7 of the Coolest Art Displays to see at Nuit Blanche this Weekend

STEP INTO MY SPACE

Explore a maze on five acres of magically-lit nature at this exhibit of film, media, sculpture, painting, and live performances by multiple artists.

This unique exhibit is in tribute to the Spadina Museum and “connections made to this place, its history, ancestors and to each other.”

Where: Spadina Museum, 285 Spadina Road

The Top 25 Exhibits to see at Nuit Blanche 2022

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Step Into My Space

Head out to Spadina Museum you'll find multiple artists showcasing different forms of media including films, sculpture, painting and live performances. Plus find your way through a massive on five acres of lit nature.

What’s worth staying awake for at Toronto’s Nuit Blanche

Take your afternoon nap and grab your comfy shoes! It’s that time of year when the streets, galleries, parks and other spaces will play host to Toronto’s annual all-night art obsession. Beginning at sundown on Saturday, October 5 until sunrise Sunday, October 6, our city will host Nuit Blanche free and mostly-family friendly exhibits. You can map out what you want to see (all installations are listed on the official

21st CENTURY CRAFT: One Path Collective. Location: Spadina Museum. Explore the polarization of craft versus the so-called ‘fine arts’. The artists will present a performance and installation honouring the talents of largely unsung craftspeople—such as the Gee’s Bend quilters, among others. Craft has been in a constant state of becoming over the centuries. From its roots in necessity, it has morphed through industrial and electronic revolutions, affected by fads and changing perspectives. Each artist in this project will focus on craft techniques often taught in the home. They will evoke the cultural and aesthetic kinship among makers. And all will use found or repurposed materials. Crafting in the home is frequently a point of genesis for these artists and their processes. “21st-Century Craft” will permit visitors to see some of the skills behind couture, marquees, props and scenery. These genres are often made in service to live performance art, rather than recognized as arts in their own right.

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W-O-M-A-N

Another collaborative, multi-artist exhibition, W-O-M-A-N promises to lead audience members through "societal rites of passage" for women with costume design, horticultural art, mosaics, sculpture, videography, performance art and more.

5 Toronto Nuit Blanch exhibits with Lasting Impact

These community-minded installations will make you think and feel—and leave with a sense of hope

BY ALICIA COX THOMSON

Ahighlight of the fall season since 2006, Nuit Blanche transforms Toronto into a living art gallery from sunset to sunrise. The all-night celebration returns September 29, 2018, to champion artistic expression and creativity at more than 80 exhibitions, installations and performances throughout the city. This year’s curatorial theme is You Are Here, which asks pointed questions about the GTA, its citizens and their myriad stories, connections, journeys and cultures.

This year there are several stories told by and about women and people of colour around themes of social justice and community. You can take part in thought-provoking experiences inspired by stories of immigrants and refugees, and bear witness to faces and voices that traditionally have had fewer opportunities in the art world to be seen or heard. The following five exhibits contain many of these—from visual and interactive art to experiential installations you’ll never forget.

5 W-O-M-A-N

Location: Spadina Museum

One Path is a group of 14 women and artists whose exhibition is a multi-disciplinary, interactive, feminist celebration for, by and about women. The event includes elements of costume design, horticultural art, mosaics, painting, photography, sculpture, stained glass, videography and textiles, as well as digital and performance art. You can expect to witness female rites of passage from birth to death. W-O-M-A-N is a true celebration of the joy, pain, fear and love womanhood embodies. (Photography by City of Toronto) ♥