This week in the museums

Nowtoronto.com
April 24, 2014

Art Gallery of Ontario Bruce Nauman, to May 4. Monitor 10: video from SAVAC, 7 pm Apr 24 ($10, stu $5). Alain de Botton talk 7-8:30 pm Apr 30 ($15, stu $10). Light My Fire: Five Propositions About Portraits, to Apr 30. Jennifer Marman and Daniel Borins, to May 25. Brian Jungen and Duane Linklater, to Jun 15. Francis Bacon and Henry Moore, to Jul 20 ($25, srs $21.50, stu $16.50). $19.50, srs $16, stu $11, free Wed 6-8:30 pm (special exhibits excluded). 317 Dundas W. 416-979-6648.

Art Gallery of York U Camilla Singh, to Jun 16. 4700 Keele, Accolade E bldg. 416-736-5169.

Blackwood Gallery Communicating Vessels, to May 11. 3359 Mississauga N, U of T Mississauga (Mississauga). 905-828-3789.

City of Toronto Archives Life On The Grid: 100 Years Of Street Photography, to May 31. 255 Spadina Rd. 416-397-0778.

Design Exchange This Is Not A Toy, to May 18, curator’s tour 6:30 pm Apr 28 ($16, stu/srs $13). Emerging Designer Competition, to May 19. $10, stu/srs $8. 234 Bay. 416-363-6121.

Doris McCarthy Gallery Glam North: Doris McCarthy And Her New Contemporaries, to Apr 26. 1265 Military Trail. 416-287-7007.

Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art Ron Thom And The Allied Arts, to Apr 27. Spring Awakening floral installations, Apr 25-27. $12, stu $6, srs $8; Fri 4-9 pm half-price, 30 and under free. 111 Queen’s Park. 416-586-8080.

Justina M. Barnicke David Buchan, to May 3. 7 Hart House. 416-978-8398.

McMichael Canadian Art Collection Mary Pratt, to Apr 27. Changing Tides: Contemporary Art Of Newfoundland And Labrador, to Jun 1. $15, stu/srs $12. 10365 Islington (Kleinburg). 905-893-1121.

MOCCA Jim Naughten, to Aug 18. 952 Queen W. 416-395-0067.

Museum of Inuit Art The Matchbox Gallery: A Retrospective, to Oct 1. $5, stu/srs $3. 207 Queens Quay W. 416-640-1571.

Oakville Galleries The Talking Cure; Olia Mishchenko, to May 11. Gairloch Gdns, 1306 Lakeshore E; Centennial Sq, 120 Navy (Oakville). 905-844-4402.

Power Plant Mike Nelson, to May 19, Robin Peck talk 7:30 pm (Brigantine Rm, $15) Apr 24, Lisa Deanne Smith talk 2 pm Apr 27. 231 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4949.

Royal Ontario Museum The Forbidden City: Inside The Court Of China’s Emperors, to Sep 1 ($27, stu/srs $24.50). $16, stu/srs $14.50; Fri 4:30-8:30 pm $10, stu/srs $9. 100 Queen’s Park. 416-586-8000.

Textile Museum of Canada From Geisha To Diva: The Kimonos Of Ichimaru, to May 25. Telling Stories, to Sep 1. $15, srs $10, stu $6; pwyc Wed 5-8 pm. 55 Centre. 416-599-5321.

University of Toronto Art Centre Through The Body: Lens-Based Works By Contemporary Chinese Women Artists; Archiving Public Sex, Apr 29-Jun 28. 15 King’s College Circle. 416-978-1838.

Varley Art Gallery Colour, In Theory, to May 4, talk 7-8:30 pm ($10) Apr 30. $5, stu/srs $4. 216 Main (Unionville). 905-477-9511.