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You’d Meet at the Square: The Toronto Outdoor Art Fair at 65

From rave buses to Art Nest, Nathan Phillips Square is where Toronto has always gathered. Josh Greenblatt on sixty-five years of the Toronto Outdoor Art Fair and its founding idea that art is for everyone.

by Josh Greenblatt / Jul 31, 2026

A City Ready for Rupture: First-Wave Punk in Toronto

How Toronto’s early punk scene erupted into life, shaped by art school, DIY spaces, and a city steeped in constraint, boredom, and borrowed influence—told by people who were there.

by Arcade / Jan 19, 2026

Claiming Space—10 Years of Grassroots Artmaking at Youngplace

Another DECADE, the multi-artist show now on at Koffler Arts, shifts the spotlight onto the many arts organizations that call the Youngplace hub on Shaw Street home.

by Orly Zebak / Dec 4, 2024

Recording Time and Transformation in the City

The work of photographer of Vid Ingelevics, currently showing in the group show DECADE at Koffler Arts, documents moments of civic transformation with surprising intimacy.

by Tatum Dooley / Mar 4, 2024