This week in the museums

Now Toronto
January 9, 2014

Art Gallery of Ontario A Bird’s Eye View On Art & Extinction, panel 7-8:30 pm Jan 15 (Frank Restaurant, talk $8-$12, w/ dinner $110). The Great Upheaval: Modern Masterpieces From The Guggenheim, to Mar 2 ($25, stu $16.50). Light My Fire: Five Propositions About Portraits, Part 2, to Apr 30. Brian Jungen and Duane Linklater, to Jun 15. $19.50, srs $16, stu $11, free Wed 6-8:30 pm (special exhibits excluded). 317 Dundas W. 416-979-6648.

Design Exchange 100% TobeUs: 100 Cars, to Feb 9 (todesignoffsite.com). 234 Bay. 416-363-6121.

Doris McCarthy Gallery You Cannot Kill What Is Already Dead, to Jan 25. 1265 Military Trail. 416-287-7007.

Gardiner Museum Animal Stories, to Jan 12. $12, stu $6, srs $8; Fri 4-9 pm half-price, 30 and under free. 111 Queen’s Park. 416-586-8080.

McMichael Canadian Art Collection Karine Giboulo, to Jan 26. David McEown and Ben Barak, Jan 10-Mar 15. $15, stu/srs $12. 10365 Islington (Kleinburg). 905-893-1121.

Oakville Galleries Sonny Assu (Centennial, 120 Navy); A Noble Line (Gairloch, 1306 Lakeshore E), to Feb 16. (Oakville). 905-844-4402.

Ontario Science Centre BioART, to Feb 2. $20, stu/srs $16. 770 Don Mills. 416-696-1000.

Royal Ontario Museum Raja Deen Dayal, to Jan 12. BIG, to Jan 26. Carbon 14: Climate Is Culture, to Feb 2. Wildlife Photographer Of The Year, to Mar 23. $15, stu/srs $13.50; Fri 4:30-8:30 pm $9, stu/srs $8. 100 Queen’s Park. 416-586-8000.

Textile Museum Heather Goodchild and Jérôme Havre, to Apr 13, curator’s tour 6:30 pm Jan 15. Ancestry And Artistry: Maya Textiles From Guatemala, to Jan 12. Telling Stories, to Apr 13. $15, srs $10, stu $6; pwyc Wed 5-8 pm. 55 Centre. 416-599-5321.

U of T Art Centre Framing Narratives: Renaissance To Modernism, to Mar 8. 15 King’s College Circle. 416-978-1838.

Varley Art Gallery Moving Side And Forward: A Journey Through The Collection of York U; Excavations, to Jan 12. $5, stu/srs $4. 216 Main (Unionville). 905-477-9511.