Art/Events

When: Now until Sun., Mar. 17
Where: Art Gallery of Ontario, 317 Dundas St. W.
Why you should go: Bathe yourself in the positive vibes of Keith Haring’s fine-art street art where even his activist work leaves you feeling uplifted. Read Michael Hollett’s 5-N review.

When: Now until Sun., April 21
Where: Gardiner Museum, 111 Queen’s Park Circle
Why you should go: First North American exhibit for acclaimed ceramics artist Magdalene Odundo and her fulsome, figurative works that are inspired by “dialoguing” with ancient to contemporary sources.

When: Now until Sun., Jan. 7
Where: The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, 231 Queens Quay W.
Why you should go: Egyptian-Canadian artist of Armenian origin Anna Boghiguian’s Time of Change uses installations and drawings to illustrate and comment on recent historical figures and events.

When: Now until Sun., Feb. 4
Where: Museum of Contemporary Art, 158 Sterling Rd.
Why you should go: Veteran British artist Phyllida Barlow, who passed earlier this year, created monumental anti-monumental sculptures out of inexpensive, low-grade materials and was developing this show with MOCA staff before her death.

When: Now until Mon,. May 20
Where: Art Gallery of Ontario, 317 Dundas St. W.
Why you should go: Turns out there was more than cocaine residue inhabiting those nasty dollar bills — they’re also a source of political commentary through the ages. An exhibition of defaced currency throughout the ages, presented alongside contemporary art, “tells the stories behind the damage, from the French Revolution to the Troubles in Northern Ireland to the Black Lives Matter movement.”

When: Now until Mon. Apr. 1
Where: Art Gallery of Ontario, 317 Dundas St. W.
Why you should go: Collection of over 40 artists and spanning a range of mediums, Life Between Islands: Caribbean-British Art, 1950s — Now, which, if the AGO hype is real, will be a welcome reconsidering of the art of this period from a Caribbean perspective.