This week in the museums

Nowtoronto.com
July 17, 2014

Art Gallery of Mississauga The Sahmat Collective: Art And Activism In India Since 1989, Jul 17-Oct 19. 300 City Centre (Mississauga). 905-896-5088.

Art Gallery of Ontario Fan The Flames: Queer Positions In Photography, to Sep 7. Matthew Barney, to Sep 28. The 4th Wall: Youth Solidarity Project, to Nov 15. WorldPride 2014, to Nov 15. 1st Thursdays, ongoing (7 pm, first Thu of month, $12-$15). Francis Bacon and Henry Moore, to Jul 20 ($25, srs $21.50, stu $16.50). Scott McFarland, to Aug 10. Geoffrey Farmer, to Sep 7. Elevated: Contemporary Art In The AGO Tower, to Oct 12. Art As Therapy, to Apr 26, 2015. Manasie Akpaliapik, to Jun 30, 2015. $19.50, srs $16, stu $11, free Wed 6-8:30 pm (special exhibits excluded). 317 Dundas W. 416-979-6648, ago.net.

Art Gallery of Peel Step Back/Look Forward, to Aug 24. David Somers And PAMA’s Works On Paper Collection, to Aug 31. Spirit Seeds: First Nations Beadwork, to Oct 13. $4.50, stu/srs $3.50. 9 Wellington E (Brampton). 905-451-4931.

Blackwood Gallery Incident Light: Gendered Artifacts And Traces Illuminated In The Archives, to Jul 27. 3359 Mississauga N, U of T Mississauga. 905-828-3789.

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

Design Exchange Tapas: Spanish Design For Food, to Aug 10. $10, stu/srs $8. 234 Bay. 416-363-6121.

Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art Leopold Foulem, Paul Mathieu and Richard Milette, to Sep 1, Scene On The Plaza party 6-10 pm ($20) Jul 18. $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 Rebecca Belmore, to Aug 9. Celine Condorelli, ongoing. 7 Hart House. 416-978-8398.

McMichael Canadian Art Collection Charles Edenshaw, to Sep 21. $15, stu/srs $12. 10365 Islington (Kleinburg). 905-893-1121.

MOCCA Over The Rainbow: Seduction And Identity; Par Amour/Paramour, to Aug 17. 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.

Ontario Science Centre The Science Of Rock ‘N’ Roll, to Oct 26. $22, stu/srs $16. 770 Don Mills. 416-696-1000.

The Power Plant Pedro Reyes, Vasco Araujo and Akram Zaatari, to Sep 1. 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. Fashion Follows Form: Designs For Sitting; Cairo Under Wraps: Early Islamic Textiles, to Jan 25, 2015. $16, stu/srs $14.50; Fri 4:30-8:30 pm $10, stu/srs $9. 100 Queen’s Park. 416-586-8000, rom.on.ca.

Ryerson Image Centre What It Means To Be Seen: Photograph And Queer Visibility; Zanele Muholi, Aleesa Cohene and Benny Nemerofsky Ramsay, to Aug 24. Judy Ruzylo and Wynne Neilly, Jul 23-Aug 24, reception 6 pm Jul 23. 33 Gould. 416-979-5164.

Textile Museum of Canada To See And Be Seen: T-shirts From The Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives, to Sep 1. Ying Gao, to Sep 1. Telling Stories, to Sep 1. The Eternity Code: Archaeology, Textiles And Preservation, to Sep 21. $15, srs $10, stu $6; pwyc Wed 5-8 pm. 55 Centre. 416-599-5321.