Her Flesh builds on a question once posed by Canadian artist Mary Pratt, “If women are the muse for men … what is the muse for women?" Consider that centuries ago, a woman's singular role in art was limited to that of a muse.

To Zun Lee, Toronto artist, educator and What Matters Most: Photographs of Black Life co-curator, an instant photograph does not simply freeze a moment in time. It is intimate, meaningful and extends past its fact as an object.

Since its installation, renowned contemporary artist Brian Jungen’s massive public artwork – Couch Monster: Sadzěʔ yaaghęhch’ill – has dramatically changed the corner of Dundas and McCaul Streets. Every day, the impressive four-metre-tall bronze elephant sculpture becomes an object of interest and reflection for hundreds of passersby. 

What can be envisioned when looking toward the future?

On Friday, October 21, celebrated experimental transgender artist Cassils will appear live in the AGO's Jackman Hall for an in-person conversation with AGO Assistant Curator, Canadian Art, Renata Azevedo Moreira. Beyond the identity-informed aspect of their practice, CASSILS will talk about their new formal experiments and innovations in the field of dance, body art, and performance art. Below, check out our Q&A with Cassils from July of this year. 

On October 8, the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) unveiled a brand-new major exhibition conceived by acclaimed Cree artist Kent Monkman.

It's 10,353 kilometres from Manaus, a Brazilian city of more than two million in the midst of the Amazon rainforest, to the North Pole, and yet, thanks to a new exhibition at The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery , the space between them is narrowing. 

A new exhibition by contemporary artist Jagdeep Raina exploring the Green Revolution in Punjab is on view now at Cooper Cole Gallery. Beautiful Zameen – meaning beautiful land – spans two Cooper Cole locations in Toronto, and consists of Raina’s signature drawings and embroidery.

Opening earlier this October, visitors got a glimpse into a rarely-seen storage chamber at Exhibition Place underneath the Gardiner Expressway next to The Bentway in Toronto.

An installation of contemporary works from the AGO Collection (on Level 4, gallery 405) explores the concept of landscape by highlighting the various forms it takes in painting and sculpture. Adelina Vlas, former AGO Associate Curator, Contemporary Art,  has displayed the works of artists Silke Otto-Knapp, Paterson Ewen, Luis Jacob and Shirley Wiitasalo in associative conversations with each other, juxtaposing the nuances of natural, man-made and imagined landscapes.