Gardiner Museum receives funding from the Government of Canada toward major transformation project
The Gardiner Museum is pleased to announce the support of the Government of Canada for its largest capital project in 20 years—a full-scale transformation of the Museum’s ground floor based on the principles of access, connectivity, and Indigeneity.
Le musée Gardiner reçoit un financement du gouvernement du Canadapour un projet de transformation d’envergure
Le musée Gardiner est ravi d’annoncer le soutien du gouvernement du Canada à son plus vaste projet d’investissement depuis 20 ans – une transformation complète du rez-de-chaussée du musée fondée sur les principes d’accès, de connectivité et d’autochtonité.
Gardiner Museum welcomes first Curator of Indigenous Ceramics, Franchesca Hebert-Spence
The Gardiner Museum has announced the appointment of Franchesca Hebert-Spence as the Gardiner Museum’s inaugural Curator of Indigenous Ceramics, a new position generously supported by the Lindy Green Family Foundation.
Gardiner Museum receives $2.5 million Leadership Gift from The Hilary and Galen Weston Foundation toward Ground Floor Transformation
The Gardiner Museum is thrilled to announce a Leadership Gift of $2.5 million from The Hilary and Galen Weston Foundation toward a full-scale transformation of the Gardiner’s ground floor. In recognition of this generous gift, the Museum’s lobby will be re-envisioned as The Hilary and Galen Weston Foundation Hall, the welcoming point and central axis of the Museum’s reimagined ground floor and the site of year-round presentations of contemporary ceramics, including community partnerships.
An Interview with Designer with Andrew Jones
Starting this summer, the Gardiner will undertake a full-scale reimagining of the Museum’s ground floor. We spoke with designer Andrew Jones about his vision, including how was inspired by the collection and which aspects of the design he’s most excited about.
Gardiner Museum Curatorial Residency Research Trip: London & Cape Town
Earlier this spring, I joined the Gardiner Museum as the 2023 Curatorial Resident. Generously supported by the Rebanks Family, this residency program supports the next generation of curators with an opportunity to develop, research, and create a small-scale museum exhibition. My exhibition project mediates on themes of sustenance, embodied memory, and Afro-diasporic plant life stories through traditional and experimental African pottery forms and practices.
Gardiner Museum receives $9-million gift from The Radlett Foundation in honour of the late William B.G. Humphries to fund major transformation
The Gardiner Museum is excited to announce a transformational $9 million donation from The Radlett Foundation in honour of the late William B.G. Humphries. This generous philanthropic contribution will be the catalyst for a full-scale reimagining of the Gardiner Museum’s ground floor.
Gardiner Museum exhibits ceramics by Toronto-based artist Natalka Husar, on view for the first time in 46 years
The Gardiner Museum presents an exhibition of early ceramics and a recent monumental painting by Toronto-based artist Natalka Husar.
Gardiner Museum announces Canadian debut and largest ever North American exhibition of celebrated Kenyan-British potter Dame Magdalene Odundo
One of the world’s most esteemed ceramic artists, Dame Magdalene Odundo, will make her Canadian debut this fall at the Gardiner Museum in Toronto. Magdalene Odundo: A Dialogue with Objects opens October 19, 2023. It will be the largest ever North American exhibition of Odundo’s work.
Gardiner Museum CONTACT Exhibition highlights Indo-Caribbean HerStories through ceramics and photography
Reclaimed: Indo-Caribbean HerStories, part of the Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival, opens at the Gardiner Museum on May 4. The exhibition highlights the complex, longstanding, and often unpredictable interplay between ceramics and photography.