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.
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.