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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Joy. Sorrow. Anger. Love. PRIDE: A Celebration of Toronto Pride, 1970s to Present – visual exhibition on display June 1 to July 22, 2023

posted Tuesday, May 30, 2023

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

Joy. Sorrow. Anger. Love. PRIDE: A Celebration of Toronto Pride, 1970s – Present is a print publication and visual art exhibition taking place at Collision Gallery (30 Wellington St W) in Toronto. This free exhibition will be on display from June 1 to July 22, 2023, with the publication available for purchase in person or […]

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Healing Through Art Therapy focused toward racialized and LGBTQ+ communities – May 17/18, 2023 (Toronto)

posted Monday, May 15, 2023

by: Bryen Dunn in Art, Queer, Toronto

Join Certified Art Therapist Phuong Nguyen for two sessions of Healing Through Art Therapy workshops inspired by Kapwani Kiwanga’s exhibition Remediation. In these workshops, participants will use materials found in the natural world and investigate their relationships with the land around us while exploring themes of strength, restoration and solidarity. This group workshop will serve […]

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Divina Dali exhibition has over 100 authentic works of art featuring Salvador Dalí’s vision of Italian poet Dante – on display until June 30, 2023 (Toronto)

posted Friday, May 5, 2023

by: Bryen Dunn in Art, Toronto

Divina Dalí is an exhibition of two formidable talents coming together to tell the story of humanity. It showcases a transcending experience into Salvador Dalí’s vision of prolific Italian Poet, Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy spilled into over 100 authentic works of art. Torontonians are welcomed into the rhythm of the famed works by one of […]

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