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Enter an immersive world created by Montreal-based artist Karine Giboulo, brought to life by over 500 miniature polymer clay figures that tell stories about our most urgent social issues, from the pandemic to the climate crisis. It will delight visitors of all ages!
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This series of eleven miniature actor portraits by renowned Toronto-based ceramist Shary Boyle plays homage to the artists of Tokyo’s Kabuki-za theatre.
Header image: Shary Boyle, Bando Kamezaburo the 6th, from the Kabuki series, 2017. Majolica on terracotta, 18 x 12 x 3 cm. Photo by John Jones c 2017.