Exhibitions in Toronto
April 2027
April at a glance: 0 exhibitions opening, 6 closing, and 4 more on view across the city.
Closing in April
- Lee Shulman & Omar Victor Diop: Being There3 Apr 2027
The Image CentreFree
Photographic collaboration between Lee Shulman (The Anonymous Project) and Omar Victor Diop. University Gallery, curated by Gaëlle Morel.
- Donna Gottschalk: We Others3 Apr 2027
The Image CentreFree
Photographs by American photographer Donna Gottschalk in the Main Gallery, guest-curated by Hélène Giannecchini.
- Cao Fei: Isle of Instability3 Apr 2027
The Image CentreFree
Cao Fei's 2020 multimedia installation, commissioned by Audemars Piguet Contemporary, on the Salah J. Bachir New Media Wall. Guest curator Simone Estrin.
André Perugia: A Design Legend Unveiled4 Apr 2027Bata Shoe Museum
Over 95 designs by André Perugia (1893-1977), pioneer of the stiletto heel, made for Dior, Schiaparelli, Josephine Baker and other clients.
Toronto Biennial of Art at the Aga Khan Museum11 Apr 2027Aga Khan MuseumFree
Contemporary works from the Toronto Biennial of Art 2026 across the park, atrium, façade and galleries, including Dawit L. Petros. Free to visit.
After the Island: Caribbean Canadian Ceramics25 Apr 2027Gardiner Museum
PJ Anderson, Eddy Firmin, Manuel Mathieu and Sharon Norwood use clay to explore Caribbean diaspora memory, identity and belonging, in partnership with BAND and MoAD.
Also on through April
Retracing Tatreez: Palestinian Thobes through the 20th Centuryto 2 May 2027Textile Museum of Canada
Palestinian embroidered thobes and jellayeh from the collection, most shown for the first time, curated by Nina Rafique with restored context on their regional motifs and journeys.
Over and Over Againto 17 Jun 2027Art Museum at the University of TorontoFree
Carol-Ann Apilado, Kuh Del Rosario, Sukaina Kubba and Esmelyn Miranda Orozco use weaving to probe broken patterns. At the Jackman Humanities Institute, Mon–Fri 9–4.
Dawoud Bey: Material Histories, Living Landscapesto 4 Jul 2027Art Gallery of Ontario
Dawoud Bey's landscape photographs and the two-channel video 350,000 meditate on North American land and Black diasporic history, with works from the AGO's Frum Collection.
Kamrooz Aram: Lapis Interventionto 11 Jul 2027Aga Khan Museum
Artist Kamrooz Aram co-curates a gallery intervention setting his lapis-blue Arabesque paintings among collection works to challenge Eurocentric display.
Image credits
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- André Perugia: A Design Legend UnveiledCourtesy of Bata Shoe Museum
- Toronto Biennial of Art at the Aga Khan MuseumCourtesy of the Artist and Bradley Ertaskiran
- After the Island: Caribbean Canadian CeramicsCourtesy of Gardiner Museum
- Retracing Tatreez: Palestinian Thobes through the 20th CenturyCourtesy of Textile Museum of Canada
- Over and Over AgainCourtesy of Art Museum at the University of Toronto
- Dawoud Bey: Material Histories, Living LandscapesCourtesy of Art Gallery of Ontario
- Kamrooz Aram: Lapis InterventionKamrooz Aram, Pejman Family Collection
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