Press Releases
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.
Gardiner Museum CONTACT Exhibition highlights Indo-Caribbean HerStories through ceramics and photography
Reclaimed: Indo-Caribbean HerStories, part of the Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival, opens at the Gardiner Museum on May 4. The exhibition highlights the complex, longstanding, and often unpredictable interplay between ceramics and photography.
Gabrielle Peacock Appointed Executive Director & CEO of the Gardiner Museum
Gabrielle Peacock has been appointed Executive Director & CEO of the Gardiner Museum. Currently Director of Partnerships and Development at Soulpepper Theatre and previously CEO of The Robert McLaughlin Gallery in Oshawa, Ms. Peacock will join the Gardiner in February 2023.
Karine Giboulo solo exhibition Housewarming opens at the Gardiner Museum on October 20
Enter a world at once familiar and uncanny. Montreal-based artist Karine Giboulo invites visitors into an immersive reimagining of her home. Brought to life by over 500 miniature polymer clay figures, this is no ordinary house.
Gardiner Museum to debut new public artwork by Santee Smith in a series of free outdoor performances
Talking Earth, a new permanent public artwork by Tekaronhiáhkhwa / Santee Smith will be unveiled in front of the Gardiner Museum, coinciding with the opening of the International Ceramic Art Fair (ICAF), a 10-day showcase of contemporary ceramics by Canadian and international artists. Part of ArtworxTO: Toronto’s Year of Public Art 2021–2022, the sculpture was commissioned by the Gardiner to honour the ongoing Indigenous presence on Turtle Island.
Gardiner Museum presents 10 days of contemporary ceramics, talks, tours, performances, and more
After a two-years hiatus, the International Ceramic Art Fair (ICAF) returns to the Gardiner Museum with an exciting roster of Canadian and international artists and galleries.