Please find below lists of upcoming (local) events, deadlines, and exhibitions. Share your news and events via the "News & Events Submission Form" or by emailing the department.
- Events (lectures, colloquia, conferences, seminars, and workshops)
- Deadlines (calls for papers and funding opportunities)
- Exhibitions
Events
Lectures, colloquia, conferences, seminars, and workshops
February
- February 7, 5 pm (Online via Zoom), Institute for Studies on Latin American Art Exhibition Talks: Anna Bella Geiger in Conversation with Elize Mazadiego
- February 7, 6 pm (Online), McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Virtual Artist's Talk, Meryl McMaster: Bloodline
- February 8, 7 pm (Online via Zoom), The Image Centre, Curators in Conversation: Emily Hauver and Paul Roth
- ⭐ February 8, 7:30–9 pm (Woodsworth 30), Dirt to Divinity: The Icons of Symeon van Donkelaar
- ⭐ February 9, 6–8 pm (University College Room A101), HASA Field Notes Lecture Series: Black Art: A Critical Introduction with Maya Harakowa
- ⭐ February 9, 7–8 pm (Online via Zoom), Relics of Roman Identity: Re-Collecting the Lost Palazzo del Bufalo, Rome (c. 1450–1600)
- February 10, 9 am–5 pm (Alumni Hall), Centre for Renaissance and Reformation Studies, Early Modern Celebration
- ⭐ February 13, 4–5:30 pm (Paul Cadario Conference Centre, Croft Chapter House, University College), French Art History Lecture Series: "The Venetian painter's studio in the 16th century: some remarks" with Michel Hochmann
- February 15–18 (New York Hilton Midtown), College Art Association Annual Conference
- February 15, 4 pm (Alumni Hall), Centre for Renaissance and Reformation Studies, Distinguished Visiting Scholar “Racializing Subjectivity in 17th Century Erotic Narrative” with Valerie Traub
- ⭐ February 15, 6–8 pm (Hart House Great Hall), A Celebration of the Work and Life of Denyse Thomasos
- February 16, 4 pm (GS 206 Regents Room), Centre for Renaissance and Reformation Studies, Distinguished Visiting Scholar “Early Modern Biopolitics: Race and Sexuality, Classification and Population” with Valerie Traub
- February 16, 6–8 pm (Gardiner Museum), Gardiner Museum, All Walks of Life: A Journey with The Alan Shimmerman Collection with Dr. Vanessa Sigalas
- February 17, 12–1 pm (Online via Zoom), Critical Digital Humanities Initiative, Lightning Lunch Series, Old Data, New Data
- ⭐ February 18, 11 am (Online via Zoom), Islamic Art & Material Culture Collaborative, Art and Activism in Contemporary Global Landscapes: Conversations with Contemporary Artists from the Islamic World, “Mythological Migrations: Imagining Queer Muslim Utopias” with Abdullah Qureshi
- ⭐ February 27, 4–5 pm (Sidney Smith Hall Room 6029 and Zoom), Dissertation Colloquium, The Poetics of Space: A Regional Analysis of the Cretan Postpalatial Built Environment with Tia Sager
- February 28, 4–5:30 pm (Victoria University Common Room), Centre for Renaissance and Reformation Studies, EMIGF IV – Eric Pecile & Rachel Stapleton
March
- March 2, 3–4:30 pm (Jackman Humanities Building Room 100A), Centre for Diaspora and Transnational Studies Speaker Series, Mastering the World: Black Performance and European Empire with Kristin Moriah
- March 3, 3:30–5 pm (Victoria University Common Room), Centre for Renaissance and Reformation Studies, Friday Workshop "Milton’s Brazilian Eve and the Experiment in Religious Freedom" with John Rogers
- ⭐ March 3–4 (Factor-Inwentash Building Room SK548), Material Connections and Identity Construction along Interaction Zones Conference
- March 16, 4 pm (Jackman Humanities Building Room 100A) Annual Ato Quayson Lecture with Lisa Lowe discussing Diaspora and Modernity
- March 17, 4:30–6:30 pm (University College Room 140), Queer Directions Symposium: Queer & Trans Visions: Bo Ruberg, Shu Lea Cheang, micha cárdenas, Ajamu X
- ⭐ March 18, 11 am (Online via Zoom), Islamic Art & Material Culture Collaborative, Art and Activism in Contemporary Global Landscapes: Conversations with Contemporary Artists from the Islamic World, “All Eyes on Me: The Violence of Discrimination” with Kaashif (Kaas) Ghanie
- March 22, time tba (Online via Zoom), The Image Centre, Curators in Conversation: Kaitlin Booher and Gaëlle Morel
- March 23, 4–5:30 pm (Victoria University Common Room), Centre for Renaissance and Reformation Studies, EMIGF V – Dustin Meyer & Christopher Patton
- March 24, 2–4 pm (New College WilliamDoo Auditorium), “(Un)Making Decolonial Anthropologists: how should native scholars respond to decoloniality?” with Professor Divine Fuh
April and Beyond
- ⭐ April 15, 11 am (Online via Zoom), Islamic Art & Material Culture Collaborative, Art and Activism in Contemporary Global Landscapes: Conversations with Contemporary Artists from the Islamic World, “Art on the Streets: Human Rights, Feminism and South Asian Identity” with Shehzil Malik
- ⭐ April 20, 7–8 pm (Online via Zoom), Manifesting Miracles: Image Cults in Late Medieval Southern Italy
- April 21–22, The Archaeology Centre, Debates in Archaeology Annual Symposium
- ⭐ May 27, 11 am (Online via Zoom), Islamic Art & Material Culture Collaborative, Art and Activism in Contemporary Global Landscapes: Conversations with Contemporary Artists from the Islamic World, “Contested Identities: At the Intersection of Black, British and Muslim” with Ejatu Shaw
Deadlines
Call for papers and funding opportunities
- February 10, Call for Papers, Practicing Resilience: Redefining Spirituality through Contemporary Art
- February 15
- February 17, Call for Papers, History in the Making Conference, "Who's History? // Whose History?"
- February 19, Call for Participation, Summer Institute for Technical Studies in Art
- February 21, Mimi Fullerton AGO-U of T Art History Fellowship
- February 28
- March 1
- March 21, Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, Visiting Senior Fellowship Program
- March 24, Call for Papers, Hemisphere: Visual Cultures of the Americas, Volume XV: The Question of Visual Communication and Writing in the Americas
- March 31, Call for Papers, Save Ancient Studies Alliance, Opening the Ancient World Virtual Conference, Discovery, Science, and Technology in the Ancient World: Traditions and Innovations
- April 14, Call for Applications, Queer and Trans Research Lab (QTRL) Artist-In-Residence
Rolling Basis
Exhibitions
Current
- Until February 20, Art Gallery of Ontario, Denyse Thomasos: just beyond
- Until February 25, The Image Centre, Xin He: Better City, Better Life
- Until March 12, Gardiner Museum, Replicas and Reunions: Ancient and Contemporary Ceramics from Ecuador
- Until March 19, Royal Ontario Museum, Kent Monkman: Being Legendary
- Until March 23, Art Gallery of Ontario, Her Flesh
- Until March 25, Justina M. Barnicke Gallery, The Counter/Self
- Until March 25, Univerity of Toronto Art Centre, Conceptions of White
- Until March 29 (online), Textile Museum of Canada, Textiles and the Environment
- Until March 31, Doris McCarthy Gallery, Qanuqtuurunnarniq ᖃᓄᖅᑑᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᖅ
- Until March 31, Textile Museum of Canada, ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᔪᒻᒪᕆᒃ Double Vision: Jessie Oonark, Janet Kigusiuq, and Victoria Mamnguqsualuk
- Until April 1, Doris McCarthy Gallery, Ornamental Gestures
- Until April 1, The Image Centre, Mary Ellen Mark: Ward 81
- Until April 1, The Image Centre, Mind’s Eye: The Psychic Photographs of Ted Serios
- Until April 1, The Image Centre, Xie Rong: Cut Piece
- Until April 2, Art Gallery of Ontario, Modern and Contemporary Prints from the Collection of Grant L. Reuber
- Until April 10, Art Gallery of Ontario, Leonard Cohen: Everybody Knows
- Until April 30, Art Gallery of Ontario, Alan Michelson
- Until May 7, Gardiner Museum, Karine Giboulo: Housewarming
- Until May 7, McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Rajini Perera: Futures
- Until May 14, The Power Plant, Amartey Golding: In the comfort of embers
- Until May 14, The Power Plant, Brenda Draney: Drink from the river
- Until May 14, The Power Plant, in parallel
- Until May 28, McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Merl McMaster: Bloodline
- Until May 31, The Blackwood, Living with Concepts
- Until June 11, Art Gallery of Ontario, You Look Beautiful Like That: Studio Photography in West and Central Africa
- Until June 25, Art Gallery of Ontario, Radical Remembrances: The Sculptures of David Ruben Piqtoukun
- Until June 30, The Jackman Humanities Institute, The Centre Cannot Hold: Labourious Memories
- Until July 30, Royal Ontario Museum, Canadian Modern
- Until September 3, Royal Ontario Museum, Canadian Modern: Craft and Design
- Until September 30, Museum of Contemporary Art, Seeing the Invisible: An Outdoor Augmented Reality Exhibition
Upcoming
- From February 24 until April 30, Museum of Contemporary Art, Athena Papadopoulos: The New Alphabet
- From February 24 until April 30, Museum of Contemporary Art, Serkan Özkaya: ni4ni v.3
- From February 24 until April 30, Museum of Contemporary Art, Susan For Susan: Trade Show
- From February 24 until July 23, Museum of Contemporary Art, Kapwani Kiwanga: Remediation
- From March 8 until April 1, The Image Centre, Durga Rajah: I am not the Artist, I am the Photographer. A series of conceptual photo retakes
- From May 6 until May 2024, Art Gallery of Ontario, Feels Like Home
- From June 3 until September 4, Art Gallery of Ontario, Cassatt - McNicoll: Impressionists Between Worlds
- From June 24 until January 7, 2024, McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Tom Thomson: North Star