Galleries
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47 Milky Way
A few steps south of Queen West and down a graffiti-strewn alley, this space is purposely rough and ready – perfect for installing art that’...
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Art Gallery of Ontario
317 Dundas St W
Frank Gehry’s magnificent $276-million expansion, which includes the addition of a titanium-covered tower, has added 47 per cent more exhibit spac...
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Art Metropole
788 King St W
General Idea is probably Canada's most famous artist collective. They raised awareness of AIDS, among other things, with their giant pill sculptures. In...
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Birch Libralato
129 Tecumseth St
Following the lead of many small contemporary art spaces, Birch Libralato's outward appearances are deceptively down market – the entrance to the ...
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Clark & Faria
55 Mill St, Building #2
A gorgeous gallery space dedicated to Vancouver’s famed conceptual photographers, including Scott McFarland and Roy Arden, as well as works by pai...
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Clint Roenisch Gallery
944 Queen St W
This bohemian-looking space provides an unobtrusive but near-perfect setting for dealer Clint Roenisch's stylish selections. But don't be fooled by the ...
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Corkin Gallery
55 Mill St, Building #61
Jane Corkin has what is arguably the most striking photography gallery in the city. The Shim Sutcliffe- designed space in the Distillery is divided into...
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Design Exchange
234 Bay St
Located in the former Toronto Stock Exchange building, the Design Exchange's mandate is to promote Canadian design through lectures, competitions, exhib...
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Diaz Contemporary
100 Niagara St
Routinely showcasing Mexican and Canadian artwork that won’t necessarily fit comfortably on a living room wall, Diaz is one of the city’s be...
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Distill Gallery
55 Mill St, Building #47
This small gallery is a great place for finding novel gifts, jewellery and one-of-a-kind fashion items. Most of what’s sold here is locavor...
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Gardiner Museum
111 Queen's Park
Located at the corner of Avenue and Bloor, just across the street from the Royal Ontario Museum, the Gardiner will always be dwarfed by its neighbour&rs...
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Georgia Scherman Projects
133 Tecumseth St.
A relatively new gallery with lots of ambition, Georgia Scherman shows some of the country's top artists, including John Massey and Spring Hurlbut, plus...
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Harbourfront Architecture Gallery
235 Queens Quay W
Open since March 2007, this gallery is located along the shoreline of Lake Ontario in the Harbourfront Centre complex. Dedicated to all things architect...
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Jessica Bradley Art + Projects
1450 Dundas St W
This small gallery first opened in 2005 and is now firmly established in the local scene, even though its offbeat location on Dundas West sets it apart fro...
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Julie M. Gallery
15 Mill St, Bldg #37, Unit 107
The main focus at this big, bright space is works by Israeli artists. Before arriving in Toronto, the artwork is shown at a sister gallery in Tel Aviv. ...
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Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects
1086 and 1080 Queen St W
It’s hard to believe dealer Katharine Mulherin is celebrating her 10th anniversary on the Queen West strip. She first opened BUSGallery in 1998, o...
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Lausberg Contemporary
880 Queen St W
Located along Queen West’s art gallery strip, this small commercial gallery is the Toronto outpost of Bernd A. Lausberg, who also operates a galle...
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Leo Kamen Gallery
80 Spadina Ave, Suite 406
Leo Kamen has operated his space on the fourth floor of a refurbished industrial building at King and Spadina since 1990. A solid, well-respected dealer...
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MKG127
127 Ossington Ave
Named after owner Michael Klein and the street number of his tiny storefront gallery, MKG127 is one of several start-up galleries leading the contempora...
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Median Contemporary
1142 Queen St. W.
Not much at this new pop-up gallery is an easy sell, but that’s part of the idea behind it. Co-owners and artists Rui Pim...
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Mercer Union
1286 Bloor St W
Known for being a clever mix of local and international artists, the programming at Mercer runs the gamut from the über-conceptual to the highly in...
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Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art
952 Queen St W
While its name sounds grandiose, the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art is actually run on a city-budgeted shoestring and operates out of a large but r...
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Nicholas Metivier Gallery
451 King St W
Nicholas Metivier left Yorkville's old guard at the Mira Godard gallery in 2004 to set up shop downtown on King Street West near Spadina, among celebrit...
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OCAD Professional Gallery
100 McCaul St
The Ontario College of Art & Design’s Professional Gallery, housed beside the landmark campus building designed by British architect Will Also...
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Olga Korper Gallery
17 Morrow Ave
Since 1989, the Olga Korper Gallery has been located in the out-of-the-way Morrow Avenue complex, an old red-brick factory in the western end of the cit...
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Peak Gallery
23 Morrow Ave
Peak Gallery exhibits an eclectic but well-selected mix of artists working in various media and owner Zack Pospieszynski is well respected for the suppo...
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Power Plant
231 Queens Quay W
This is a contemporary public gallery without a collecting mandate, which means PP has the freedom to show works that reflect the moments of our times, ...
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Prefix ICA
401 Richmond St W, Suite 124
Prefix is both a magazine and an exhibition space, and both are devoted to rigorously conceptual photo-based works from around the globe. While Prefix P...
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Royal Ontario Museum
100 Queen's Park
Architect Daniel Libeskind’s extension to the Royal Ontario Museum has been under critical siege since the moment plans were unveiled in 2002. Man...
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Stephen Bulger Gallery
1026 Queen St W
For more than a decade, this Queen West storefront gallery (with an elegant renovation by Hariri Pontarini Architects) has presented the best of photojo...
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Toronto Sculpture Garden
115 King St E
For a quick respite along King Street West, pop into the Toronto Sculpture Garden. This downtown parkette is nestled in a courtyard across the street fr...
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YYZ Artists' Outlet
401 Richmond St W, Suite 140
Artist-run spaces are alive and well in the city, and YYZ was one of the first in Canada. These not-for-profit galleries started over 25 years ago as al...
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