Art Toronto 2019: Programming

Friday, October 25

1:00PM, Archives of Futurities, Part of the PLATFORM Speaker SeriesPresented by Presenting Sponsor, RBCModerator: Emelie Chhangur, Interim Director/Curator of the Art Gallery of York University (AGYU)Panelists: Artists Pamila Matharu (Toronto) and Rajni Perera (Toronto), Art Toronto Stage

2:00PM, Canadian Art Editor Tour, Meet at Canadian Art's booth

2:30PM, Artist Talk: Carlos Bunga, Part of the PLATFORM Speaker Series, Presented by MOCA Toronto, Supported by Partners in ArtArt Toronto Stage

3:00PM, Curator Art Tour: Women with a Point of View with Marie-Eve Beaupre, MAC Collection Curator and Eva Hartling, Brand is Female Founder and Podcast Host. Meet at the Infomation Desk

4:00PM, POWER TALKS - Rita Fabiana: Performing the Institution(al) Today? Part of the PLATFORM Speaker Series, Presented by The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery Art Toronto Stage

6:00PM, Spirit of Place: Manitoba Part of the PLATFORM Speaker Series, Presented by the McMichael Canadian Art Collection. Moderator: Sarah Milroy, Chief Curator, McMichael Canadian Art Collection. Panelists: Artist Robert Houle and guests. Art Toronto Stage

Saturday, October 26

1:00PM, Caring for your Collection: What you always wanted to know but were too afraid to ask!, Part of the PLATFORM Speaker Series, Presented by Show Sponsor AXA, Art Toronto Stage

Curator Art Tour: FOCUS Portugal with Curator, João Ribas. Meet at Information Desk

2:00PM, Canadian Art Editor Tour, Meet at Canadian Art’s booth

2:30PM, Notes on Collecting and Curating: A Conversation Between Luiza Teixeira de Freitas and Rui Mateus Amaral ,Part of the PLATFORM Speaker Series, Co-Presented by Art Toronto and Partners In Art. Art Toronto Stage

3:00PM, Collaboration: Partnering on Artistic Expression, Presented by AXA, Speaker: Artist Michael Vickers. AXA Booth

4:00PM, POWER TALKS - Angela Ferreira: Pan African Unity Mural, Part of the PLATFORM Speaker Series, Presented by The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery. Art Toronto Stage

5:00PM, SOLO Salon - Subversive Aesthetics: The Role of Beauty in Art, Part of the PLATFORM Speaker Series, Presented by Show Sponsor AXA, Speaker: Rebecca Carbin, Principle, Art + Public UnLtd. Meet in the middle of the SOLO Section

6:00PM, Undoing Painting, Part of the PLATFORM Speaker Series, Presented by Lead Partner, Canadian Art Panelists: Artists Ghazaleh Avarzaman, Amanda Boulos and Lyse Lemieux. Art Toronto Stage.

Sunday, October 27

1:00PM, Crystal Migwans: Care, Containment, and the Possibility of Life in Collections of Contemporary Indigenous art, Part of the PLATFORM Speaker Series, Presented by C Magazine. Art Toronto Stage

2:00PM, Canadian Art Editor Tour. Meet at Canadian Art's Booth

2:30PM, POWER TALKS - Denise Ferreira de Silva: Through the Question(ing) of Justice, Presented by The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery. Art Toronto Stage

3:00PM, Curator Art Tour: Canadian Masterworks with Andrew Kear, Head of Collections, Exhibitions, and Programs at Museum London. Meet at the Information Desk

4:00PM, The Cape Dorset Effect: West Baffin Eskimo Cooperative and Sixty Years of Inuit Art, Part of the PLATFORM Speaker Series, Presented by the West Baffin Eskimo Cooperative. Welcome and Opening Remarks: Pauloosie Kowmageak, West Baffin Eskimo Cooperative PresidentModerator: Madeleine Allakariallak, CBC North and Nunavut Radio on air personality. Panelists: Senator Patricia Bovey, Independent Manitoba Senator; Catherine Bradley, Partners in Art; Natalie MacNamara, NAMARA Principal and Creative Director; Saimaivu Akesuk, Kinnagait Studios Artist (via CISCO System); Claire Foussard, Ki Smith Gallery Manager. Art Toronto Stage

5:00PM, SOLO Salon Art Talks - Here, Now: What it Means to be a Canadian Artist in 2019, Speaker: Crystal Mowry, Curator, Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery. Meet in the middle of the SOLO section