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Fun and mind-expanding things to do this season
by SARA CUNNINGHAMAge of You
To Ja n 5Tapestry of Spirit: The Torah Stitch
by Stitch Project
To Nov 17This isn’t your grandma’s knitting circle: nearly
1,500 volunteers from 28 countries stitched
their way through sections of the Bible and the
Qur’an for this massive art and social project,
resulting in the more than 1,000 panels on
display at the Textile Museum of Canada.
Stitchers: Tapestry of Spirit, an award-winning
documentary, plays throughout.
textilemuseum.ca
Art Toronto
Oct 25-27Celebrating 20 years of Canadian and
international modern and contemporary art,
this annual fair at the Metro Toronto Convention
Centre is chock full of shoppable masterpieces.
Drake Hotel alum Mia Nielsen is helming this
year’s show, which will spotlight emerging
artists from Portugal.
arttoronto.caOne Of A Kind Show
Nov 21-Dec 1The annual maker’s show at the Enercare
Centre is subdivided into five bountiful
“neighbourhoods” focused on eco-wares,
artisanal food, fashion, visual art and rising stars.
Get a jump on the crowds (and the holidays)
during the Late Night Shopping event, when
stalls are open until 11 p.m.
oneofakindshow.comCurated by Shumon Basar, Douglas Coupland
and Hans Ulrich Obrist, with graphic design by
Daly & Lyon, this exhibition takes aim at you.
At least, the “you” on your Instagram feed.
“I promise you you are real and you will live
forever,” reads a slogan from this exhibition of
commissioned and existing works questioning
self-identity.
museumofcontemporaryart.caDesignThinkers
Oct 24 & 25Canada’s largest annual graphic design
conference, now in its 20th year, attracts
the industry’s wizards. Hear from the likes of
Natasha Jen, a partner at Pentagram, whose
LCD wayfinding signage at Pearson Airport’s
Terminal 1 shows Torontonians the way (to the
check-in counter).
designthinkers.comMORE DESIGNY EVENTS
Toronto Biennial of Art
To Dec 1The mark of every great city is a large-scale,
international contemporary art exhibition.
Cue the inaugural Toronto Biennial of Art –
a free, 72-day event showcasing more than
100 artworks installed at 10 sites along the
waterfront between Etobicoke Creek and
Ashbridges Bay. Co-curated by Tairone Bastien
and Candice Hopkins, the installations are
fascinating in their diversity. Imagine a swarm
of quivering robotic monarch butterflies by
Mexican artist Fernando Palma Rodríguez,
programmed to respond to seismic frequencies;
feminist icon Judy Chicago’s pyrotecnic
land art (shown) at Mississauga’s Small Arms
Inspection Building; or an installation and live
dialogue by AA Bronson and Adrian Stimson,
probing their ancestral ties to residential
schools. And to think: this impossible-to-
miss art bonanza will return in just two years- with even more perspectives, artworks and
themes to discover. TORONTOBIENNIAL.ORG
Hito Steyerl: This Is the Future
Oct 24-Feb 23German artist Hito Steyerl is an ace at combining
digital and architectural environments. Take her
witty, large-scale installation Liquidity Inc. (2014),
which tells the story of an American economic
analyst turned mixed martial artist. The video
is screened in a glowing, monitor-blue room
complete with a pillow-strewn viewing ramp.
ago.ca
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