We are temporarily closed in accordance with the Ontario Chief Medical Officer of Health and the Government of Ontario. We are so grateful for the support of our community and look forward to welcoming you back as soon as possible.
Opening February 24, Shary Boyle: Outside the Palace of Me is a multi-sensory installation including drawings, ceramic sculpture, life-sized automatons, two-way mirrors, coin-operated sculpture, and an interactive score.
Join us online on February 1 at 1 pm for our annual Bell Lecture. Dr. Chih-En Chen, Lecturer of East Asian Art History at the University of Toronto, will discuss the little-known history of Qing trompe l'oeil porcelain. Get tickets!
Every object in our permanent collection can be accessed through our eMuseum portal. Learn about individual collecting areas, like Italian Maiolica or Modern and Contemporary Ceramics, or search the full collection by keyword. You'll be amazed by what you discover!
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The Gardiner Museum promotes the potential of clay on a grand scale and encourages access and community engagement through the display of public art.
In 2013, the Gardiner unveiled a monumental work by Japanese-American artist Jun Kaneko in front of the Museum. Kaneko is best known for creating large-scale ceramic sculptures and installations. This was his first major public installation in Toronto.
In 2018, a new work by Canadian artist Shary Boyle was revealed on the Gardiner Plaza. Cracked Wheat was selected by a five-person jury as part of the Gardiner Museum Ceramic Sculpture Competition launched in 2016. The sculpture was commission by La Fondation Emmanuelle Gattuso with support from the City of Toronto.
1. Jun Kaneko, Untitled (head), 2002
2. Jun Kaneko, Untitled (head), 2002.
3. Shary Boyle, Cracked Wheat, 2018.