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  • Chippewar’s massive installation reflects on Indigenous genocide in Canada

    BUILT ON GENOCIDE Ontario Square at Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens Quay West. To October 24. Free. luminatofestival.com This Thanksgiving weekend, consider pairing your turkey dinner...
    Built On Genocide confronts the history of how Canada starved the Indigenous people off their land
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  • Spaced turns Ossington into a walkable outdoor art gallery

    SPACED: THE STREET AS A GALLERY on Ossington, from Dundas West to Queen West. To September 24. bandedpurple.co The pandemic has inspired many Torontonians to...
    Jorian Charlton
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  • 10 Toronto visual artists to watch in 2021

    Samuel Engelking Major and independent galleries are finally reopening after months of rolling lockdowns and indefinite delays. For Toronto artists that rely on gallery shows,...
    Natalie King's mural Bursting With Love is on display at Harbourfront Centre through September 12.
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  • AGO to reopen on July 21 with Andy Warhol exhibition

    The Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) is planning to reopen later this month when the province enters step 3 of the reopening plan. Major museums...
    A mat indicating 20 visitors are allowed in an The Art Gallery of Ontario room.
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  • Torontonians capture life during lockdown for AGO portrait series

    Courtesy of the Artist / AGO In March, the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) put a call out asking people to submit art to commemorate...
    Neighbours - Heather, Nyiah, Isaya, Koa Béo & Mischa, a photo by Rick McGinnis from June 2020.
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  • 14 must-see shows at Contact Photography Festival 2021

    Contact Photography Festival is celebrating 25 years of taking over Toronto billboards, building facades and galleries with photo- and image-based art. Since galleries remain closed...
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  • Why some Toronto artists are getting into the crypto market of NFTs

    Did you hear about the $208,000 USD LeBron James dunk? What about the digital art piece that sold for $69 million? How about the fact...
    An image from Toronto artist Trudy Elmore's Super TRUper NFT series
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  • The new AGO department devoted to global African art aims to combat tokenism

    Samuel Engelking Major art institutions across North America are often called out for shallow displays when it comes marginalized artists. The Art Gallery of Ontario...
    A photo of Julie Crooks, curator of the department of Global Africa and the Diaspora at the AGO
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