“Queering Family Photography” Exhibition – Until May 26, 2018 (Toronto)

posted Sunday, April 22, 2018

by: Bryen Dunn in Activism, Art, Art Gallery, Events, Featured Events, Gallery, Lesbian, Photography, Queer, Toronto, Trans

The Family Camera Network (FamCam) and the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives (CLGA) present, Queering Family Photography, an original exhibition that explores how family photographs reflect, shape, and expand queer forms of affective connection and kinship. On display until Saturday, May 26, 2018 at the Stephen Bulger Gallery 1356 Dundas St W, Toronto, the exhibition is a featured exhibition […]

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Book Launch and Signing with General Idea’s AA Bronson – March 28, 2018 (Toronto)

posted Tuesday, March 27, 2018

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

    Join Art Metropole at the Gladstone Hotel for the Toronto launch of ZIGGURAT: GENERAL IDEA 1968-1994, with artist AA Bronson.This monographic catalogue, published to coincide with the recent exhibition at Mitchell Innes & Nash, illustrates the pervasion of the signature ‘ziggurat’ form in General Idea’s body of work and contributes to the long lineage of artists’ books in […]

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AGO’s “Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors” – new block of tickets available March 27, 2018 (Toronto)

posted Monday, March 26, 2018

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

Organized by the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, this is the first institutional survey exhibition to explore the evolution of the celebrated Japanese artist’s immersive Infinity Mirror Rooms. The exhibition continues until May 27, 2018 at the Art Gallery of Ontario, and will be the only Canadian stop after drawing large crowds in Washington, Seattle, and Los Angeles […]

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Buddies in Bad Times Theatre – A Legacy of Queer Celebrations

posted Friday, March 23, 2018

by: SK Dyment in Activism, Art, Art Gallery, Bar/Club, Charity, Comedy, Disability, Drag, Events, Fashion, Film, Gallery, Music, Queer, Theatre, Toronto

I remember several years back, going to Buddies in Bad Times Theatre when it was at the first location, in a converted auto detailer with a pink leopard spots paint job, and you walked south from Queen St. past Britain and Bootlegger Lane. The original Buddies is an auto detailer again, which goes to show, […]

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“Yoko Ono: The Riverbed” exhibition at the Gardiner Museum- Until June 3, 2018 (Toronto)

posted Tuesday, March 20, 2018

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

The Gardiner Museum is pleased to present a three-part installation by Yoko Ono entitled THE RIVERBED. Yoko Ono is a forerunner of Conceptual art who frequently involves collaboration, audience participation, and social activism in her artwork. YOKO ONO: THE RIVERBED invites visitors to collaborate with the artist, the museum, and each other, participating in the artwork through […]

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“Around The World in 30 Days” art fundraiser for annual 10 X 10 Exhibition

posted Tuesday, March 13, 2018

by: Bryen Dunn in Art, Art Gallery, Charity, Events, Featured Events, Queer, Toronto

  Now in its third year, AROUND THE WORLD IN 30 DAYS aims to raise funds to publish the  annual 10X10 Photography Project book. This 10X10 fundraiser and annual event is curated by James Fowler, who’s practice as a visual artist is complimented by his curatorial pursuits and his community involvement with Toronto’s LGBTQ communities. Seeing a […]

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Workman Arts “Being Scene” – March 1 to 25, 2018 (Toronto)

posted Wednesday, February 28, 2018

by: Bryen Dunn in Activism, Art, Art Gallery, Charity, Events, Featured Events, Gallery, Lesbian, Music, Photography, Queer, Toronto, Trans

Celebrate Workman Arts 17th Annual Being Scene Exhibition from March 1-25 at the Gladstone Hotel 2nd Floor Galleries. BEING SCENE 2018 annual juried art exhibition features upwards of 130 artworks produced by artists navigating issues of mental health. The annual submission call attracts artists working in painting, photo-art, text-based art, media-art, 3-dimesional work and other contemporary […]

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“The Artist Project” exhibition, February 22 to 25, 2018 (Toronto)

posted Tuesday, February 20, 2018

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

Artists from a variety of disciplines will come together February 22nd to 25th, 2018 to showcase their work at the 11th installment of The Artist Project – a contemporary art fair hosted in Toronto at the Better Living Centre. This year’s event will take collectors and curators, gallerists and designers #BehindTheArt for an intimate shoppable […]

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“Nuit Rose” – Call for Submissions and “Drag in a Bag” Fundraiser

posted Monday, February 12, 2018

by: Bryen Dunn in Activism, Art, Art Gallery, Bar/Club, Comedy, Dance, Drag, Events, Fashion, Featured Events, Film, Gallery, Music, Outdoors, Pride, Queer, Theatre, Toronto

NUIT ROSE celebrates its fifth year of LGBTQ Art and Performance during Toronto’s Pride Month, on Saturday June 16, 2018. There’s also a special fundraiser event happening on February 17th if you can’t wait until June. To date, Nuit Rose has presented 250+ artists and projects from Canada, the US, Mexico, Jamaica, Italy and Spain. Nuit Rose offers […]

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“Long Winter” brings art, music and more to Gladstone Hotel – January 5, 2018

posted Friday, January 5, 2018

by: Bryen Dunn in Activism, Art, Art Gallery, Bar/Club, Dance, Events, Featured Events, Gallery, Music, Queer, Toronto

MUSIC FROM PEOPLE CITY TORONTO’S MUSICAL  UNDERGROUNDS This all-ages, pay-what-you-can concert and exhibition includes a multi-room visual tour of select moments in Toronto’s alt-music history: subcultures, milieu, and happenings from 1970s to the present. Revisit our city’s DIY past alongside its most exciting emerging scenes. This project is a part of Myseum Presents: Music from People City, a city-wide celebration […]

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