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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.
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.
New major exhibition at Gardiner Museum transports visitors to the multicultural metropolis of Renaissance Venice
Renaissance Venice: Life and Luxury at the Crossroads recreates a sensory world of more than 110 objects, including Chinese porcelain, Islamic metalware, Venetian ceramics and glass, and contemporary art.
Gardiner Museum presents Forever (Bird-Botanicals) by Toronto-based sculptor David Constantino Salazar
The Gardiner Museum presents Forever (Bird-Botanicals), a striking installation by Ecuadorian-Canadian sculptor David Constantino Salazar in partnership with members of Workman Arts, a Toronto-based arts organization that promotes a greater understanding of mental health and addiction.
Gardiner Museum selects Santee Smith for public artwork honouring Indigenous presence on Turtle Island
The Gardiner Museum has selected Tekaronhiáhkhwa / Santee Smith as the recipient of a permanent public artwork commission honouring the ongoing Indigenous presence on Turtle Island, part of ArtworxTO: Toronto’s Year of Public Art 2021–2022.
Gardiner Museum is reopening July 21 with free admission
The Gardiner Museum is excited to announce that admission will be free all summer when our doors reopen to the public on July 21. The Gardiner will also continue to offer free outdoor programming, including hands-on clay workshops and family activities on the Linda Frum and Howard Sokolowski Plaza.
The Gardiner Goes Outside. All summer. All free.
This summer, the Gardiner Museum is breaking down barriers and moving beyond traditional museum spaces to increase access and meet our communities where they feel safe in light of the pandemic.
Gardiner Museum commissions new public artwork honouring Indigenous presence on Turtle Island
The Gardiner Museum is commissioning a new permanent public artwork to honour the ongoing Indigenous presence on Turtle Island.
Gardiner Museum launches free Community Building Weekends
The Gardiner Museum is pleased to announce that we will offer free admission Community Building Weekends for the rest of 2020. The goal of these free weekends is to encourage our diverse communities, particularly first-time visitors, to explore the Museum, participate in hands-on programs that connect families, and experience clay and ceramics in unique, inspiring, and unexpected ways.
Gardiner Museum announces free weekends this summer
In response to the success of the Gardiner’s free opening weekend, the Museum will continue to offer free admission to the public every Saturday and Sunday throughout the summer.