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International Ceramic Art Fair returns May 28 – August 16, 2026 as an expanded 12-week platform
The Gardiner Museum presents the return of the International Ceramic Art Fair (ICAF), its biennial celebration of innovation and contemporary directions in ceramics, running May 28 to August 16, 2026.
Gardiner Museum Presents Landmark Exhibition by Linda Rotua Sormin
The Gardiner Museum proudly presents Linda Rotua Sormin: Uncertain Ground, the artist’s first solo museum exhibition and largest project to date. The culmination of over 20 years of remarkable exploration and innovation, Uncertain Ground opens on November 6, 2025, in conjunction with the reveal of the Gardiner’s transformed ground floor, the Museum’s largest capital project in two decades.
Gardiner Museum Reopens November 6
The Gardiner Museum proudly announces the reopening of its fully transformed ground floor, marking the Museum’s most ambitious capital project in two decades. This once-in-a-generation renovation reimagines the Gardiner’s role as an inspiring and accessible community-driven hub where clay serves as a bridge between cultures, histories, and people.
Gardiner Museum receives funding from the Government of Canada toward major transformation project
The Gardiner Museum is pleased to announce the support of the Government of Canada for its largest capital project in 20 years—a full-scale transformation of the Museum’s ground floor based on the principles of access, connectivity, and Indigeneity.
Le musée Gardiner reçoit un financement du gouvernement du Canadapour un projet de transformation d’envergure
Le musée Gardiner est ravi d’annoncer le soutien du gouvernement du Canada à son plus vaste projet d’investissement depuis 20 ans – une transformation complète du rez-de-chaussée du musée fondée sur les principes d’accès, de connectivité et d’autochtonité.
Gardiner Museum welcomes first Curator of Indigenous Ceramics, Franchesca Hebert-Spence
The Gardiner Museum has announced the appointment of Franchesca Hebert-Spence as the Gardiner Museum’s inaugural Curator of Indigenous Ceramics, a new position generously supported by the Lindy Green Family Foundation.
Gardiner Museum receives $2.5 million Leadership Gift from The Hilary and Galen Weston Foundation toward Ground Floor Transformation
The Gardiner Museum is thrilled to announce a Leadership Gift of $2.5 million from The Hilary and Galen Weston Foundation toward a full-scale transformation of the Gardiner’s ground floor. In recognition of this generous gift, the Museum’s lobby will be re-envisioned as The Hilary and Galen Weston Foundation Hall, the welcoming point and central axis of the Museum’s reimagined ground floor and the site of year-round presentations of contemporary ceramics, including community partnerships.
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.
