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Thursday, October 24 4:30 - 10:00PM Art Toronto Opening Night: A benefit for the Art Gallery of Ontario

Thursday, October 24 6:30 - 10:00PM

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Founded in 2000 by Linel and Ella Rebenchuk, Art Toronto’s first iteration included 60 exhibitors. 20 years later, the fair presents work by over 100 galleries from across Canada and around the world, drawing more than 20,000 art collectors, professionals, and enthusiasts to Toronto.

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Archives of FuturitiesPresented by Presenting Sponsor, RBC

Moderator: Emelie Chhangur, Interim Director/Curator of the Art Gallery of York University (AGYU) Panelists: Artists Pamila Matharu and Rajni Perera A conversation on the concept of “Future Real Conditional,” which Black photography scholar Tina M. Campt describes as a future that hasn’t yet happened, but must. The conversation explores the interstitial spaces artists seek to carve for the future; the importance of creating places of inclusion, both socially and aesthetically; and how artists influence futures they seek to inhabit—for themselves and other generations—by effecting change today.

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Artist Talk: Carlos BungaPresented by MOCA Toronto, Supported by Partners in Art

Carlos Bunga uses mass-produced materials such as cardboard, adhesive tape, and household paint to produce site-specific, process-focused installations. Emerging from a dialogue with an existing architectural space, these ephemeral structures remind us of life-size architectural models as well as temporary street shelters. Through his work, Bunga not only encourages viewers to rethink their experience of space and architecture, but also evokes the transient and fragile nature of urban structures. This talk is in anticipation of Bunga’s upcoming exhibition at MOCA Toronto in February of 2020.

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PLATFORM is Art Toronto’s comprehensive lineup of talks and panel discussions where listeners will hear from influential art world figures on important and trending topics. These complimentary talks are held on the Art Toronto stage and last approximately one hour.

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POWER TALKS - Rita Fabiana: Performing the Institution(al) Today?Presented by The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery

In 2012, the Museum of Modern Art held a symposium titled “How Are We Performing Today?” Focused on performance within the museum, speakers grappled with the subject of a “migration from the margin to the center of contemporary art [and museum] discourse.”

Rita Fabiana looks back to look forward, considering recent years and the future of the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, as a Portuguese and European institution. How has the museum been responding to questions of gender, migration, and colonialism through collection acquisitions, exhibitions, display policies, and public engagement.

Spirit of Place: ManitobaPresented by the McMichael Canadian Art Collection Speakers: Sarah Milroy, Chief Curator, McMichael Canadian Art Collection and artist Robert Houle

This conversation will consider what it means to make art in Manitoba today. A strong spirit of place is embodied in the name Manitoba which is derived from the Ojibwe term for the Great Spirit and which was given to the sound of the waves in the Lake Manitoba Narrows. Artist Robert Houle, who grew up in Sandy Bay First Nation on the western shore of Lake Manitoba, will reflect on his relationship to the land and its spirit.

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Caring for your Collection: What you always wanted to know but were too afraid to ask!Presented by Show Sponsor, AXA

Moderator: Rick Hiebert, accredited member of the International Society of AppraisersPanelists: Iris Handke, Managing Director of AXA Insurance Company, Fine Art Conservator Laszlo Cser of Restorart, and Gordon Butler, Project Manager at PacArt, Fine Art & Exhibition Transportation With the increasing values coming out at auction, the art market is showing no signs of slowing down. It is therefore, more important than ever, that your prized possessions are maintained through proper care and maintenance. Whether you are a seasoned collector or starting your collection, there are many things to take into consideration, and it can be a daunting task. A Q&A will follow the panel discussion.

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Notes on Collecting and Curating: A Conversation Between Luiza Teixeira de Freitas and Rui Mateus AmaralCo-Presented by Art Toronto and Partners In Art

A conversation exploring the possibilities and complexities of being an Independent Curator amidst the rapidly changing conditions of our time. By highlighting key projects and collections guided by Teixeira de Freitas, this dialogue will address new currents in exhibition-making, collection building, and art fair experiences.

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Saturday, October 26

POWER TALKS - Angela Ferreira: Pan African Unity MuralPresented by The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery

The artist will focus on projects concerned with developing metaphoric and political statements from critical investigations into the relationship between buildings, films, music, and the ongoing impact of colonialism, post-colonialism, and neocolonialism on contemporary society. Ferreira’s work will serve as starting points for a discussion and reflection on the unexpected history of personalities that have served as role models for a constructive representation of Africa.

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Undoing Painting Presented by Lead Partner, Canadian Art

Inspired by the theme of Canadian Art’s Fall 2019 issue, this panel explores the various ways histories and hierarchies can be reshaped through contemporary ideas of painting as a flexible, undefined medium. Toronto artist Ghazaleh Avarzamani’s interdisciplinary practice considers a range of spaces, structures, and devices for interactivity, self-development, and play. Toronto artist Amanda Boulos creates new narratives out of stories and symbols drawn from her family’s experiences of the 1948 war in Palestine and ensuing Lebanese Civil War, and Vancouver artist Lyse Lemieux explores the spaces between abstraction and representation, while maintaining an interest in the materiality of the human figure.

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Crystal Migwans: Care, Containment, and the Possibility of Life in Collections of Contemporary Indigenous ArtPresented by C Magazine

The repatriation movement gave us a way to approach care of historical Indigenous material. Grave goods, sacred objects, ancestor-beings—these designations trigger certain protocols designed to protect vulnerable communities and even reconstitute some of what colonial theft stole away. But what about care of contemporary Indigenous collections? This kind of art, by some bureaucratic math, has been assigned to a secular realm with little room for things like collective ownership, potential animacy, or kinship with objects and places. This division of historical and contemporary is, at its core, part of a system that treats such Indigenous entanglements as liabilities and works to limit them. As Indigenous artists and art professionals make inroads into institutions that had once excluded them, and Indigenous art flows into collections, we encounter new (and old) problems in how to care for our relations.

POWER TALKS - Denise Ferreira de Silva: Through the Question(ing) of JusticePresented by The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery

This presentation contemplates the question of what happens to the thesis of the (im)possibility of justice when considered through artistic practice, in particular when taking into account the limit(action)s of representation and the urgency and duty to attend to how colonial and racial violence continue to rule in the global present. This exploration consists primarily in a reflection organized by the interrogations, questions, and propositions introduced in collaborative works by Ferreira da Silva—as well as insights occasioned by the works of contemporary artists such as Otobong Nkanga, Carlos Motta, and Paulo Nazareth.

The Cape Dorset Effect: West Baffin Eskimo Co-Operative and Sixty Years of Inuit ArtPresented by the West Baffin Eskimo Co-Operative

Welcome and Opening Remarks: Pauloosie Kowmageak, West Baffin Eskimo Co-Operative President Moderator: Madeleine Allakariallak, CBC North and Nunavut Radio on air personality

Panelists: Senator Patricia Bovey, Independent Manitoba Senator; Catherine Bradley, Partners in Art; Natalie MacNamara, NAMARA Principal and Creative Director; Saimaivu Akesuk, Kinnagait Studios Artist (via CISCO System); Claire Foussard, Ki Smith Gallery Manager This discussion will examine the rise of artistic practice in Cape Dorset, Nunavut by profiling the history of West Baffin Eskimo Cooperative. A community-owned and Inuit-led organization, the Cooperative’s Kinngait Studios program is internationally renowned for the production of prints, drawings, and sculptures by its Inuit artist members. Through diverse perspectives, this conversation will explore Inuit art from Cape Dorset as a quintessentially Canadian form of expression and delve into the factors that have contributed to its international acclaim. This initiative is an important component of the West Baffin Eskimo Cooperative’s year-long program celebrating its 60th anniversary. Throughout 2019, events are scheduled to take place in Cape Dorset, across Canada, and internationally.

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Curator Art Tours

Join one of Art Toronto’s engaging art tours. To participate in the 45 minute tour, please check in at the Information Desk at the top of the escalator. Arrive early as space is limited.

Date: Friday, October 25 Time: 3:00PM Women with a Point of View with Marie- Eve Beaupre, MAC Collection Curator and Eva Hartling, Brand is Female Founder and Podcast Host

Date: Saturday, October 26 Time: 1:00PM FOCUS: Portugal with Curator, João Ribas

Date: Saturday, October 26 Time: 3:00PM Brian Sholis Will Try To Convince You Of The Merits Of Several Photographs with Brian Sholis, Editor, Writer, & Curator

Date: Sunday, October 27 Time: 3:00PM Canadian Masterworks with Andrew Kear, Head of Collections, Exhibitions, and Programs at Museum London

Artist Talk Presented by AXA

Collaboration: Partnering on Artistic Expression Date: Saturday, October 26 Time: 3:00PM Speaker: Michael Vickers, Artist Visit the AXA booth for an interview with artist Michael Vickers to learn about his artwork, featured at Art Toronto. This 30 minute talk will question what impact working with a partner can have on the creative process. Join us for this personal, fun, and insightful discussion and stay on for an introduction to the work by the artist himself.

SOLO Salon Art Talks

Join a selection of Art Toronto’s SOLO artists as they discuss their work through the lens of shared themes. Tours are included with admission and last approximately 45 minutes. Please meet in the middle of the SOLO Section, between booths S05 and S08, to participate.

Date: Saturday, October 26 Time: 5:00PM Subversive Aesthetics: The Role of Beauty in Art A discussion of aesthetic value between artists whose work challenges conventional notions of figuration, decor, and the everyday. Artists featured include Tina Berning, Cynthia Dinan-Mitchell, Rita Leistner, Kent Merriman Jr., and Charlene Vickers. Tour led by Rebecca Carbin, Principle, Art + Public UnLtd

Date: Sunday, October 27 Time: 5:00PM Here, Now: What it Means to be a Canadian Artist in 2019 An intergenerational conversation on the impact of place in artistic practice, with artists Barry Allikas, Adad Hannah, Lyse Lemieux, Sister Co-Resister, and Winnie Truong. Tour led by Crystal Mowry, Curator, Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery

Canadian Art Editor Tours

Join Canadian Art editorial team for short tours that highlight some of the best booths, interesting artists, and unusual solo projects at the fair. Meet at Canadian Art’s booth (B18) at 2:00PM daily.

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P2 Julie Moon, Acid Garden, 2018, presented by Birch Contemporary (Booth C31)

P3 Laura Moore, one man’s junk, 2013–2016, presented by Zalucky Contemporary (Booth C12)

P4 Jeremy Holmes, INFINITE, 2019, presented the artist and GALERIE ISABELLE LESMEISTER (Booth B10)

P5 Tribute to Katharine Mulherin: BGL, The Great Paths, 2019, presented by the artists, Galerie 3 (Booth C7) and Parisian Laundry (Booth C19)

P6 Samuel Arsenault-Brassard, Oasis, 2019, presented by ELLEPHANT (Booth C5)

P7 Jannick Deslauriers, Sentences, souffle et linceul, 2018, presented by Art Mûr (Booth C16)

P8 Rajni Perera, VHT1, 2017-2019, presented by the artist, the Art Gallery of York University and Patel Gallery (Booth C6)

P9 Dana Claxton, Tatanka 1, 2019, presented by Winsor Art Projects (Booth S12)

P10 Tessar Lo, fields from a room, 2019, presented by the artist and Patel Gallery (Booth C6)

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L3 Adam David Brown, Moonlight, 2015, presented by MKG127 (Booth C26)

L4 Divya Mehra, The World Isn’t a Fair Place: Just Barely Adrift on your Perceived Cultural Landscape (The Browning of America and the Color of Crime), 2018, presented by the artist and Georgia Scherman Projects (Booth B6)

L5 Kristiina Lahde, From a Straight Line to a Curve, 2015, presented by MKG 127 (Booth C26)

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⁄/edition Art Book Fair champions forward-thinking projects by artists, publishers, galleries, and organizations who share a similar mission to advance and strengthen Canadian and International art book initiatives. The purpose of the ⁄/edition Art Book Fair is to introduce audiences to a breadth of art-related publishing that happens across Canada and internationally, ranging from artist’s books (publications produced by artists that function as art-objects in their own right), to more conventional monographs, exhibition catalogues, and unique projects.

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C15 Bau-Xi Gallery & Bau-Xi Photo (Toronto)

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C27 Galeries Roger Bellemare et Christian Lambert (Montreal)

A19 Galerie Jean-Claude Bergeron (Ottawa)

C31 Birch Contemporary (Toronto)

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C21 Galerie René Blouin (Montreal)

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C33 Daniel Faria Gallery (Toronto)

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C36 Jill George Gallery (London, UK)

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C44 JARVIS HALL GALLERY (Calgary)

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C23 Susan Hobbs Gallery (Toronto)

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C42 Galerie Laroche/Joncas (Montreal)

B10 GALERIE ISABELLE LESMEISTER (Regensburg)

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A16 Masters Gallery (Calgary)

A7 Todd Merrill Studio (New York)

C1 Nicholas Metivier Gallery (Toronto)

C26 MKG127 (Toronto)

A15 Oeno Gallery (Prince Edward County)

C3 Pierre-François Ouellette art contemporain (Montreal)

A28 Alex Pairon Gallery (Knokke)

C19 Parisian Laundry (Montreal)

C38 Christina Parker Gallery (St. John’s)

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C2 Paul Petro Contemporary Art (Toronto)

C48 Gachi Prieto | Rubbers (Buenos Aires)

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C39 Republic Gallery (Vancouver)

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A24 Marion Scott Gallery & Kardosh Contemporary (Vancouver)

A8 Miriam Shiell Fine Art (Toronto)

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B3 TrépanierBaer Gallery (Calgary)

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A27 Dianna Witte Gallery (Toronto)

VERGE/ Young & Emerging GalleriesC28 10 Years Ago  (Toronto) 

C51 La Castiglione Gallery  (Montreal)

C45 Fazakas Gallery (Vancouver)

C13 Franz Kaka (Toronto)

C47 MM Gallery  (Buenos Aires)

C43 Quimera  (Buenos Aires)

C52 Mónica Reyes Gallery  (Vancouver)

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SOLO/ Works by a single artistS3 Lyse Lemieux: Wil Aballe Art Projects | WAAP  (Vancouver)

S1 Rita Leistner: Stephen Bulger Gallery  (Toronto)

S6 Sister Co-Resister: COOPER COLE  (Toronto)

S7 Cynthia Dinan-Mitchell: Galerie D’Este  (Montreal)

S10 Barry Allikas: Galerie Deux Poissons  (Montreal) 

S8 Adad Hannah: Equinox Gallery  (Vancouver) &  Pierre-François Ouellette art contemporain  (Montreal)

S5 Charlene Vickers: Macaulay & Co. Fine Art (Vancouver)

S11 Tina Berning: Alison Milne Gallery  (Toronto)

S4 Sarah Cale: Clint Roenisch (Toronto) 

S9 Kent Merriman Jr.: TrépanierBaer Gallery  (Calgary)

S2 Winnie Truong: VIVIANEART  (Calgary)

S12 Dana Claxton: Winsor Art Projects  (Vancouver)

ARTS & CULTURAL INSTITUTIONSB1 Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) (Toronto)

B12 Border Crossings Magazine (Winnipeg)

B15 Contemporary Art Forum Kitchener and Area (CAFKA) (Kitchener)

B18 Canadian Art Magazine (Toronto)

Carla Fernández (Mexico City)

B11 Art Gallery of Hamilton (Hamilton)

B16 Inuit Art Foundation (Toronto)

B2 McMichael Canadian Art Collection (Kleinburg)

B17 Museum of Contemporary Art Toronto (MOCA) (Toronto)

B13 The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery (Toronto)

B14 Vellum Projects (Brooklyn)

SponsorsRBC Artists Project • AXA • SAMSUNG The Frame • JdJ Jewellery

Publication LoungeFeaturing premiere print publications such asAesthetica, Azure, BOMB, Border Crossings, Canadian Art, Ciel variable, C Magazine, Designlines, Esse, Frieze, Monocle and Toronto Life

FOCUS: PortugalC11 3+1 Arte Contemporânea (Lisbon)

C29 Carpe Diem Art & Research (Lisbon)

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C9 Fonseca Macedo Gallery (Ponta Delgada)

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João Ribas is a writer and curator based in Porto. He was previously Director of the Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art, Porto, where he also held the position of Deputy Director and Senior Curator (2014-2018). He was previously curator of the MIT List Visual Arts Center (2009-2013) and of the Drawing Center, New York (2007-2009). Ribas won four consecutive AICA awards for Best Exhibition (2008-2011) and the Emily Hall Tremaine Exhibition Award (2010). His writing on art and culture has been published in numerous publications, monographs, and magazines such as Artforum, Afterall, Artnews, Art in America, Frieze, Mousse, The Exhibitionist, Spike, and The Guardian, and his edited volume In the Holocene, on art and science, was published by Sternberg Press (2014). Ribas has taught at Yale University, the Rhode Island School of Design, and the School of Visual Arts in New York; and is a lecturer in the Master’s Program in Cinema at the School of the Arts, Catholic University, Porto, and in Media Art at Lusófona University, Porto. Ribas was the curator of the 4th Ural Biennial, 2007, and of the Portuguese Pavilion at the 58th Venice Biennale, 2019.

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Offsite Programming

Janela, LIS ›YYZCurated by Luiza Teixeira de Freitas

As an extension of FOCUS: Portugal, independent Lisbon-based curator, Luiza Teixeira de Freitas, will stage a Toronto based version of her curatorial project, Janela (Window in Portuguese). In Portugal, the project consists of inviting artists to activate and intervene in a flower shop window in the Madragoa neighbourhood of Lisbon, offering a moment of pause or interruption for the daily passerby. Past participants include artists Igor Jesus, Luis Lazaro Matos, Jorge Queiroz, Gabriel Abrantes, Mauro Cerqueira, Maria Klabin, and Celine Condorelli. Currently, the curator is working on upcoming projects with artists Sara Bichão, Fernanda Fragateiro, Tomas Cunha Ferreira, and Julião Sarmento.

For Toronto, Teixeira de Freitas has invited Portuguese artists to produce artworks and interventions for windows in Little Portugal. Participating local businesses include: The Citizen Room, Saudade, The Unboxed Market, The World’s Smallest Hat Shop, and Miss Pippa’s.

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FOCUS: Portugal ExhibitionVasco Barata, AnaMary Bilbao, Mauro Cerqueira, Claire de Santa Coloma, Rita Ferreira, Henrique Pavao, Silvestre Pestana, Hernani Reis Baptista, Sandra Rocha, Jonathan Uliel Saldanha, Flavia Vieira

Curated by João Ribas

FOCUS: Portugal presents a selection of works by artists from the participating Portuguese galleries of Art Toronto 2019, representing some of the most significant artists and galleries in Portugal’s vibrant art scene today. The exhibition features practices that reflect the variety of approaches and media within contemporary art in Portugal, including painting, sculpture, drawing, and moving image. The works on view propose different forms of engagement with urgent and critical issues in contemporary art and

culture, from tourism and gentrification, to identity and technology. With a resurgence of a number of institutions and galleries in Portugal converging with a generation of artists with a global perspective, contemporary Portuguese artists are beginning to receive more visibility internationally. Selected from some of the most significant galleries in the country, these works reflect the vitality and relevance of these practices at a local and international level.

Claire de Santa Coloma, Untitled, 2017, courtesy of 3+1 Arte Contemporânea (Booth C11)

As a form of social and material archeology, the work of Mauro Cerqueira affirms the value and integrity of the precarious, marginal, and disinvested through sculptures, video, drawings, and installation. Adriano Costa shapes a variety of materials, including bronze, wood, and found objects, to engage questions of value and processes of how materials are transformed into art. Claire de Santa Coloma’s sculptures address the possibilities of sculpture itself, exploring traditional sculptural concerns of torsion, weight, and balance, and the relation between objects and space. The paintings of Rita Ferreira hold a tension between representation, figuration, abstraction, and expression, in the use of detail, scale, and unconventional supports. Time, media, and memory underscore the work of Henrique Pavão in video and photography. In Flavia Vieira’s work, concept and craft converge in the use of natural materials and pigments drawn from Brazil. The work of Vasco Barata utilises a variety of media, including photography, drawing, and sculpture, as an investigation into the construction and perception of images and visual meaning. The work of Hernani Reis Baptista displaces, re-constructs, and

abstracts the relation between the body and materials in different mediums. Jonathan Uliel Saldanha works with the visceral and numinous dimensions of sound and image through music, movement, video, and installation. Material and historical memory, in its circulatory and repetitive form, are the centre of AnaMary Bilbao’s work in drawing and photography. Sandra Rocha’s photo-based work reflects on the relation between humans and elements of nature. One of the most pioneering artists in Portugal, Silvestre Pestana is a poet, artist, and performer who has created a singular body of work in a variety of media since the late 1960s, using video, computing, and other technologies during his decades-long engagement with the political and technological systems that permeate contemporary life.

Rita Ferreira, Queria morrer anonimamente no deserto, 2017, courtesy of 3+1 Arte Contemporânea (Booth C11)

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Clair de Santa Coloma, Escultura com pedra, 2018Photo: João Ferro Martins

Fernando Marante, Untitled, 2019

In addition to the exhibition, FOCUS: Portugal presents seven leading galleries and exhibitors from Portugal

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Exhibiting Artists:Claire de Santa ColomaRita FerreiraNuno Sousa Vieira

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Exhibiting Artists: A Selection from Carpe Diem Art & Research Collection

KUBIKGALLERY (Porto)

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Exhibiting Artists:Pedro VazFlávia VieiraHernâni Reis BaptistaPedro TudelaEmmanuel NassarSérgio FernandesFelipe Cohe

Flávia Vieira, Pandã #2, 2018

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UMA LULIK_ (Lisbon)

Booth C14 umalulikgallery.com

Exhibiting Artists:AnaMary BilbaoPaulo LisboaHenrique Pavão

Paulo Lisboa, Untitled, 2019

Booth C9 fonsecamacedo.com

Exhibiting Artists: Graham GussinIsabel Madureira AndradeJosé LoureiroSandra RochaVasco Barata

Fonseca Macedo Gallery (Ponta Delgada)

José Loureiro, Ácaro, 2018

Booth C22 duartesequeira.com

Exhibiting Artists:Petra CortrightMimosa EchardOliver Laric

Galeria Duarte Sequeira (Braga)

Petra Cortright, “voices of youth”_USER_ADMINISTRATOR/tsunami+new Guinea, 2019

Booth C46 walktalkazores.org

Exhibiting Artists:Maya SaraviaHorácio Frutuoso

Walk&Talk— Arts Festival (Ponta Delgada)

Teresa Braula Reis, House for Ferraria, 2017

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Art Toronto Design: Free Form

The public spaces of the fair were inspired by the collection of large scale sculptures and installations put forward by the exhibiting galleries. Ranging from a VR experience to a monumental textile installation, along with digital sculptures and assemblages, the space is designed to inspire viewers to consider the possibilities in contemporary art practices. In the center aisles, the Brothers Dressler have created a lounge that expands on this theme with custom wood furnishings defined by soulful sculptural qualities. Designed by Nicole Engelmann, these elements are supported by furnishings by EQ3 designed to create space to rest, recharge, and contemplate the surrounding artworks.

Canadian Masterworks

Highlighting important Canadian artworks by the Painters Eleven collective at galleries who exhibit historical and secondary market work at the fair. Look for this graphic which designates specific artworks included in this highlight.

RBC

RBC has been the Presenting Sponsor of Art Toronto, Canada’s leading Modern and Contemporary Art Fair, for 14 years. We recognize, and deeply value, the role of artists as innovators within our communities and we are proud to support Art Toronto as they once again showcase Canada’s great emerging and established talents. Our commitment to new artists and new works is unwavering and continues to be brought to life through the contemplated acquisitions of our RBC Art Collection and through the mentorship and support opportunities made possible by the RBC Emerging Artists Project. We are pleased this year to share and celebrate a work of Ktaqmkuk-based Newfoundland Mi’kmaq artist Jordan Bennet, who recently led a mentorship program for emerging indigenous artists at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. RBC is also excited to announce and feature a newly commissioned artwork for the RBC Collection by Toronto-based artist Rajni Perera.

ArtTO Gift Shop

Did you want to make some notes? Have a caffeine boost with a bite of chocolate? Did you water your plants before you left the house? We at ArtTO don’t want you worrying about such things as you enjoy the show. Visit the gift shop for a selection of artist-made, often useful objects to enhance your experience or give you an opportunity to pick up a thoughtful gift for yourself or someone you love.

Art Bistro by Gusto 54 Catering

Art Toronto is excited to announce our Restaurant Partner, Gusto 54 Catering. Led by Chef Joel Brown, Gusto 54 Catering delivers delicious food and soulful hospitality. Southern Italian at heart but inspired by bold global flavours, they have one single mission: to curate an awesome food experience. Come say hi and grab a bite at Art Bistro by Gusto 54 Catering.

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