This week in the museums

Nowtoronto.com
June 5, 2014

Art Gallery of Mississauga Fausta Facciponte, Elisa Julia Gilmour and Ben Freedman, to Jun 29. 300 City Centre (Mississauga). 905-896-5088.

Art Gallery of Ontario Matthew Barney, to Sep 28, artist’s talk 2-3:30 pm Jun 7 ($12-$20, Luminato).  1st Thursdays, 8-midnight Jun 5 ($12-$15). Big Bam Boom Youth Arts Festival, to Jun 10 (free). Brian Jungen and Duane Linklater, to Jun 15. Francis Bacon and Henry Moore, to Jul 20 ($25, srs $21.50, stu $16.50). Scott McFarland, to Aug 10. Elevated: Contemporary Art In The AGO Tower, to Oct 12. Art As Therapy, to Apr 26, 2015. $19.50, srs $16, stu $11, free Wed 6-8:30 pm (special exhibits excluded). 317 Dundas W. 416-979-6648.

Art Gallery of Peel Photography In The Time Of Digital Disenchantment, to Jul 6. David Somers And PAMA’s Works On Paper Collection, to Aug 31. $4.50, stu/srs $3.50. 9 Wellington E (Brampton). 905-451-4931.

Art Gallery of York University Camilla Singh, to Jun 16, artist’s talk 2 pm Jun 8. 4700 Keele, Accolade E bldg. 416-736-5169.

Blackwood Gallery Incident Light: Gendered Artifacts And Traces Illuminated In The Archives, to Jul 27, ARTbus tour noon-5 pm Jun 8 (see Oakville Galleries). 3359 Mississauga N, U of T Mississauga. 905-828-3789.

Design Exchange Connect Competition: Ontario secondary students, to Jun 8. $10, stu/srs $8. 234 Bay. 416-363-6121.

Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art Leopold Foulem, Paul Mathieu and Richard Milette, to Sep 14, talk 6:30-8 pm Jun 10 ($15). $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 Visiting Curator French delegation talk, 6:30-9 pm Jun 9 (Hart House Music Room). Rebecca Belmore, to Aug 9, ARTbus tour noon-5 pm Jun 8 (see Oakville Galleries). 7 Hart House. 416-978-8398.

McMichael Canadian Art Collection Terence Koh, 9:15-10 pm Jun 6-13 (free; bus from Metro Centre, 200 Wellington W, 7 pm, $10). $15, stu/srs $12. 10365 Islington (Kleinburg). 905-893-1121.

MOCCA Performance: Derrick Ryan Claude Mitchell, Jun 10-14 performance 7:30-10:30 pm ($35). 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 You’ve Really Got A Hold On Me, Jun 8-Aug 30, reception Centennial 2:30-3:30 pm, Gairloch 3:30-5 pm Jun 8 (ARTbus tour, noon-5 pm, $10, reserve artbus@oakvillegalleries.com by Jun 6). Gairloch (1306 Lakeshore E), Centennial (120 Navy) (Oakville). 905-844-4402.

The Power Plant Power Ball: Old/New World, 7 pm Jun 5 ($165-$300). 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). Michael Awad, to Sep 28. Paul Kane, to Jan 24, 2015. $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 Etsy Craft Party, 5-8 pm Jun 6 (free). Ying Gao; Telling Stories, to Sep 1. The Eternity Code: Archaeology, Textiles And Preservation, Jun 11-Sep 21. $15, srs $10, stu $6; pwyc Wed 5-8 pm. 55 Centre. 416-599-5321.

U of T Art Centre Through The Body: Lens-Based Works By Contemporary Chinese Women Artists; Archiving Public Sex, to Jun 28. 15 King’s College Circle. 416-978-1838.

Varley Art Gallery The Story Of Canadian Art: As Told By The Hart House Art Collection, to Sep 1. $5, stu/srs $4. 216 Main (Unionville). 905-477-9511.