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May 30 @ 8:00 pm 11:59 pm

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SMASH: Between Worlds


**Tickets on sale March 27**

May 30, 2024
8:00 pm – midnight

SMASH is a night when the next generation of artists, arts enthusiasts, and cultural philanthropists come together to celebrate our city’s vibrant arts community.

Between Worlds

This year, SMASH: Between Worlds invites you to explore the boundaries between states, parallel worlds, and altered realities through mind-bending installations, art, fashion, food, drinks, music, and more. Guests will also have access to the Gardiner’s annual International Ceramic Art Fair, presenting some of the most compelling contemporary work in the medium of clay.

SMASH is free for Young Patron Circle members. Learn more about joining today!

  • Early Bird : $125
    Until April 24
  • General : $150
  • Peggy Special Offer* : $200
  • Ticket Package : $1,250
    Package of 10 tickets
  • Young Patron Circle : Free

*Entitles you to a $200 USD art credit toward a purchase of $1,000 USD or more on Peggy. Art credit must be used before December 31, 2024 and cannot be combined with other credits.

Installations by

A portrait of Briony Douglas wearing a white jacket in front of a pink background with flowers

Briony Douglas


Briony Douglas is a multi-talented artist from Ontario, who has made a name for herself with her captivating sculptures, art installations, and photography. Her unique style blends sustainability and advocacy, shown through surrealism and pop culture inspiration. Briony has photographed the Clintons, Oprah, and Jennifer Lawrence, and uses her lens to tell a story, creating unique pieces of art through every frame. Briony’s work evokes curiosity, sparks conversation, and encourages connections, while challenging our perception of the world and ourselves.

A portrait of Jaime McCuaig with orange and yellow flowers

GUNNAR Floral


Jaime McCuaig of GUNNAR Floral is an artist whose creative practice engages with the living world of plants and flowers, processes of growth, and the ephemerality of seasons. Inspired by the intersection of manufactured landscapes and true wilderness, GUNNAR confronts its urban audience with an opportunity to see the natural world in new ways.

Portrait of Arnie Guha bathed in blue lighting with a bright pink light visible behind him

Acid4Yuppies


Arnie Guha, Chief Innovation Officer at Phase5, is the multidisciplinary creative behind Acid4Yuppies, which focuses on experiential art works—from illuminated light boxes and electric murals, to psychedelics-inspired scarves and fine art prints. Guha’s ‘trippy’ works are complemented by an extensive body of minimalistic photography and portraiture. From vivid colours to subdued hues, Guha’s practice explores both realms of the visual experience from extreme intensity to soft suggestion.

Peggy logo in the shape of an abstract P

Peggy


Peggy is the social marketplace for discovering, buying and selling contemporary art. Peggy provides essential technology for fine art, expanding the opportunity for more people to build and grow an art collection. The Peggy-designed Digital Fingerprint uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to create a unique identity for paintings, enabling transaction security, provenance transparency and artist royalties on primary and secondary sales. Peggy is trusted by artists who have shown at the Venice Biennale, Centre Pompidou, MOCA Geffen, and Louvre Abu Dhabi. Peggy is the secure way into the world of art.

Entertainment by

Portrait of DJ Jayemkayem wearing a green and white collared shirt on a white backfround

DJ Jayemkayem


Jayemkayem is a DJ, music producer and community organizer. Born in England and raised in Hong Kong, Jayem is a well established nightlife staple in Toronto and all around Canada, renowned for genre-hopping sets and crowd-pleasing sensibilities. Her transcontinental upbringing fostered a sense of curiosity that she explores as both a creator and curator of music. She pours her love of connection and creativity into everything she does—from her independent label Bare Selection, which champions underground music from Canada and the UK; ISO Radio, the community radio station she co-founded in 2019; her electrifying mixes as an official Apple Music mix curator; and more recently her original music productions, both as a solo artist and alongside her partner Freeza Chin.

SMASH Committee

Briony Douglas (Chair) / Victoria Alves / Sadhisha Ambagahawita / Cole Fawcett / Garrick Frittelli / Azadeh Houshmand / Kulin Matchhar / Kevonn Morgan / Liam Randhawa / Jennifer Stack / Audrey Zhang / Kathy Zhou

Two party guests dancing in front of a video projection

Two women looking at a sculpture with black spikey protrusions

A group of party guests lined up at a food station

A party guest taking a photo of a ceramic artwork on a plinth

Party goers on the terrace surrounding a floral sculpture with orange lighting

The exterior of the Gardiner Museum with a floral installation around the entrance and a large green X projected on the facade

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The Gardiner Museum will close at 3 pm on Monday August 28.