Institute for Contemporary Culture

Future Exhibitions

El Anatsui: When I Last Wrote to You about Africa
October 2, 2010 to January 2, 2011
Roloff Beny Gallery, Level 4

The Institute for Contemporary Culture hosts the North American premiere of El Anatsui: When I Last Wrote to You about Africa, a career retrospective of the internationally renowned artist. Best known for monumental wall sculptures made from discarded bottle tops, Ghanaian-born artist El Anatsui, has transformed often-overlooked and discarded materials into monumental visual statements that reference global, local and personal histories, as well as traditional Ghanaian beliefs.
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Soft Rains #6: Suburban Horror (Part 1)
September 9 to 19, 2010
Thorsell Spirit House, Level 1

A tiny diorama created by artists Jennifer and Kevin McCoy depicts an unsetting suburban scene inspired by David Lynch’s Blue Velvet (1986). Presented by the ROM’s Institute for Contemporary Culture as part of TIFF’s exhibition, Essential Cinema.
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Walls and Barriers – A Collaborative Project
September 25 to October 23, 2010
Canada Court, Level 1

Young artists from the Greater Toronto Area create an original public art installation in response to the work of internationally renowned African artist, El Anatsui.  Presented by Institute for Contemporary Culture.
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Past Exhibitions

Dan Perjovschi: Late News
February 13 to August 15, 2010
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Creative Commons
May 1 to 31, 2010
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BAMIYAN: farsi title
“the heart that has no love/pain/generosity is not a heart”

April 3 to May 2, 2010
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Joshua Neustein: Margins
June 27, 2009 to March 28, 2010
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Hamra Abbas: Read
August 1, 2009 to March 28, 2010
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Canadian Content: Portraits by Nigel Dickson
September 19, 2009 to March 21, 2010
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Cut/Paste: Creative Reuse in Canadian Design
January 10 to 31, 2010

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Vanity Fair Portraits: Photographs 1913-2008
Presented by the Bay

September 26, 2009 to January 3, 2010
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Green Porno: Scandalous Sea
September 10 to October 12, 2009
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Housepaint
Phase 2: Shelter
December 13, 2008 to July 5, 2009
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Unbuilt Toronto: The City That Could Have Been
November 5, 2008 to January 4, 2009
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Shanghai Kaleidoscope
May 4 to November 2, 2008
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Sobey Art Award 2008, Presented by Scotiabank
August 27 to October 13, 2008
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Presented in Partnership with the Toronto International Film Festival: Future Projections
September 4 to 13, 2008
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Shapeshifters, Time Travellers and Storytellers
October 6, 2007 to February 28, 2008
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DARFUR/DARFUR
September 8 to 17, 2007
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Hiroshi Sugimoto: History of History
June 3 to September 3, 2007
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Carlos Garaicoa
September 9 to December 31, 2006
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General Idea’s AIDS Sculpture
August 12 to October 1, 2006
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In Search of Vashti
August 2 to September 18, 2006
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El Anatsui: When I Last Wrote to You about Africa
Three Continents, 2009

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