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Monday, October 21, 2024

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Press Release

ART TORONTO REVEALS FOCUS EXHIBITION

CURATOR AND OPENING NIGHT GALA FOR ITS 25TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION

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RBC RETURNS AS PRINCIPAL SPONSOR AS CANADA’S ART FAIR WELCOMES OVER 100 GALLERIES FROM CANADA, THE USA AND ABROAD. RHÉANNE CHARTRAND TO CURATE THE FOCUS EXHIBITION. COLLECTORS FIRST LOOK AND OPENING NIGHT RETURNS AS A BENEFIT FOR THE MCMICHAEL CANADIAN ART COLLECTION

Art Toronto celebrates its 25th Anniversary edition, welcoming RBC back as its Principal Sponsor. Art Toronto 2024 will feature over 100 galleries representing Canada and beyond across an elevated floor design filled with open-air installations and more. Canada’s Art Fair will be held at the Metro Convention Centre from October 24 to 27, featuring a collectors' first-look preview and an opening night event on Thursday, October 24.

“For the past 25 years, Art Toronto has been an anchor of the country’s cultural landscape, championing art at the forefront and providing galleries an opportunity to engage with audiences all over Canada” says Mia Nielsen, Director of Art Toronto. “Over the past several years our team has been working to expand the fair’s reach and audience, building out new programs and partnerships to strengthen our relationship between the gallery and collector. This year, we continue to build on our strengths and present a fair that is meaningful, current and personal.”

Art Toronto 2023 (Photo courtesy of the organisers) Click to enlarge

FOCUS EXHIBITION CURATED BY RHÉANNE CHARTRAND

Rhéanne Chartrand is a Métis curator with over a decade of experience curating cross-cultural and multidisciplinary exhibitions, showcases, festivals, and programs. Currently, she serves as Hatch Curator of Indigenous Art & Culture at the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM). Broadly, her curatorial work focuses on the praxis of survivance, Indigenous epistemes, relational aesthetics, representational politics, acknowledgment, and gratitude. The exhibition, titled, the place to which we return, embraces the concept of “home” as differing conceptions of what home is and what it means, and how it is intimately wrapped up in identity, history, politics, and geography.

OPENING NIGHT

Art Toronto kicks off with the Opening Night ticketed benefit for the McMichael Canadian Art Collection. As the exclusive preview of the fair, guests will have the privilege of being among the first to view and purchase stunning artworks and engage with fellow art connoisseurs as well as savour delectable refreshments and light bites throughout the evening. All proceeds from the evening benefit the McMichael Canadian Art Collection, supporting its mission to preserve and promote the art of Canada.  Tickets are $400 (tax incl) for the Collectors First Look (4pm entry) and $300 (including tax) for 6pm entry. Prices go up September 9.

Art Toronto 2023 (Photo courtesy of the organisers)

Collector's First Look and Opening Night

Presented by McMichael Canadian Art Collection

Thursday, October 24, 4 - 10pm

Drinks and light bites will be served.

Tickets start from $300 per person

Public Days

Friday, October 25 + Saturday, October 26

Hours: 12 PM - 8 PM

Sunday, October 27

Hours: 12 PM - 6 PM

Ticket prices range from $15 - $125 per person

Tickets can be purchased HERE.

Art Toronto 2023 (Photo courtesy of the organisers)

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About Art Toronto

Founded in 2000, Art Toronto is Canada’s international fair for modern and contemporary art. Attracting esteemed galleries, artists, and art-lovers from across the globe, the fair is the most important annual art event in Canada. For more information, visit arttoronto.ca.