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Free admission and all are welcome! The Art Museum is comprised of the Justina M. Barnicke Gallery (Hart House) and the University of Toronto Art Centre (University College). Located just a few steps apart, the two galleries were federated in 2014 and began operating under a new visual identity as the Art Museum at the University of Toronto, one of the largest gallery spaces for visual art exhibit

ions and programming in Toronto. Building on the two galleries’ distinguished histories, the Art Museum organizes and presents an intensive year-round program of exhibitions and events that foster—at a local, regional, and international level—innovative research, interdisciplinary scholarship, and knowledge of art and its histories befitting Canada’s leading university and the country’s largest city. Learn more: https://artmuseum.utoronto.ca/about-us/

08/21/2026

AWARD WINNER SPOTLIGHT: The third and final award winner of the 2026 Shelley Peterson Student Art Exhibition, UTSC student artist Kiki Zhou puts forward a pertinent exploration of public memory in 𝘉𝘭𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘏𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴, a 34-page artist’s book of faintly altered images of wars, genocides, and humanitarian crises of the past and present.

Zhou collected such images from the past 200 years, modifying and blurring them, appending the date and name of the event to each photo before binding them into a leather-bound book. Some images are instantly recognizable, even in their fuzzines, while others are less readily identifiable. Zhou’s work encourages the viewer to ask which images of war and genocide cement themselves in public memory and through whose lens these histories are remembered.

🔗 Read more about 𝘉𝘭𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘏𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 and explore other works in the 2026 Peterson Student Art Exhibition through the link below.

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📸 Images:
1— Kiki Zhou, 𝘉𝘭𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘏𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴, 2025. Artist’s book, 6.5″ x 4.5″ x 1″, 34 pages. Courtesy of the artist.
2—Kiki Zhou.

08/12/2026

SEPTEMBER 26: Join us for the opening day of the exhibition 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘍𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘈𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵, presented in partnership with the Toronto Biennial of Art.

Curated by Allison Glenn, 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘍𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘈𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 brings together artists whose practices engage rupture as a generative force, reconsidering histories, geographies, and systems that shape contemporary life while proposing new ways of understanding the present.

As the main exhibition site partner of the Biennial’s fourth edition, the Art Museum will present works by over 20 artists across both our gallery spaces.

Featuring works by Andrés Ramírez Gaviria, Antonio Obá, Bonnie Devine, Cameron Harvey, Carole Harris, Carolina Fusilier, Céline Semaan and Jean-Marc Bullet, Charisse Pearlina Weston, Chiedza Pasipanodya, Dala Nasser, James Perkins, Julianknxx, Julien Creuzet, Kent Monkman, Lindsay Katsitsakatste Delaronde, Naotaka Hiro, Rebecca Belmore, Solange Pessoa, Taqralik Partridge, Underground Resistance presents Drexciya and beyond, and Wen Liu.

🗓 September 26 – December 20, 2026
🎉 Opening Remarks: September 26, 1PM, 7 Hart House Circle
📍 University of Toronto Art Centre, 15 King’s College Circle, and Justina M. Barnicke Gallery, 7 Hart House Circle

Free admission and open to the public.
🔗 Link below for more information!

08/07/2026

AWARD WINNER SPOTLIGHT: Daniels Faculty student Mitsuko Noguchi’s 𝘚𝘐𝘚𝘛𝘌𝘙𝘚𝘐𝘚𝘛𝘌𝘙, featured in the 2026 Shelley Peterson Student Art Exhibition, is a digital spoken word poem that grapples with the misleading promises and purported self-authorship of today’s online s*x work climate.

The video’s tight framing reveals only the artist’s bright red lips as they impishly whisper an enticing scheme to “make up names,” “get rich,” and “be slick, not shy.” A story emerges in which two heroines get swept up in a magical world that, in the end, proves to be a poisonous illusion. The haunting poem becomes a cautionary tale, drawing out the complicated ways in which s*x work is often intertwined with abuse.

🔗 Watch 𝘚𝘐𝘚𝘛𝘌𝘙𝘚𝘐𝘚𝘛𝘌𝘙 and explore other works in the 2026 Shelley Peterson Student Art Exhibition through the link below.

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📸 Images:
1—Mitsuko Noguchi, still from 𝘚𝘐𝘚𝘛𝘌𝘙𝘚𝘐𝘚𝘛𝘌𝘙, 2024. Video, 6:25 mins. Courtesy of the artist.
2—Mitsuko Noguchi. Photo: Anthony Wood.

08/06/2026

WE’RE HIRING: Are you a University of Toronto student looking to get work experience in a museum environment? We’d love to hear from you!

The Art Museum is now accepting applications for a number of work-study positions, available to current University of Toronto students enrolled in the fall and winter 2026 term. The positions require one to two days per week in-person at an hourly rate of $17.60. No previous art experience is required.

Applications are due August 28, 2026, at 5pm EDT, and must be made through the Career Learning Network. Emailed applications will not be accepted.

🔗 Review position descriptions, eligibility requirements, and application guidelines through the link below.

08/04/2026

Exciting news: the Art Museum is delighted to introduce the two newest members of our team! Join us in welcoming Chloe Gordon-Chow as the recipient of the Art Museum Curatorial Residency Award and Bre Warner as our Young Canada Works Outreach Assistant.

Chloe Gordon-Chow is a Chinese-Canadian curator and researcher based in Toronto. She is a recent graduate of the MVS Curatorial Studies program at the University of Toronto and holds a BA in Art History and Sociology from McGill University. Her curatorial practice explores human, ecological, and spatial entanglements. Her research mobilizes curatorial practice, exhibition-making, and public programming as forms of speculative world-building and critical intervention. She has curated projects for the Art Gallery of Ontario (2022), the Public Studio (2023), the Jackman Humanities Institute (2025), and the Art Museum at the University of Toronto (2026).

Bre Warner (all pronouns) is a practicing artist, facilitator, and educator with a BFA in Film Studies from Toronto Metropolitan University. They have worked with both The Power Plant and MOCA Toronto in education and public engagement roles and are delighted to continue this work with the Art Museum during the Toronto Biennial of Art. He is passionate about making art accessible and is excited to bring his love of art, people, and community with him to the role. When not at the museum, she spends her time on her artistic pursuits, most recently, winning the EQ Bank Award through Gallery 44’s Outreach Program.

Welcome to the Art Museum, Chloe and Bre! We’re so thrilled to have you.

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📸 Images:
1—Chloe Gordon-Chow. Photo by Dominic Chan, Courtesy of the Art Museum.
2—Bre Warner.

07/29/2026

⏳ Final days to visit!

This summer, the Art Museum has been home to three exhibitions that turn our eyes toward often-unseen histories, practices, and structures that shape our relationships with places, peoples, and environments.

There are only a few days left to experience these thought-provoking exhibitions. If you haven't visited yet, you have until 5pm on Saturday, August 1. Come soon!

And don’t forget: we have extended hours on Wednesday, with galleries open until 8pm. Admission is free and we are open to the public

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2026 Summer Exhibitions
🗓 Through August 1, 2026
🕕 Open Tuesday through Saturday, 12–5pm, with extended hours on Wednesdays, 12–8pm

On View in the University of Toronto Art Centre:
🌴 𝘓𝘢𝘯𝘥. 𝘚𝘦𝘢. 𝘚𝘶𝘨𝘢𝘳. 𝘚𝘢𝘭𝘵.: 𝘛𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘯
📍 University College, 15 King’s College Circle

On View in the Justina M. Barnicke Gallery:
🍄 𝘓𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘖𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯
📡 𝘉𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘱𝘰𝘵
📍Hart House, 7 Hart House Circle

🔗 Head to the link below to learn more about the exhibitions and plan your visit now!

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📸 Images:
1—Installation view: 𝘓𝘢𝘯𝘥. 𝘚𝘦𝘢. 𝘚𝘶𝘨𝘢𝘳. 𝘚𝘢𝘭𝘵.: 𝘛𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘯, curated by Michelle Jacques and Sally Frater, February 25–August 1, 2026, University of Toronto Art Centre. Photo: LF Documentation.
2—Installation view: Deborah Jack, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘯𝘥, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵…𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦…𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦, 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯 (2022) in 𝘓𝘢𝘯𝘥. 𝘚𝘦𝘢. 𝘚𝘶𝘨𝘢𝘳. 𝘚𝘢𝘭𝘵.: 𝘛𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘯, curated by Michelle Jacques and Sally Frater, February 25–August 1, 2026, University of Toronto Art Centre. Photo: LF Documentation.
3—Installation view: Charles Campbell, 𝘉𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦 𝘛𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘵𝘺𝘤𝘩 (2011) in 𝘓𝘢𝘯𝘥. 𝘚𝘦𝘢. 𝘚𝘶𝘨𝘢𝘳. 𝘚𝘢𝘭𝘵.: 𝘛𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘯, curated by Michelle Jacques and Sally Frater, February 25–August 1, 2026, University of Toronto Art Centre. Photo: LF Documentation.
4—Installation view: Miguel Caba, 𝘎𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝘚𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 (2025), 𝘔𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴/𝘎𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘴 (2025–26), and 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘳 (2025) in 𝘓𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘖𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯, curated by Chloe Gordon-Chow, May 7–August 1, 2026, Justina M. Barnicke Gallery. Photo: LF Documentation.
5—Installation view: Maureen Gruben, 𝘕𝘶𝘯𝘢 𝘈𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘶𝘲 (2025) in 𝘓𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘖𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯, curated by Chloe Gordon-Chow, May 7–August 1, 2026, Justina M. Barnicke Gallery. Photo: LF Documentation.
6—Installation view: 𝘓𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘖𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯, curated by Chloe Gordon-Chow, May 7–August 1, 2026, Justina M. Barnicke Gallery. Photo: LF Documentation.
7—Installation view: 𝘉𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘱𝘰𝘵, curated by Gia Liapi, May 7–August 1, 2026, Justina M. Barnicke Gallery. Photo: LF Documentation.
8—Installation view: Jeremy Laing, 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮 (detail, 2026) in 𝘉𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘱𝘰𝘵, curated by Gia Liapi, May 7–August 1, 2026, Justina M. Barnicke Gallery. Photo: LF Documentation.
9—Installation view: Lou Sheppard, 𝘈 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘋𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘳𝘦 (2019/2026) in 𝘉𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘱𝘰𝘵, curated by Gia Liapi, May 7–August 1, 2026, Justina M. Barnicke Gallery. Photo: LF Documentation.

07/28/2026

Thank you to everyone who joined us for 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘭 𝘉𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘴! 🏝️💙🎭

Through movement, making, and conversations, you helped create two days that embodied the spirit of Carnival and activated 𝘓𝘢𝘯𝘥. 𝘚𝘦𝘢. 𝘚𝘶𝘨𝘢𝘳. 𝘚𝘢𝘭𝘵.; we can't imagine a more fitting and joyful close to the exhibition!

A huge thank you to the curators, artists, scholars, dancers, and musician who made 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘭 𝘉𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘴 possible: Bushra Junaid, Natalie Wood, the Blue Devil Moko Jumbie Mas Camp, Collette ‘Coco’ Murray, Charmaine Lurch, Alyssa Mattrasingh, and Mosa McNeilly, Michael Lee Poy, Dr Ronald Cummings, Geneviève Wallen, Rhoma Spencer, Stephanie Cole, Abigail Dingwall, Xica Dieffenthaller-Lee Poy, and Luna-Rose Walker-Malcolm.

Carnival might be over (if only for now), but 𝘓𝘢𝘯𝘥. 𝘚𝘦𝘢. 𝘚𝘶𝘨𝘢𝘳. 𝘚𝘢𝘭𝘵. still has a week left in the University of Toronto Art Centre with its final day being Saturday, August 1. Come soon!

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📸 Photos by Dominic Chan.

07/25/2026

You’ll come across something unlikely for an art gallery in the exhibition 𝘓𝘢𝘯𝘥. 𝘚𝘦𝘢. 𝘚𝘶𝘨𝘢𝘳. 𝘚𝘢𝘭𝘵.: a circle of soil home to living, breathing plants.

What you’re looking at is Farihah Aliyah Shah’s 𝘈 𝘎𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘓𝘶𝘤𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦, her third work in the exhibition. As the artist narrates in this video, this installation uses flora to explore how houseplants contribute to our sense of “home,” and how their mobility parallels our own human migrations.

Stop by the Art Museum and smell the flowers. Admission is free and we’re open to the public.

𝘓𝘢𝘯𝘥. 𝘚𝘦𝘢. 𝘚𝘶𝘨𝘢𝘳. 𝘚𝘢𝘭𝘵.: 𝘛𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘯
📍 University of Toronto Art Centre, 15 King’s College Circle
🗓 Through August 1, 2026
🕑 Open Tuesday through Saturday, 12pm–5pm, with extended hours on Wednesdays, 12pm–8pm.

🔗 Head to the link in bio for more information.

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Farihah Aliyah Shah is a contemporary lens-based artist originally from Edmonton, Alberta (Treaty 6) based in Bradford, Ontario (Treaty 18) and Amherst, Massachusetts. She holds a BHRM from York University and a BFA in Photography with a minor in Integrated Media from OCAD University in Toronto, Ontario.

Using photography, video and sound installation, her practice engages photographic history and explores identity formation through the colonial gaze, race, connectivity to land, and collective memory. Shah was the 2019 recipient of the John Hartman Award, long-listed in 2022 for the New Generation Photography Award, and the 2023 recipient of the CCI x WOPHA Fellowship at the Perez Art Museum of Miami (PAMM). She is a member at Gallery 44 - Centre for Contemporary Photography and Women Photograph an organization that advocates for Female Identified and Non-Binary photojournalists. She is also the co-founding member of Mast Year Collective. Shah has exhibited internationally in Asia, Europe, and North America.

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Videography: Miles Rufelds.

07/21/2026

CARNIVAL BLUES: Don your wings, horns, and tails, and join us for a procession filled with movement, music, and Afro-Caribbean rhythms!

Come together with facilitators and participants of the African and Caribbean dance and mas camp workshops, musicians, Moko Jumbies and more for a celebratory procession led by Abigail Dingwall, Xica Dieffenthaller-Lee Poy, and Luna-Rose Walker-Malcolm, with curators Natalie Wood and Bushra Junaid. All are welcome! Registration recommended.

📍 University College, Southwest Entrance
🗓 Friday, July 24, 2pm–4pm

🔗 Head to the link below to learn more about the facilitators, and view the full 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘭 𝘉𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘴 schedule!

𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘭 𝘉𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘴 is presented in conjunction with the exhibition 𝘓𝘢𝘯𝘥. 𝘚𝘦𝘢. 𝘚𝘶𝘨𝘢𝘳. 𝘚𝘢𝘭𝘵.: 𝘛𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘯 on view at the Art Museum through August 1.

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📸 Images:
1— Moko Jumbies, photo: Nila Gupta.
2—Courtesy of Abigail Dingwall.
3—Courtesy of Xica Dieffenthaller-Lee Poy.
4—Courtesy of Luna-Rose Walker-Malcolm.
5—Natalie Wood, photo: Nila Gupta.
6—Bushra Junaid, photo: Patricia Ellah.

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