The MOCA interior, awaiting the first exhibitions. Photo by Ben Rahn / A-Frame.

MOCA opening in Toronto on September 22

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 —…

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Canadian Canoe Museum

$7.5 million Weston donation propels Canadian Canoe Museum

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…

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Philip Beesley’s ‘Transforming Space’ exhibition coming to Royal Ontario Museum

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…

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GSM Motion, Ligthemotion

Telling Stories

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…

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GSM Motion, Ligthemotion

Telling Stories

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…

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Frida Escobedo

Mexican architect Frida Escobedo set to design 2018 Serpentine Pavilion

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…

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MOCA, architectsAlliance, Castlepoint Numa

MOCA to pull back the curtain on new home in May

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…

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Canadian Museum of History. Photo credit: Gordon King

New lighting program illuminates Canadian Museum of History

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.…

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