The Gardiner is thrilled to announce the launch of CLAY, an original in-house restaurant offering seasonal menus of fresh, local fare in collaboration with The Food Dudes.
Ai Weiwei is one of the world’s most influential artists and human rights activists, and one of China’s most formidable critics. Ai Weiwei: Unbroken features a selection of the artist's most iconic ceramics, and marks the international debut of new work. Opens February 28!
Drawing from the Gardiner’s own collection and artist Ai Weiwei’s practice in traditional Chinese craft, Dr. Maris Boyd Gillette explores how Jingdezhen porcelain has inspired ceramists to create, copy, and counterfeit its glories.
The Gardiner Museum is among the few museums in the world focused on ceramics, and is one of the most important specialty museums internationally. It houses approximately 4,000 objects, including European porcelain, ceramics from the Ancient Americas, Chinese porcelain, Japanese porcelain, and contemporary ceramics. Search the collection online!
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The Gardiner Museum thanks the generous individuals, corporations, foundations and government funders who make it possible for the Gardiner to celebrate the art of clay.
The Gardiner Benefactor Award
The Gardiner Benefactor Award is given to a donor or donors who have sustained the Museum over an extended period through their significant generosity through donations of objects, financial support, or both.
Bill & Molly Anne Macdonald, 2014 In Memory of R. Murray Bell & Ann Walker Bell, 2015 Robert & Marian Cumming, 2016 Dr. Pierre Karch & Dr. Mariel O’Neill-Karch, 2017 Jean & Kenneth Laundy, 2018
Gardiner Meritus
The Gardiner Museum has had many board members, donors and volunteers who have served over the years, and the Museum has benefited greatly from their support. To recognize this contribution to the Museum, and to ensure these key stakeholders remain connected to it, the distinction of “Gardiner Meritus” was created.
Our Gardiner Meritus members include previous board members, both Trustees and Directors; previous Presidents of the Gardiner Volunteer Committee (GVC) and volunteers who have served for over 20 years; donors giving $50,000, in funds or objects, in individual or cumulative gifts; and others may be suggested by senior staff or Board members to the Executive Director, including prominent artists who work in clay, past Gardiner Board Committee members, or those with a similar profile. Individuals in this category would need to be approved by the Governance Committee.
Exhibition Sponsors
CP Rail Hal Jackman Foundation La Fondation Emmanuelle Gattuso Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Partners in Art Power Corporation of Canada TD Bank Group The Thor E & Nicole Eaton Family Charitable Foundation The Jack Weinbaum Family Foundation
Education & Programs Sponsors
Burgundy Asset Management Ltd. Gardiner Volunteer Committee Great-West Life, London Life, Canada Life Navigator Ltd. RBC Foundation TD Bank Group The Catherine and Maxwell Meighen Foundation The Citrine Foundation of Canada The Langar Foundation Toshiba International Foundation Scotiabank
Event Sponsors
AXA Canada Inc./ Ecclesiastical Insurance/HUB International HKMB Limited Boszko & Verity Inc.BMO Financial Group La Fondation Emmanuelle Gattuso RBC Wealth Management The Langar Foundation
Government Partners
Canada Council for the Arts Government of Canada, Department of Canadian Heritage Province of Ontario Ontario Arts Council Ontario Arts Foundation Ontario Cultural Attractions Fund Corporation City of Toronto
This reflects donations made in 2018.
The Museum makes every effort to accurately publish our donor listings. If there is an error please call us at 416.408.5051.
Please note that only organizations are recognized on this page to protect the privacy of our individual donors.