Syria: A Living History, at the Aga Khan Museum, October 15 to February 26.
Countering the current narrative of war, destruction and desperation, curators Filiz Çazir Phillip of the Aga Khan Museum and MIT architecture prof Nasser Rabbat mount a show of artworks and artifacts demonstrating Syria’s long history of cultural diversity, resourcefulness and resilience.
Kjeld and Erica Deichmann: vase
True Nordic: How Scandinavia Influenced Design In Canada, at the Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, October 13 to January 8.
Rachel Gotlieb and Michael Prokopow curate this survey of seven decades of Canadian furniture, ceramics, textiles, metalwork and glassware influenced by the ever-popular modernism of Scandinavia.
Yto Barrada: Faux Guide
Yto Barrada: Faux Guide Latifa Echakhch: Cross Fade Maria Loboda: Some Weep, Some Blow Flutes, at the Power Plant, October 15 to January 2, reception 8-11 pm October 14.
Three international women artists explore time and space: Tangier/NYC-based Barrada constructs a personal museum about the history of Morocco’s Atlas Mountains Morocco-born, Switzerland-based Echakhch’s cement skyscape fills the clerestory in the gallery’s central hallway and Poland-born, Paris/Berlin-based Loboda’s installation looks at different aspects of archaeology.