Galleries
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
1490 Dundas 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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Bau-Xi Photo
324 DUNDAS ST W
Across the street from the AGO, this new gallery run by Bau-xi profiles contemporary work by emerging and established Canadian and inter- national photo...
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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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Circuit Gallery
Making fine art and photo reproductions more accessible, CG limits its runs to 500; large enough to lower prices but small enough to keep the art collec...
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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
7 Tank House Lane
A modern, mulit-level Distillery building adapted by Shim-Sutcliffe Architects provides a backdrop for this preeminent gallery. Corkin shows work by the...
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Daniel Faria Gallery
188 St Helens Ave
While the front space cycles through works – mostly by a growing roster of fresh-faced artists – every five or six weeks, the back area&rsqu...
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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
One of the edgier contemporary galleries in the city, Diaz shows art that is ambitious, large scale and packed with meaning. Regular exhibitors include ...
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Engine Gallery
37 Mill St, Bldg #37
This gallery’s floor-to-ceiling windows draw in visitors curious for a glimpse at the varied group shows within. An incubator for contemporary pai...
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Erin Stump Projects
1086½ QUEEN ST W
Sure, the space is tight and narrow, typical of this neighbourhood, but after a year on the scene, ESP’s steadily growing roster of local, female,...
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G Gallery
234 QUEEN ST E
The large and sometimes unusual works here, including paintings, sculpture, furniture, even murals, are by contemporary international and Canadian artis...
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Gallery 44
401 RICHMOND ST W, STE #120
Artist-run g44’s focus is contemporary photography by national and international artists, from Susan Blight’s frank portraits and Simon Glas...
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Gallery House
2068 DUNDAS ST W
This new west end gallery belongs to Belinda Chun, a seasoned gallerist who’s had stints at the AGO and the Power Plant. Her two-level space, desi...
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Gardiner Museum
111 Queen's Park
There are over 3,000 ceramic artifacts and objects in the Gardiner’s in-depth collection, making this ceramic museum the largest of its kind in Ca...
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General Hardware Contemporary
1520 Queen St W
Though pretty new on the scene, this gallery fashioned from a former hardware store already represents work by some of the city’s top contemporary...
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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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Ingram Gallery
49 AVENUE RD
This venerable gallery carries modern and contemporary Canadian art, and while much of it leans toward a more conservative visual spectrum, with bronze ...
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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 103
The main focus at this light-filled gallery is painting and photography by Israeli artists. Yehuda Porbuchrai's large-scale acrylic splatter paint...
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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
326 Dundas St W
This small commercial gallery is the Toronto outpost of Bernd A. Lausberg, who also operates a gallery in Dusseldorf, while bringing some unexpected new...
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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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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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Mira Godard Gallery
22 HAZELTON AVE
With three floors of exhibition space, you’re sure to get your art fix here. The gallery features painting, sculpture, original prints and photogr...
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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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Monte Clark Gallery
55 Mill St, BLDG #2
White cubes housed in a brick building, MC’s cavernous, stark galleries inspire quiet contemplation of the paintings and photographic work from Va...
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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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Navillus Gallery
110 Davenport Rd
A buying office in New York lends international flavour to Navillus’s seasonally refreshed exhibits, among them Catherine Mills’s entomologi...
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Neubacher Shor Contemporary
5 BROCK AVE
With its entrance hidden in an alley, you might expect Neubacher to be a hole in the wall. But inside is a massive, gleaming, industrial-style space wit...
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Nicholas Metivier Gallery
451 King St W
Probably the most widely recognized artist at this blue-chip gallery is Edward Burtynsky, the famed Canadian photographer who documents the excesses of ...
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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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Ooma Gallery
276 CARLAW AVE, UNIT #308
In a renovated Leslieville warehouse, Ooma shows locally made contemporary art and home furnishings. Co-owner Ian Cox’s sleek coffee tables, featu...
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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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Petroff Gallery
1016 EGLINTON AVE W
A wide variety of materials are used by the 300-plus Canadian, American and Israeli artists carried at Petroff – everything from canvas and w...
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Power Plant
231 Queens Quay W
For almost 25 years, The Power Plant’s smokestack, situated at the water’s edge, has served as the city’s contemporary art beacon. But...
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Prefix CA
401 Richmond St W, Suite 124
Prefix operates as a biannual magazine and exhibition space, both devoted to rigorously conceptual, photo-based works – including photography, film, vide...
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Roadside Attactions
911 DAVENPORT RD
“Observation = Dismay” reads the sign, but the displays in this window gallery are delightful. On view from the sidewalk 24/7, the storefron...
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Royal Ontario Museum
100 Queen's Park
Most people know the ROM for its iceberg-like shape, a major expansion by Daniel Libeskind that locals love to hate. Inside is a world-class collection ...
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Scrap Metal Gallery
11 DUBLIN ST, UNIT E
Ask for directions if you want to find this gallery; it’s tucked away at the end of an alley. Or, look for the wordiest open/closed sign imaginab...
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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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Susan Hobbs
137 Tecumseth St
The cinder block bunker-like building belies the grand gallery space within. The emphasis here is on conceptual work by Canadian talent – from eme...
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Textile Museum Of Canada
55 CENTRE AVE
TMC’s permanent collection celebrates both cultural diversity and the history of textile design. Its rotating exhibits (some are hands-on) feature...
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The Mascot
1267 QUEEN ST W
In a space that’s both spare and Victorian – timeless – this gallery/cafe hosts contemporary works by Toronto artists spanning all med...
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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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Whippersnapper
594B DUNDAS ST W
Whippersnapper has moved from College Street to a tiny space in Kensington Market – a fishbowl that engages foot traffic 24/7. The new locale suit...
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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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