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Birch Libralato

129 Tecumseth. 416-365-3003. www.birchlibralato.com

Cooper Cole Gallery

Transmission Lines” Opening Reception. An exhibition from American artists Ryan Wallace and Chris Duncan, whose “linear variations of shape explore the margins of time and space while echoing the unstable tension between vision, perception, and reflection. Both artists explore a variety of materials to great visual effect.” Until 10 pm. Show runs until February 26th. 1161 Dundas W. 647-347-3316. coopercolegallery.com

Diaz Contemporary

Prints/video: Dara Gellman, Jan 12-Feb 11, reception 6-8 pm 100 Niagara. 416-361-2972. www.diazcontemporary.ca

Feminist Art Gallery

Deirdre Logue and Allyson Mitchell, are the Centre for Phucking the Patriarchy - a response, a process, a site, a protest, an outcry, an exhibition, a performance, an economy, a conceptual framework, a place and an opportunity. We host we fund we advocate we support we claim. The Feminist Art Gallery (FAG) is our geographical footprint located in Toronto, Parkdale email: fagfeministartgallery@gmail.com. 25 Seaforth side gate, Toronto Parkdale Current Artwork An Audience Of Enablers Cannot Fail, Feb 4-25. (Sats 1-5 pm) http://www.facebook.com/pages/Feminist-Art-Gallery/151383324924165?sk=info

G Gallery

Sediment group show (Toronto Design Offsite), Jan 13-Feb 26, reception 7-10 pm Jan 13, Jean-Luc Nancy workshop 7-9 pm Jan 26. Fri-Sun. 134 Ossington. 647-340-3998 sidecentre.com

Gallery at 129 Ossington

Painting: Meredith Bingham, Emily Schaefer and Rachel Vanderzwet, Jan 4-Feb 25, reception 7-10 pm Jan 5. 416-532-1310. www.129ossington.com

Gallery 1313

The Sex Show pushes the boundaries of the definition sex, exhibiting different positions, pun intended, from the elusive to the explicit, with including works by Katherine Verhoeven, Christopher Arnoldin, Dehorah Jenkins, Micheline Durocher, Bob Morouney, David Folk and more. Exhibition runs till 19th Feb. open 1–6pm. Gallery 1313, 1313 Queen St W. No cover. Phone 416-536-6778. g1313.org

Gallery TPW

56 Ossington Avenue, Toronto, Ontario(416) 645-1066 gallerytpw.caTuesday to Saturday 12pm to 5pm Christine Negus: you can't spell slaughter without laughter Thursday, January 19, 7:00 to 9:00 pm gallerytpw.ca

Gallery TPW is pleased to present a solo exhibition by emerging artist Christine Negus. Negus' works range from ephemeral objects, including glittery party banners, neon signs and artificially flowered memorial wreaths, to video works steeped in sweet sadness. At the centre of you can't spell slaughter without laughter is a constellation of short but intense, single channel videos and digital-animations investigating nostalgia and loss through humour and difficult irony. Jan 19 to Feb 18, 2012

General Hardware Contemporary

1520 Queen Street West, Toronto, Ontario (416) 516-6876 www.generalhardware.ca Art work by Alexander Irving: FLATMEN Irving’s paintings explore the fullness of the flat—the ways in which flatness can be ripe and round, rough and uneven. While sketching cardboard—from packaging, men’s shirts and boxes, he began crafting on the canvas “folding patterns” and figures appeared.Canadian artist Alexander Irving holds an MFA from York University and a BFA from the NSCAD. Irving has exhibited at Birch Libralato, Blackwood Gallery and Diaz Contemporary. In 2009 Irving’s work was included in Carte Blanche 2: Painting – a survey of new Canadian painting. At present Irving holds the post of Lecturer at U of T. Jan 28, 2012 Mar 03, 2012

KWT Contemporary

Thursday February 23 - Queer Artists Launch Party for Daryl Vocat | Fiona Crangle @ KWT contemporary gallery KWT contemporary is proud to present the opening of two solo exhibitions Daryl Vocat "One Continuous Mistake" http://www.darylvocat.com/ Fiona Crangle "Be Prepared" OPENING RECEPTION: Crangle's paintings explore the fiercely stubborn vulnerability of adolescence. Through their common iconography, the trials of young female saints merge with the contemporary Girl Guides' quest for badges of honour. Title of Show is a voyeuristic glimpse at youth's idealism, a time when awakening desire quarrels with the desire to be good...February 23, 2012 6 - 8 p.m. Exhibits run February 23 - March 31, 2012 Wed - Sat, 12 - 6 p.m. KWT contemporary 624 Richmond St. W. http://www.kwtcontemporary.com

Loop Gallery

1273 Dundas Street West, Toronto, Ontario (416) 516-2581loopgallery.ca/loop/current_exhibition.html Loop Gallery presents Libby Hague’s exhibition of drawings and installations entitled “Grativity Drawings” & Maria Gabankova’s exhibition of drawings and paintings entitled “Memento Mori”. February 4 - February 26, 2012, Reception: Saturday, February 4, 2-5pm. Q&A: Saturday, February 12, 2pm.

Neubacher Shor Contemporary

Painting: Katie Pretti and Bobby Mathieson, reception 6-9 pm Feb 6, Feb 8-Mar 3. 5 Brock in the laneway. 416-546-3683.neubachershor.com

O'Born Contemporary

Digital collage: Alex Fischer, Feb 3-Mar 10, reception 6-9 pm Feb 3. 131 Ossington. 416-413-9555.www.oborncontemporary.com

Paul Petro Contemporary Art

EDITIONS part one Artwork by Stephen Andrews, Donald Baechler, Miles Collyer, Tom Dean, Jim Dine, Glenn Ligon, Jonathan Monk, Michael Morris, Paul Morrison, Matt Mullican, Ged Quinn and Andy Warhol + Rainer Ganahl, Candida Höfer and Ho Tam. January 20 - February 25, 2012 Opens Friday January 20, 7-10pm 980 Queen Street West, Toronto, Ontario (416) 979-7874www.paulpetro.com

Propeller Centre

Toronto District School Board teachers, Feb 1-12, reception 6-10 Feb 2. 984 Queen W. 416-504-7142.www.propellerctr.com

Stephen Bulger Gallery

1026 Queen Street West (416) 504-0575 www.bulgergallery.comTuesday to Saturday 11am to 6pm 1955: A Group Show Fascinated by the optimism of the 1950s, Stephen Bulger has long considered 1955 to be the epitome of this era, so often mythologized and made nostalgic in North American mass media. This exhibition contains works by various makers, all photographed in 1955, displaying many different approaches to photography. Jan 21, 2012 Feb 18, 2012

Susan Hobbs

137 Tecumseth. 416-504-3699.susanhobbs.com

The Art Gallery of York University

Will Munro: History, Glamour, Magic continues to March 11, 2011 Sadly, in May 2010 Toronto’s beloved Will Munro (Feb 11, 1975 – May 21, 2010) passed away after a two-year battle with brain cancer. The exhibition concentrates on the multi-media work Munro produced after graduating from OCAD in 2000, i.e., from his first exhibition Boys Do First Aid (2000) to his last, Inside the Solar Temple of the Cosmic Leather Daddy (2010): from his various signature underwear work (handcrafted, for instance, from heavy metal concert T-shirts); banners of legendary queer performers such as Klaus Nomi and Leigh Bowery; his stitching collaborations with West Side Stitches Couture Club, Jeremy Laing, and others, including a restaging of The Pavilion of Virginia Puff-Paint, his collaboration with Laing made for the AGYU in 2004; his experimental films; the multitude of hand-made silkscreen posters that accompanied his DJ’ing and music promotions at his club nights Vazaleen, Peroxide, No T.O., and Moustache. The dynamic exhibition will be punctuated by a collection of never before seen ephemera and archival material that stitches together the many vibrant activities of this non-stop artist. Art Gallery of York University Accolade East Building, York University 4700 Keele St. Toronto ON 416. 736.5169. By Public Transportation From the Downsview or Sheppard-Yonge Subway Stations, take the York University 196 express bus to campus. Get off at the University Commons. The Gallery is at the South East corner of the Commons.

The Power Plant

231 Queens Quay West , Toronto, Ontario (416) 938-4949 www.thepowerplant.orgTuesday to Sunday 12pm to 6pm, Saturday 12pm to 8pm, open holiday Mondays
Coming After - Featuring artists from New York, Los Angeles, Berlin, Toronto and beyond, Coming After is a response to the recent renewal of interest in the period from the mid-1980s to early 1990s that was decisive for North American cultural politics. This time period witnessed the Culture Wars, the birth of "queer" as an identity and theory, and the rise of a direct-action AIDS activist movement fighting a new plague that was devastating communities of artists, queers and people of colour.

Artists: Pauline Boudry/Renate Lorenz, Aleesa Cohene, Glen Fogel, Onya Hogan-Finlay, Christian Holstad, Danny Jauregui, Adam Garnet Jones, Jean-Paul Kelly, Tim Leyendekker, Benny Nemerofsky Ramsay, James Richards, Emily Roysdon, Dean Sameshima, Jonathan VanDyke, Susanne M. Winterling Dec 10, 2011 Mar 04, 2012

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