Were Safe For Everyone?

Jun 27

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This installation by Mason Studio explores human connection through shared memory and sensory experience. Using commonly found materials, the installation transports you to another place to experience a sense of calm and reverence for forces larger than ourselves.

Full Moon Reflected On The Ocean At 01:34

Exhibition

Full Moon Reflected On The Ocean At 01:34

Jan 27

'Ripened Off the Vine' is an exhibition of large scale paper collages by Toronto-based artist David Woodward that reflect a composite visual world of anachronistic figures, spaces and iconography, exploring themes of duality, interconnectedness and metamorphosis.

Ripened Off the Vine

Exhibition

Ripened Off the Vine

Mar 24

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BAND Gallery presents 'Phase 1', a collection of wooden furniture designed and made by Daej Hamilton, a Black female woodworker. This collection is intentionally designed to remind us of the sentimental value of sustainable furniture made to last.

Phase 1: Daej Designs

Exhibition

Phase 1: Daej Designs

Jan 21

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