MOCA Toronto presents Greater Toronto Art 2024 – A Triennial Exhibition Celebrating Artistic Vibrancy – March 22 to July 28 2024

posted Wednesday, March 20, 2024

by: Bryen Dunn in Art, Art Gallery, Toronto

On March 22, 2024, the Museum of Contemporary Art Toronto (MOCA) launches Greater Toronto Art 2024 (GTA24), the second edition of the museum’s highly-acclaimed triennial exhibition. Presenting a constellation of 25 artists, duos, and collectives, GTA24 is a project that challenges the notion of individualism and focuses instead on the interconnectedness of individuals within a […]

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Casa Susanna photographs from America’s first trans network on display at the AGO until April 14, 2024

posted Wednesday, January 3, 2024

by: Bryen Dunn in Activism, Art, Art Gallery, Toronto, Trans

Casa Susanna is an exhibition of snapshots taken by members of the earliest known American crossdressing network, which operated in upstate New York from the mid-1950s through the end of the 1960s  Now on display at the AGO in Toronto, it’s the first standalone exhibition that showcases more than 350 candid and often playful snapshots, […]

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Arcadia Earth Toronto’s art exhibit and reality experience inspires guests to take action towards a greener future

posted Friday, December 1, 2023

by: Bryen Dunn in Activism, Art, Featured Events, Toronto

Arcadia Earth Toronto is located in the city’s newest mixed-use community complex, The Well. The next generation art exhibit and extended reality experience aims to inspire guests to take action towards a greener future.  The 17,000 square-foot multi-sensory experience reimagines the way people address planet Earth’s most pressing environmental challenges. In a stunning 10-room adventure, […]

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Keith Haring: Art Is for Everybody – AGO exhibition features hundreds of artworks and archival materials – on until March 14, 2024

posted Wednesday, November 15, 2023

by: Bryen Dunn in Art, Art Gallery, Celebrity, Queer, Toronto

Pop culture icon Keith Haring’s bold images of barking dogs, dancing figures, and radiant babies are synonymous with New York in the 1980, and remain as relevant today as then. The Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) is currently presenting brightly bold and beautiful exhibiton, Keith Haring: Art Is for Everybody. It goes far beyond the […]

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Art Toronto is for the curious and the connoisseurs – Oct 26 to 29, 2023

posted Tuesday, October 24, 2023

by: Bryen Dunn in Art, Featured Events, Toronto

Art Toronto returns for its 24th edition from October 26–29th, 2023 featuring 110 galleries from Canada, the USA, and abroad including 17 new first-time exhibitors like Andrew Rafacz (Chicago), Bonny Poon /Conditions (Toronto), Nil Gallery (Paris), as well as some returning heavy hitters like Catriona Jeffries (Vancouver),, Cooper Cole (TO), Daniel Faria Gallery (TO), Fazakas […]

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The imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival offers both in person and online options – Oct 17 to 29, 2023 (Toronto)

posted Tuesday, October 17, 2023

by: Bryen Dunn in Activism, Art, Film, Streaming Online, Toronto

The imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival (imagineNATIVE) runs from October 17-22, 2023 in person in Toronto, and October 23-29, 2023 streaming online. The Festival showcases 14 feature films, 70 short films across 11 short film programs, 21 digital and interactive works, and 17 audio works.  Each work presented at the festival is led by an […]

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AGO fall programming includes Halloween events, film screenings, Art Bash fundraiser, and a Keith Haring-inspired art party

posted Wednesday, September 6, 2023

by: Bryen Dunn in Art, Art Gallery, Music, Queer, Toronto

AGO Friday Nights return this fall with a line up of exciting talks, performances, screenings and art parties, celebrating new exhibitions, great art and artists. AGO Friday Night programming is free with General Admission, and is always free for Indigenous Peoples, AGO Members, Annual Pass holders and visitors aged 25 and under. 2023 FALL PUBLIC […]

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Illuminarium – Tech-Driven Entertainment Experience opens at Toronto’s Distillery District

posted Thursday, August 24, 2023

by: Bryen Dunn in Art, Featured Events, Toronto

Illuminarium, in partnership with Toronto-based Secret Location, opens its first Canadian location in Toronto’s Distillery District on August 25, 2023. A breakthrough global experiential entertainment company created by worldwide leaders in cinematic and interactive content, architecture, and theatrical design, Illuminarium takes place in the former Fermenting Cellar, an expansive 13,500 square-foot complex at 28 Distillery Lane. It will […]

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Through the Eyes of Boricuas – Puerto Rican art exhibition tells queer stories from the island’s past, present and future – June 23, 2023 (Toronto)

posted Thursday, June 22, 2023

by: Bryen Dunn in Art, Featured Events, Photography, Queer, Toronto

Known as the LGBTQ+ capital of the Caribbean, Puerto Rico invites travellers from all backgrounds and identities to join in the Boricua spirit. Come and live a Pride experience like no other, at an event where strangers are not strangers for long. Partnering with Discover Puerto Rico, Condé Nast x Vogue brings the immersive Pride […]

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YOUphoria: A Pride Showcase Juried Exhibition – June 21 to July 9, 2023 (Toronto)

posted Sunday, June 18, 2023

by: Bryen Dunn in Art, Pride, Queer, Toronto

YOUphoria is an exhibition for Queer/anyone who identifies as 2SLGBTQIA+ artists to have a space to showcase artwork about finding joy while living on the margins of society. When so often we have been called ugly or unloveable, dirty or distinctly wrong, YOUphoria will shift that narrative to being one of beauty, joy, and love. So, we ask […]

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