The Museum of Contemporary Art Toronto Canada (MOCA) is in a defining phase of its evolution, as it moves into a landmark heritage building and further advances 20 years of exhibiting, collecting and nurturing innovative contemporary art and cultural practices. On September 22, 2018, MOCA will move into a 55,000 square foot purpose-designed home —…
The W. Garfield Weston Foundation is investing $7.5 million in The Canadian Canoe Museum, helping construct a new facility at the water’s edge, building on its more than 20-year-long legacy of leadership with the organization. This lead private gift will support capital costs and educational program development for the new museum, to be built alongside…
Opening in June, a new and original installation from Canadian artist and visionary architect Philip Beesley will be on display at the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM). Philip Beesley: Transforming Space integrates architecture, science, engineering, and visual arts to create a luminous and interactive sculptural landscape. In addition to large-scale installations, Beesley is also known for…
Canada150, the sesquicentennial celebration of Canadian Confederation officially ended midnight December 31, 2017. It had not been the blowout party of 1967. Charlotte Gray’s Globe and Mail opinion piece was even titled “Canada 150, Doomed from the Start, Now Ends with a Whimper.” In part, she concludes that the centennial celebration was primarily boosterism for a country still ill-defined and distorted by a narrow narrative. 50 years later, Canada’s story is both more self-assured but also fluid, marked by triumphs but also dark currents that often remain…
Canada150, the sesquicentennial celebration of Canadian Confederation officially ended midnight December 31, 2017. It had not been the blowout party of 1967. Charlotte Gray’s Globe and Mail opinion piece was even titled “Canada 150, Doomed from the Start, Now Ends with a Whimper.” In part, she concludes that the centennial celebration was primarily boosterism for a country still ill-defined and distorted by a narrow narrative. 50 years later, Canada’s story is both more self-assured but also fluid, marked by triumphs but also dark currents that often remain…
Collector and philanthropist Sonja Bata, whose collection of global footwear treasures formed the basis of the Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto, has died.
The museum's acting director Sheila Knox says Bata passed away Tuesday evening at Toronto Western Hospital, surrounded by friends and family. She was 91.
Bata began collecting footwear in the 1940s, and her fascination…
Architect Frida Escobedo, celebrated for dynamic projects that reactivate urban space, has been commissioned to design the Serpentine Pavilion 2018. Harnessing a subtle interplay of light, water and geometry, the Mexican architect’, atmospheric courtyard-based design draws on both the domestic architecture of Mexico and British materials and history, specifically the Prime Meridian line at London’s…
Ending nearly three years of anticipation, the Museum of Contemporary Art Toronto Canada (MOCA) will be re-opening at its new home in Toronto's Lower Junction on May 26. After leaving its former home on Queen Street West, the museum will return to Toronto's west end at its new home in the historic Automotive Building on…
In 2013, the Canadian Museum of History mandated GSM Project to rethink Douglas Cardinal's iconic Canada Hall. The objective to showcase the content and update the space to modern accessibility standards, but also to create an installation that would offer visitors a fluid path through the space while ensuring a new standard of universal accessibility.…
The Canadian Canoe Museum will partner with design firm GSM Project to create one-of-a kind visitor experiences at the museum's new building beside the Peterborough Lift Lock on the Trent-Severn Waterway.
GSM Project will work with the organization to ensure that the world's largest collection of canoes, kayaks and paddled watercraft is not only exhibited, but…