Gabrielle Peacock Appointed Executive Director & CEO of the Gardiner Museum
Gabrielle Peacock has been appointed Executive Director & CEO of the Gardiner Museum. Currently Director of Partnerships and Development at Soulpepper Theatre and previously CEO of The Robert McLaughlin Gallery in Oshawa, Ms. Peacock will join the Gardiner in February 2023.
Karine Giboulo solo exhibition Housewarming opens at the Gardiner Museum on October 20
Enter a world at once familiar and uncanny. Montreal-based artist Karine Giboulo invites visitors into an immersive reimagining of her home. Brought to life by over 500 miniature polymer clay figures, this is no ordinary house.
Your summer guide to the Gardiner Museum
The Gardiner Museum is one of Toronto’s most beloved cultural gems and go-to spots for art lovers in the know, and we’ve got your perfect day at all mapped out.
Gardiner Museum to debut new public artwork by Santee Smith in a series of free outdoor performances
Talking Earth, a new permanent public artwork by Tekaronhiáhkhwa / Santee Smith will be unveiled in front of the Gardiner Museum, coinciding with the opening of the International Ceramic Art Fair (ICAF), a 10-day showcase of contemporary ceramics by Canadian and international artists. Part of ArtworxTO: Toronto’s Year of Public Art 2021–2022, the sculpture was commissioned by the Gardiner to honour the ongoing Indigenous presence on Turtle Island.
Gardiner Museum presents 10 days of contemporary ceramics, talks, tours, performances, and more
After a two-years hiatus, the International Ceramic Art Fair (ICAF) returns to the Gardiner Museum with an exciting roster of Canadian and international artists and galleries.
Blurred Boundaries: Queer Visions in Canadian Art at the AGO
We checked out the AGO’s new exhibition, featuring 13 ground-breaking works from the collection (including one by a familiar face).
Kelvin Browne to retire as Executive Director and CEO of the Gardiner Museum
The Gardiner Museum announced that Executive Director and CEO Kelvin Browne will retire at the end of 2022.
True copies: The history of a dish from the factory of Ulisse Cantagalli
In 2020, a beautiful dish with playing cherubs entered the Gardiner Museum’s permanent collection. This small object stands at the nexus of stories about maiolica collecting, the creation of fakes and reproductions, and the nineteenth-century fashion for ceramics inspired by a range of styles from the past.
Stories in ceramics: In conversation with Daumante Stirbyte
Born and raised in Lithuania, Daumante (Dauma) Stirbyte creates strange and endearing works that convey a sense of curiosity and wonder. Dauma’s work is currently featured in the Gardiner Shop exhibition Some Place Else. We sat down with her to learn more about her journey into the world of ceramics.
Gardiner Museum presents major exhibition Shary Boyle: Outside the Palace of Me, opening February 24
Step into a multi-sensory installation of ceramics, drawings, life-sized automatons, two-way mirrors, and coin-operated sculpture, set to an interactive score.