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SMASH: Nourish! Fed Us With a Filling Summer Soirée at The Gardiner Museum
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Hyperallergic and the Gardiner Museum Team Up for Limited-run Podcast Series
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Five Canadian women ceramic artists on their passion for clay
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Gardiner Museum celebrates 35th anniversary with free admission
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Gardiner Museum brings Ai Wei Wei’s provocative questions into sharp relief with new exhibition
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Ai Weiwei’s sunflower seeds in new Gardiner Museum exhibit imply power of the people
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Ai Weiwei: Unbroken opens at the Gardiner Museum on February 28
On February 28, Ai Weiwei: Unbroken will open at the Gardiner Museum, featuring iconic ceramic works, including Sunflower Seeds and Coca Cola Vase, recent works in blue-and-white porcelain depicting the global refugee crisis, and objects in other media, including wood and marble, that playfully subvert notions of traditional craftsmanship and Chinese cultural identity with pointedly political imagery. The exhibition also marks the international debut of a new LEGO zodiac installation.
Ai Weiwei releases statement in response to tensions between Canada and China ahead of exhibition at Gardiner Museum
Ai Weiwei, one of the world’s most influential artists and activists, and one of China’s most formidable critics, has released a statement through the Gardiner Museum in response to heightened diplomatic tensions between China and Canada since the arrest of Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou and the detainment of two Canadian citizens on suspicion of endangering state security.
Gardiner Museum celebrates contemporary ceramics with New + Now
The Gardiner Museum’s annual 12 Trees exhibition has become New + Now, a celebration of national and international ceramics in support of the Museum’s clay education and outreach programs. The highlight of this year’s inaugural New + Now event is a dramatic celestial installation commissioned from Toronto-born artist David R. Harper.