Deborah Samuel’s photo-based artwork, now showing at the Royal Ontario Museum, is eerily life-affirming in its exploration of death. Called Elegy, the show consists of 33 images of delicate, white bone structures—10 of them belonging to animal skeletons in the ROM’s collection—on infinite-seeming black backgrounds. On Tuesday, the room was alive with conversation, thanks to [...]

“Five, four, three, two, one—go!” Cindy Rozeboom shouted into the megaphone. And with that, paint-soaked sponges flew over the crowd and The Art of the Danforth commenced. Just past the intersection of Greenwood and Danforth Avenues at 1 p.m. on Saturday, several tubs of paint and a border of pylons fenced in about 150 people [...]

The CONTACT Photography Festival runs from May 1 to May 31. We’ll be profiling selected artists and shows throughout the month. Street View Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art (952 Queen Street West) Runs to June 3; Tuesday to Sunday 11 a.m.–6 p.m. Bruce Gilden, one of seven photographers whose work is currently on display at [...]

Toronto: City as Urban Playground (as part of Jane’s Walk) Meet at the central fountain in Berczy Park (by the Flatiron Building) Saturday, May 5, 10 a.m. FREE Picasso once said that every child is an artist. It’s a famous quote, with a famous conundrum: “The problem is how to remain an artist once he [...]

Fordmania Atomic Toybot (978 Queen Street East) Closes April 23 Thursday to Saturday 11 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sunday 12 p.m.-5 p.m. Atomic Toybot co-owner Cory Bartlett insists that he wasn’t looking to make a political statement when he sent out the call for Rob Ford-inspired art. He was just trying to put on a show that [...]

The Art Gallery of Ontario has become the first Canadian museum to be added to the Google Art Project, which is a kind of online gallery that allows visitors to view and zoom-in on high-resolution images of art objects. The AGO’s involvement in the project was announced earlier today. You can check out items from [...]

The Comic Book Lounge & Gallery is more than just a comic book store. According to manager Joe Kilmartin, the College Street space, which celebrated its grand opening on Friday night, is meant to be a community hub. He wants Toronto’s comic fans to use the lounge as a place to bond over the titles [...]

Later this spring, a new tent city will make its home in Toronto. But unlike the Occupy Toronto protest in St. James Park last year, this encampment will have nothing to do with changing the present, and everything to do with celebrating the past. It will help kick off the city’s commemoration of the War [...]

It may be a little hard to see in the image above, but that entire map of Toronto, incredibly, is made of words. Different colours and font sizes define the different roadways, neighbourhoods, and landmarks. And the typeface appears to be one in the Toronto Subway series. [UPDATE, 1:57 PM: It's Futura.] It’s the work [...]

Rabin Ramah saunters into the Academy of the Impossible as if he owns the place. In a way, he does, having curated its vibrant art, helped build the book shelves, and painted and assembled the stage. His hands-on approach echos the DIY ethos of the Academy, a new knowledge hub that encourages peer-to-peer learning, whether [...]

Will Munro: History, Glamour, Magic The Art Gallery of York University (4700 Keele Street, Accolade East Building) January 11–March 11 (Weekdays 10 a.m.–4 p.m., Sundays noon–5 p.m.) FREE Saturday was Toronto activist and artist Will Munro’s birthday. Munro, who died of a brain tumour in May of 2010, would have been 37. His Vaseline/Vazaleen parties [...]