Exhibitions in Toronto

The Joan and Martin Goldfarb Gallery of York University (formerly AGYU) · Free

Across all three galleries, Torkwase Dyson's painting, sculpture, drawing and animation use abstract "Hypershapes" to explore liberation, confinement and ecological crisis.

The Joan and Martin Goldfarb Gallery of York University (formerly AGYU) · Free

Randolph's recluse La Betty staged with Vasarely, Albers and Motherwell from York's collection and a rug by John Monteith. Visible Vault; fully open Wed and Sat.

Aga Khan Museum

Saks Afridi's speculative sci-fi narrative uses recovered artifacts, sound and archives to trace a mysterious vessel said to answer collective prayers.

The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery · Free

Sharon Lockhart's Fogo Island Portrait Studio photographs and the film installation WINDWARD, a long, attentive look at Newfoundland's Fogo Island and its people.

The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery · Free

Paintings, murals, sound and a conch-shaped mobile of 600+ brass bells weave Korean mythology, diaspora and marine ecology into a multi-sensory installation.

The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery · Free

An 80-minute looping film program by Haig Aivazian, Stephanie Comilang, Alia Farid, Hope Pearl Strickland and Yuyan Wang on labour, ecosystems and commodities.

Gardiner Museum

Medical and adaptive ceramics made for sick or disabled users, from the 17th century to today, seen from the patient's side of care. Curated by Alexandra Box.

The Image Centre · Free

Photographs by American photographer Donna Gottschalk in the Main Gallery, guest-curated by Hélène Giannecchini.

The Image Centre · Free

Cao Fei's 2020 multimedia installation, commissioned by Audemars Piguet Contemporary, on the Salah J. Bachir New Media Wall. Guest curator Simone Estrin.

The Image Centre · Free

Photographic collaboration between Lee Shulman (The Anonymous Project) and Omar Victor Diop. University Gallery, curated by Gaëlle Morel.

Bata Shoe Museum

Over 95 designs by André Perugia (1893-1977), pioneer of the stiletto heel, made for Dior, Schiaparelli, Josephine Baker and other clients.

Aga Khan Museum · Free

Contemporary works from the Toronto Biennial of Art 2026 across the park, atrium, façade and galleries, including Dawit L. Petros. Free to visit.

Gardiner 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.

Textile 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.

Art Museum at the University of Toronto · Free

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.

Art 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.

Aga Khan Museum

Artist Kamrooz Aram co-curates a gallery intervention setting his lapis-blue Arabesque paintings among collection works to challenge Eurocentric display.