The Jarvis Street bike lanes are on borrowed time, and the City’s new bike plan seems designed not to accommodate more cyclists on Toronto’s streets but to siphon some of them off into rail and hydro corridors. And yet, on Thursday evening, cyclists shook off a summer of woe during what might be, along with [...]

In today’s Urban Planner: Celebrating Chinese New Year with art about bunnies, as well as art about relationships and how they cause us to act like bunnies in heat; a live instrumental performance while you shop for new music; and an expert tells us stories about the landmarks and physical networks of the city.

This past Friday, Torontoist took a sweet trip back in time via a quietly spectacular photography exhibit called “Thirty in Twenty: An Exhibition of Photography, Food, and Wine.” These evocative and romantic black-and-white photos were taken with a tiny 35mm camera back in 1973 when then newly married Toni and Ria Harting embarked on a [...]

Vladimir Kato’s Not In Service (actual photo, but screen contrast enhanced). Photo by Marc Lostracco/Torontoist. Making an ATM withdrawal is a mundane task, and one that doesn’t differ much across the different banks or types of machines, but the Edward Day Gallery is aiming to shake up the experience by injecting a little art into [...]

Anchors are typically water-based—most often found on boats, in harbours, or at sea. Not, for instance, in downtown alleyways. Thus, when we were recently tipped off that a “kinetic anchor,” a big and impressive one at that, might be found at a new gallery near Queen and Dufferin, we set off on a nautical treasure [...]

It was haggled down to $5 at a San Bernardino garage sale, and now it’s sitting in a Toronto gallery with a $50 million price tag. The reason? It’s probably an authentic Jackson Pollock. When retired truck driver Teri Horton found the painting fifteen years ago, it was listed at $8—a price slightly too high [...]

David Altmejd’s art looks good on paper. First off, it’s about werewolves, and who can resist the cuddly therianthropes? From folklore to B-movies, the werewolf maintains a lasting hold on the popular imagination. However, Altmejd’s work is neither folksy nor campy. In the Montreal-born, New York-based sculptor’s elaborate installations, he starts off with the (usually [...]

Two of our contributors, Shari Kasman and Jenelle Rupchand, are all about arts & crafts this weekend. In this roundup, Shari brings you some of the many weekend fairs going on, while Jenelle’s stocking up on some fair trade goods. Baby Liam wants something soft and turquoise, Aunt Priscilla needs a lavender shawl, and Herman [...]

Since 2001, photographer, poet and writer Sharon Harris has been stalking the streets of Toronto taking photos of the mysterious “I Love You” tags all over the downtown core. Over the last few years she’s accrued dozens of photos. They’ll be up at Dooney’s Cafe for the next few weeks, with a launch tonight from [...]