Visitors examining works on display at Canada’s international contemporary and modern art fair. Art Toronto 2018 is expected to attract more art lovers. Image: Art Toronto

ART NEWS

Nine new galleries will be part of the 102 exhibitors from 7 countries and 28 cities at Art Toronto 2018.

BY KAZAD

TORONTO, CANADA-Art Toronto, Canada’s international contemporary and modern art fair has announced the list of galleries participating in this year’s event. In its 19th edition, this year features 102 exhibitors from 7 countries and 28 cities. In addition to the regular galleries, several new galleries will participate in Art Toronto 2018. They include Chimento Contemporary (Los Angeles), DNA Gallery(London), Golestani (Dusseldorf), Hosfelt Gallery (San Francisco), and Casemore Kirkeby (San Francisco). Others include Axel Pairon Gallery (Knokke), Project Gallery (Toronto), Projet Pangée(Montreal), and Vivianeart (Calgary).

Canada’s international fair for modern and contemporary art will be held October 26-29, 2018 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. The fair begins October 25 with Opening Night, a benefit gala for the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO).

Art Toronto Fair

Art Toronto is Canada’s international contemporary and modern art fair. it was founded in 2000.  For almost two decades, the art fair has been presenting important artwork from leading Canadian and international galleries combined with Platform.

In addition to providing unique access to the Canadian art market, the fair is also one of the most important annual art events in Canada. Art Toronto 2018 will also include engaging series of lectures and panel discussions from prominent art world figures. Additionally, curated projects, an extensive VIP Program, and top-tier cultural offerings will be staged throughout the city of Toronto, Canada’s cultural capital.

Main Exhibitions

Art Toronto 2018 has the following sections: Main, Solo, Verge, Focus, and Arts & Cultural Institutions. Main is for Premier modern and contemporary galleries from Canada, the United States, Germany, United Kingdom, Israel, and Belgium. Solo is for Galleries representing a highly-curated body of work by a single artist.  Verge has galleries that have been in business for eight years or less. They will present works by young and emerging artists made in the past five years.

Focus-Art Toronto

Focus expands upon 2017’s Focus on Los Angeles, which featured mainly galleries from Los Angeles. This  Art Toronto focuses on California. Kim Nguyen (Curator and Head of Programs at the CCA Wattis Institute, San Francisco) and Glen Helfand (Associate Professor at California College of the Arts, San Francisco, independent writer and curator based in Oakland, California) will curate the interactive exhibit featuring galleries from California.

Below is a list of galleries participating in this year’s Art Toronto 2018:

MAIN: Premier modern and contemporary galleries from Canada, the United States, Germany, United Kingdom, Israel, and Belgium

Sandra Ainsley Gallery (Toronto)
Angell Gallery (Toronto)
Bau-Xi Gallery & Bau-Xi Photo (Toronto)
Galerie de Bellefeuille Inc. (Montreal, Toronto)
Galeries Roger Bellemare et Christian Lambert (Montreal)

Art Mûr (Berlin, Montreal)
Galerie Jean-Claude Bergeron (Ottawa)
Galerie Simon Blais (Montreal)

Christopher Cutts Gallery (Toronto)

Gallery Jones (Vancouver)
Galerie René Blouin (Montreal)

Monte Clark Gallery (Vancouver)
Galerie Hugues Charbonneau (Montreal)
Monte Clark Gallery (Vancouver)
COOPER COLE (Toronto)
Corkin Gallery Inc. (Toronto)

Galerie D’Este (Montreal)
Cosner Gallery at the Ritz-Carlton Montreal (Montreal)
Christopher Cutts Gallery (Toronto)
Galerie D’Este (Montreal)
Galerie Division (Montreal, Toronto)
Downs & Ross (New York)
Anat Ebgi (Los Angeles)
Barbara Edwards Contemporary (Toronto)
Susan Eley Fine Art (New York)
ELLEPHANT (Montreal)
Equinox Gallery (Vancouver)
Galerie Antoine Ertaskiran (Montreal)
Daniel Faria Gallery (Toronto)
Feheley Fine Arts (Toronto)
Franc Gallery (Vancouver)
Galerie 3 (Quebec City)
General Hardware Contemporary (Toronto)
Jill George Gallery (London)
Michael Gibson Gallery (London)
Mira Godard Gallery (Toronto)
GOLESTANI (Dusseldorf)
Han Art (Montreal)
Susan Hobbs Gallery (Toronto)
Hosfelt Gallery (San Francisco)
Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery (London, New York)
Renann Isaacs contemporary art (Guelph)
Catriona Jeffries (Vancouver)
Gallery Jones (Vancouver)
Olga Korper Gallery (Toronto)
Galerie Claude Lafitte (Montreal)
Galerie Laroche/Joncas (Montreal)

Catriona Jeffries (Vancouver)
GALERIE ISABELLE LESMEISTER (Regensburg)
Masters Gallery (Calgary)
Mayberry Fine Art (Toronto, Winnipeg)
Todd Merrill Studio (New York)
Nicholas Metivier Gallery (Toronto)
MKG127 (Toronto)
Oeno Gallery (Bloomfield)
Pierre-François Ouellette art contemporain (Montreal, Toronto)
Parisian Laundry (Montreal)
Christina Parker Gallery (St. John’s)
Paul Petro Contemporary Art (Toronto)
Project Gallery (Toronto)

Galerie Raphael (Frankfurt)
PSM (Berlin)
Galerie Raphael (Frankfurt)
Galerie Nicolas Robert (Montreal)
Roberts Gallery (Toronto)
RoFa Projects (Potomac)
Nikola Rukaj Gallery (Toronto)
Rumi Galleries (Oakville)
Georgia Scherman Projects (Toronto)
Miriam Shiell Fine Art (Toronto)
Jessica Silverman Gallery (San Francisco)
Slate Fine Art Gallery (Regina)
Studio 21 Fine Art (Halifax)
TrépanierBaer Gallery (Calgary)
Galerie Trois Points (Montreal)
Galerie Van Der Planken (Antwerp)
Odon Wagner Contemporary (Toronto)
Winchester Galleries (Victoria)
Dianna Witte Gallery (Toronto)
Zemack Contemporary Art (Tel Aviv)

SOLO:

Galleries representing a highly-curated body of work by a single artist.

Birch Contemporary (Toronto): Micah Lexier
Galerie Simon Blais (Montreal): Louis-Philippe Côté
Stephen Bulger Gallery & Pierre-François Ouellette art Contemporain (Montreal, Toronto): Meryl McMaster
Mark Christopher Gallery (Toronto): Mark Puchala
Galerie D’Este (Montreal): Véronique La Perrière M.
Jarvis Hall Gallery (Calgary): Tyler Los-Jones
Macaulay & Co. Fine Art (Vancouver): Shawn Hunt
Pierre-François Ouellette art contemporain (Montreal, Toronto): Dil Hildebrand
Axel Pairon Gallery (Knokke): Regine Schumann
Project Gallery (Toronto): Tessar Lo
TrépanierBaer Gallery (Calgary): Ryan Sluggett
Vivianeart (Calgary): Tyler Bright Hilton

VERGE: 

Dedicated to galleries that have been in business for eight years or less, presenting work by young and emerging artists made in the past five years.

La Castiglione Gallery (Montreal)
DNA Gallery (London)
Fazakas Gallery (Vancouver)
Franz Kaka (Toronto)
Lisa Kehler Art + Projects (Winnipeg)
Projet Pangée (Montreal)
Quimera (Buenos Aires)
Zalucky Contemporary (Toronto)

FOCUS

Chimento Contemporary (Los Angeles)
Colpa Press (San Francisco)

Et al. (San Francisco)
CULT | Aimee Friberg Exhibitions (San Francisco)
Electric Works (San Francisco)
Exploratorium (San Francisco)
Charlie James Gallery (Los Angeles)
Casemore Kirkeby (San Francisco)
Gregory Lind Gallery (San Francisco)
Luis De Jesus Los Angeles (Los Angeles)
Night Gallery (Los Angeles)
Royale Projects (Los Angeles)

ARTS & CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS

Art Dealers Association of Canada (ADAC) (Toronto)
Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) (Toronto)
Border Crossings Magazine (Winnipeg)
Canadian Art Magazine (Toronto)
Inuit Art Foundation (Toronto)
McMichael Canadian Art Collection (Kleinburg)
Museum of Contemporary Art Toronto Canada (MOCA) (Toronto)
OCAD University (Toronto)
The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery (Toronto)
RBC Canadian Painting Competition (Toronto)
Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival (Toronto)
Toronto Biennial of Art (Toronto)

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