Angell Gallery: How Dark Does It Get When The Lights Go Out? / Group Show till September 12, 2020, 1444 Dupont St., Unit 15,
by appointment only, info@angellgallery.com or 416 530 0444
Erika DIt Starts in an Inhale, 2018, Chromogenic print, 40 x 32 in
Art Gallery of Ontario: reopened its doors July 2 to Members and Annual Pass Holders, and will reopen to the Public July 23. Book your timed-entry ticket online and in advance https://ago.ca/visit. Help us keep everyone healthy!
Akasha Art Projects: Illuminated Muse, held over through the summer, 204D Carlton St, Toronto. By appointment only info@akashaart.com
L-R: Aliene Devries, Sonja Scharf, Keight Maclean
Canadian Sculpture Centre: Look Here / Group Show, Aug 8 – October 12, 2020, 19 Mill Street, The Distillery District. New Gallery hours: Mon – Sat, 11 am – 5 pm: Sun, 12 – 5 pm.
All visitors must wear masks. Only 5 visitors will be permitted to enter at a time. Please line up 6ft apart.
Clint Roenisch: Eli Langer solo exhibition, till mid July, 2020, 190 St. Helens Avenue, Toronto. Gallery hours: Fri and Sat, 12 – 5 pm. Private viewings outside these hours happily accommodated ( yes@clintroenisch.com )
Eli Langer, Bathyscape, oil on canvas, 78 x 67.5 inches
Please also see our review by Mikael Sandblom https://www.artoronto.ca/?p=45209
Cooper Cole: There are more than four, curated by Jacob Korczynski, featuring artists Andy Fabo, Robert Flack, Tim Jocelyn, and Chrysanne Stathacos continues until June 27, 2020, 1134 Dupont Street, Toronto. New hours of operation: Wed, 12 – 6 pm and Sat, 11 am – 6 pm. Mon, Tue, Thurs, Fri: by appointment only
info@coopercolegallery.com or 416.531.8000.
Installation view of There are more than four
Visitors are required to wear disposable or fabric face masks while in the gallery. Maximum of four visitors for 30 minutes of viewing time. Must practice physical distancing in the gallery. The gallery recommends booking an appointment to ensure you don’t have to wait.
Dianna Witte Gallery: Jeff Depner’s recent solo show, Weights & Measures, till June 20, 2020. 1142 Queen St. East, Toronto, Thurs – Sat, 12 – 6 pm.
Installation view of Jeff Depner, Weights & Measures
Our new safety measures include hosting a maximum of 5 people in the gallery at one time and we will increase sanitizing frequency. We will be wearing face masks, and encourage you to do the same if possible, as well as maintaining social distancing measures. Private viewing appointments will still be available by phone or email (416.465.8500 or info@diannawitte.com)
Elaine Fleck Gallery: Todd Lawson, 1351 Queen Street West Toronto. Open by appointment only Wed – Sun 12 – 3 pm. Contact the gallery by email garyrayrush@rogers.com or phone: 416 469 8005. Social distancing and cleaning of common surfaces are being practised.
Todd Lawson, Idol Woody, 2020, acrylic on birch board, 60 x 40 inches
Franz Kaka: Laurie Kang, Her Own Devices, June 29 – July 18, 2020, 87 Wade, Unit B1, Toronto. Gallery hours: Fri & Sat 12 – 6 pm and by appointment info@franzkaka.com
Gallery House: Debra Tate Sears, Solo Show and New Works, 2068 Dundas Street West Toronto, June 6 on. Opening: June 6, 2020, 9 am – 6 pm. You have to ask for a ticket as limited people are allowed in the gallery at 30 minutes time slots. Social distancing will apply.
Debra Tate Sears Rise & Shine, 2020, egg tempera on “True Gesso” cradled birch panel, 36 x 24 inches
Alternatively, if you can’t make it out to this special opening, please inquire via email or phone for a PDF of the works. To receive a complimentary ticketed time slot, please contact info@galleryhouse.ca or call 416 587 0057.
Gardiner Museum: reopened exclusively to Gardiner Friends & Get Acquainted cardholders, and we’ll reopen to the public with two days of free admission on July 11 and 12. Regular admission rates resume on July 13.
We can’t wait to welcome you back! Please read our new health and safety policies before you visit https://www.gardinermuseum.on.ca/
General Hardware Contemporary: Kate Wilson, Exoplanet & Lila Rye, Blaze, June 20 – August 18, 2020, 1520 Queen Street West, Toronto. Open by appointment only please email info@generalhardware.ca or call 416 821 3060.
Kate Wilson, Chemosphere, Judith & Norman Alix Art Gallery, Sarnia. Photo:
Shelly Mallon
Ingram Gallery: Sean Yelland, Lazy Boy, June 6 – July 11, 2020, 24 Hazelton Avenue, Toronto. Gallery hours: Tue – Sat, 10 am – 5 pm.
Sean Yelland, Over / Under, 2019, oil on canvas. 40 x 50 inches
MKJ 127: Strength in Numbers / Group Show, till June 20, 2020, 1445 Dundas St. W, Toronto, by appointment only 647.435.7682 or info@mkg127.com
Laurel Woodcock, Untitled 2 (Leaving the Movie Theatre – for Roland Barthes), colour photographs mounted on dibond, 47 x 31 inches,
Muse Gallery: Elizabeth Lennie, Aqua vita, 1230 Yonge St Toronto, Gallery hours: Tue – Sat, 11 am – 4 pm.
Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA): has reopened. From July 9–12 arts community, donors, members and frontline workers can visit for free. Starting July 16, we will be open to all. For more information please check:
https://moca.ca/visit/
Shelagh Keeley, An Embodied Haptic Place, till September 27, 2020
Nicholas Metivier Gallery: Landon Mackenzie, The Moon is the Message, till July 4, 2020, 190 Richmond Street East, Toronto, Tue – Sat, 10 am – 6 pm.
Landon Mackenzie, Noja #1 (Blue + Wind), 2019
While appointments are not mandatory as of June 4, 2020 we strongly encourage setting up a private viewing in advance so that you can enjoy your visit safely. If you would like to book an appointment, please contact us at (416) 205-9000 or info@metiviergallery.com
Nikola Rukaj: Gestural Hands / Women Painters, 384 Eglinton Ave West, Toronto, Wed – Sat, 12 – 4 pm. They enforce social distancing, also be offering masks and gloves, as well as hand sanitizer at our front entrance. Plexiglass barriers have also been installed
Miriam Schapiro, earth, 1959, oil on canvas, 1959, 60 x 50 inches
patelbrown: Inaugural Exhibition, Adapt and Pivot, June 26 – August 8, 2020, 21 Wade Avenue, Toronto. Open by appointment only
https://patelbrownappointments.as.me/inauguralview
Robert Kananaj Gallery: Silvia Argiolas, till July 26, 2020. Gallery hours:
Thurs – Sat, 12 – 5 pm.
ROM excited to open their doors once again and welcome you back to the Museum. They’ll be re-opening Thursday, July 9 to Members and Saturday, July 11 to the public. Time-based tickets are now on sale.
Scrap Metal: Eduardo Basualdo, Shedding, 11 Dublin Street, Unit E Toronto, beginning June 6, 2020 the gallery is open on Saturdays 10 am-6 pm.
Installation view of Eduardo Basualdo, Shedding
Stephen Bulger Gallery: Select photographs by gallery artists, as well as photographs from the gallery’s inventory and consignments, 1356 Dundas Street West, Toronto. Open by appointment, or by chance. Current hours: Tue – Sat, 11 am – 4 pm. To make an appointment please book on our appointment scheduler or call 416 504 0575. Upon arrival, please knock or call 416 504 0575 to enter. For spontaneous appointments (whenever the gallery isn’t in the midst of an appointment), please knock or call 516 504 0575.
One group with maximum of 5 persons at a time. Visitors must bring and wear masks at all times while in the gallery. Staff will maintain social distancing, will wear masks, and will sterilize the gallery space after each visit
United Contemporary: Gordon Shadrach, Net Worth, July 2 – August 1, 2020, 1444 Dupont Street Unit 22. Gallery hours: Thu – Sat, 12 – 6 pm. Special hours for opening weekend: July 2 – 4, with COVID measures in place: Thursday, July 2: 12 – 8pm, artist present 4 – 8pm: Friday, July 3: 12 – 8pm, artist present 4 – 8 pm: Saturday, July 4: 12 – 6pm. From 1 – 5pm the artist will be present, and DJ Keita Juma will be set up outside the gallery, entertaining attendees block party style, while we limit the numbers of guests into the exhibition for everyone’s safety. Please bring a mask to wear when in the gallery.
Installation view
This might not be the full list of Toronto galleries that are currently open to the public.
Please check all the museum and galleries you are interested in as they might reopen.
Images are courtesy of the museums and galleries.