Exhibitions in Toronto
June 2026
June 2026 at a glance: 4 exhibitions opened, 0 closed, and 10 more were on view across the city.
Opened in June
Diego Marcon: The Bubble Boy5 JunArt Gallery of OntarioPast
The Italian filmmaker's Canadian debut: unsettling, tender films using CGI, prosthetics and robotics, centred on his newest work Krapfen (2025).
Psychedelics: Art. Culture. Science.6 JunRoyal Ontario Museum
A research-driven look at the cultural, historical and scientific significance of psychedelics through artworks, objects, botanical specimens and interactives.
Dressing The Abbey12 JunCasa LomaPast
Original costumes worn by the stars of Downton Abbey, from tweeds and servants' uniforms to beaded evening gowns, shown on Casa Loma's 2nd and 3rd floors.
The Impressionist Revolution: Monet to Matisse from the Dallas Museum of Art24 JunArt Gallery of OntarioPast
Canadian debut of the Dallas Museum of Art's survey of Impressionism and its legacy, with Monet, Morisot, Van Gogh, Pissarro, Gauguin, Matisse, Mondrian and Munch.
Was on view in June
Rough & Ready: A History of the Cowboy Bootto 20 SeptBata Shoe MuseumPast
The cowboy boot from its late-19th-century invention to ranches, cinema and contemporary fashion, with pieces from the collection and 13 lenders.
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Alize Zorlutuna: Surface Tension: To Comb [Tarak]to 22 SeptMercer Union, a Centre for Contemporary ArtFreePast
Alize Zorlutuna's sculptural banners cut into large-format reproductions of Ebru, the marbled hydrographic printing technique, releasing the movement within.
BEES: A Story of Survivalto 18 OctRoyal Ontario MuseumPast
Immersive art-meets-science show by National Museums Liverpool and sculptor Wolfgang Buttress tracing 120 million years of bee adaptation and survival.
In Search of Imperfection: The Macdonald Collection of Japanese and Japanese-Inspired Ceramicsto 31 DecGardiner Museum
The Macdonald Collection shown in full for the first time: early Edo-period Japanese porcelain and Japanese-inspired ceramics, explored through nature, leisure and global trade.
Crawford Lake: Layers in Timeto 3 Jan 2027Royal Ontario Museum
How sediments of a small lake near Milton, Ontario record 1,000 years of human impact, making it the "golden spike" candidate for the Anthropocene.
Critical Minerals: Critical Choicesto 3 Jan 2027Royal Ontario Museum
Gallery installation in Earth's Treasures on the minerals essential to a net-zero society, and the lifestyle choices tied to them.
Always In Fashionto 3 Jan 2027Textile Museum of Canada
Curated by Amber-Dawn Bear Robe, an immersive look at how contemporary Indigenous couturiers blend ancestral knowledge with innovation, featuring Kent Monkman, Brian Jungen and more.
Chinese Zodiac Case: Year of the Horseto 31 Jan 2027Royal Ontario Museum
ROM's annual zodiac installation marks the Year of the Horse with horse figures from early China, once placed in tombs to serve the dead.
Made By Many: 50 Years of the Textile Museum of Canadato 1 Feb 2027Textile Museum of Canada
A 50th-anniversary show tracing five decades of exhibitions back to the 1970s, with works by Bev Koski, Marimekko, Melinda Patterson, Thor Hansen, You Wenfeng and more.
André Perugia: A Design Legend Unveiledto 4 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.
Image credits
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- Diego Marcon: The Bubble BoyCourtesy of Art Gallery of Ontario
- Psychedelics: Art. Culture. Science.Courtesy of Royal Ontario Museum
- Dressing The AbbeyCourtesy of Casa Loma
- The Impressionist Revolution: Monet to Matisse from the Dallas Museum of ArtCourtesy of Art Gallery of Ontario
- Rough & Ready: A History of the Cowboy BootCourtesy of Bata Shoe Museum
- Alize Zorlutuna: Surface Tension: To Comb [Tarak]Courtesy of Mercer Union, a Centre for Contemporary Art
- BEES: A Story of SurvivalCourtesy of Royal Ontario Museum
- In Search of Imperfection: The Macdonald Collection of Japanese and Japanese-Inspired CeramicsCourtesy of Gardiner Museum
- Crawford Lake: Layers in Time© Craig Smith, 2023
- Critical Minerals: Critical Choices©ROM
- Always In FashionPhoto by Darren Rigo.
- Chinese Zodiac Case: Year of the HorseCourtesy of Royal Ontario Museum
- Made By Many: 50 Years of the Textile Museum of CanadaPhoto by Darren Rigo
- André Perugia: A Design Legend UnveiledCourtesy of Bata Shoe Museum
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