Past Events

 

Renzo Martens 

Renzo Martens Talk and Screenings

Dutch artist Renzo Martens has become known for producing films which investigate—and at times exploit—guilt through matters of complicity. The films, which aim to move beyond definitions of “good and evil,” incite both vehement detraction and defense.

January 9 and January 10, 2012

 


Ken Jacobs Performance and Screening

Distinguished Professor Emeritus and legendary avant-garde filmmaker Ken Jacobs will perform and screen recent films for two nights in Mississauga and Toronto.

Friday 18 November and Saturday 19 November, 2011


Scotiabank Nuit Blanche 2011: How Far Is Near

A Scotiabank Nuit Blanche 2011 Independent Project

1 October 2011, 6:57 pm - Sunrise
Presented in conjunction with How Near is Far, the Justina M. Barnicke Gallery's 2011 fall season.



Curatorial Residency

International Curatorial Residency with Felix Vogel

If film is possible, than history, too, is possible.

Public Lecture: Monday March 21, 2011, 6:30 – 8:30 pm



Lebredt Get Hold of this Space

Traffic: Conceptualism in Canada
International Conference 

Supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada

November 26-28, 2010
Presented in conjunction with Traffic: Conceptual Art in Canada 1965-1980



Jan Verwoert 

Why are Conceptual artists painting again? Because they think it’s a good idea.

Monday 1 November 2010, 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Presented in conjunction with Traffic: Conceptual Art in Canada 1965-1980

 

Ingrid Baxter in Conversation with Bill Kirby

Presented by the Justina M. Barnicke Gallery, in partnership with the University of Toronto Art Centre

Tuesday 26 October 2010, 6:00 - 7:30 pm
University of Toronto Art Centre art lounge

University College, University of Toronto, 15 King’s College Circle



Marina Abramović

Scotiabank Nuit Blanche 2010: One At A Time

A Scotiabank Nuit Blanche 2010 Independent Project

2 October 2010, 6:57 pm - Sunrise
Presented in conjunction with Traffic: Conceptual Art in Canada, 1965 - 1980

 

The Justina M. Barnicke Gallery Visiting Curator Program

Public talk: Wednesday 12 May 2010, 8:00 - 10:00 pm

Anja Casser (Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe)
Janneke de Vries
(GAK Gesellschaft für Aktuelle Kunst, Bremen)

Dr. Martina Weinhart (Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt)

 

Two conversations on the intersections of love and politics in contemporary art practices

Organized by Christine Shaw and Adrian Blackwell

18 March and 25 March, 2010, 7:00 pm
The conversations will take place in Model for a Public Space [knot]

Reading Room, Hart House, University of Toronto, 7 Hart House Circle

 

Mammalian Diving Reflex: You Can Have It All

Two-part performance by Mammalian Diving Reflex with the Council of Expertly Aging Experts on Aging
Friday 12 February, 7:00 - 9:30 pm
Saturday 13 February, 7:00 - 9:00 pm

 

 

Talk & Tour of Will Kwan’s Exhibition: Multi-lateral

JMB Gallery, Hart House, with artist Annie Onyi Cheung and writer Minna Lee
Sunday 20 December 2009
Location: Justina M. Barnicke Gallery, Hart House, University of Toronto

 

 

Cultural Activism Today: The Art of Over-Identification

Talk by BAVO
Monday 23 November 2009, 7:00 pm
Location: Justina M. Barnicke Gallery, Hart House, University of Toronto

 

 

Mark Lewis: In a City

Hart House Debates Room
Lecture by Mark Lewis
6:00 - 7:00 pm

Mark Lewis will speak about his work at a special public lecture in conjunction with the opening of his exhibition at the Justina M. Barnicke Gallery on 8 September 2009 at 6:00 pm.

 

Venice Send Off Party: Thursday April 30, 2009 (8:30 - 12:00 am)

On the occasion of the 53rd International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia, please join us for a party to celebrate Canada's official presentation of Mark Lewis: Cold Morning. Commissioned for the Canada Pavilion by Barbara Fischer.

 

Venice Apprentice: 3 April - 8 June 2009

Apprenticeship Opportunity of a Lifetime with the Canadian Pavilion at the 2009 Venice Biennale

The Justina M. Barnicke Gallery, in partnership with Hart House and Aeroplan, is accepting applications for the Venice Apprentice: U of T at la Biennale di Venezia 2009.

In response to this rare and extraordinary opportunity, the Justina M. Barnicke Gallery, with Hart House and Aeroplan, is launching a competition for a Venice Apprentice. Four University of Toronto students will be selected through an online application process to compete for the one Venice Apprentice position.

 

International Curatorial Residency with Anselm Franke (Director of Extra City, Antwerp)
16 February - 6 March 2009

Public Lecture
Tuesday 3 March 2009
7:00 - 8:00 pm
University College, Room 140, Univeristy of Toronto

The Justina M. Barnicke Gallery and Partners in Art announce the launch of an International Curator-in-Residence program at the Justina M. Barnicke Gallery at the University of Toronto. The first curator invited in the international series is Extra City Director Anselm Franke who will be in Toronto from February 16 until March 6, 2009, to conduct research for his upcoming projects and collaborations with Toronto-based art institutions.

 

 

Scotia Bank Nuit Blanche 2008: Sweet Dreams
Saturday 4 October 2008
7:00 pm - Sunrise

Installations and video projections by Dean Baldwin, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Luis Jacob, and Noam Gonick, Morris/Trasov Archive, Pipilotti Rist, Kevin Schmidt, and Roman Signer explore the capacity of the imagination in the interstices of dreaming and waking, and its possibilities to conjure imaginary futures, ideals, and fantasies to transform the everyday.

 

 

Paul Butler's Collage Party at the JMB Gallery
Sunday 9 March - Wednesday 12 March 2008. Reception: Sunday 9 March 9, 1:00 - 4:00 pm

Collage Party, Paul Butler's nomadic world-wide studio experience lands at the Justina M. Barnicke Gallery! On Sunday 9 March join in this free-form art jam-session: make collages with local artists and take advantage of an exploratory, informal space organized around play, interaction, and experimentation.

 

 

Boris Groys: "Religion as Medium"
Thursday 24 January 2008 at 4:00 pm

Please join us for a lecture on new media and religion by Boris Groys. Followed by a reception.

The Justina M. Barnicke Gallery’s first “Theorist-in-Residence” lecture is organized jointly with the Blackwood Gallery (UTM), the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures (U of T), Goethe-Institut, the Justina M. Barnicke Gallery, and Hart House.

 

 

Signals in the Dark: Art in the Shadow of War
4 February - 2 March 2008

Film & Video Program, Symposium, and Workshop

Films and videos by international artists and directors play for the duration of the exhibition. Programing ranges from documentaries on art and culture under the siege of war to reflections on war and violence by artists. Films and videos play in three locations: the Blackwood Gallery’s Video Wall, the Blackwood Gallery, and the Justina M. Barnicke Gallery.

 

 

Ben Tong: bin·oc·u·lar
4 December 2007 – 31 January 2008

A series of stereoscopic interventions throughout Hart House.

Curated by the Hart House Art Committee and organized by Aileen Burns.

 

 

Rightfully Yours,
November 16 - December 30, 2007

Rightfully Yours presents performative insertions in daily activities which are, in turn, implicated in the politics and ethics of institutions, professions, sexuality, and nationalism.

Wendy Coburn, Steven Cohen, Shawna Dempsey, and Lorri Millan, Alicia Framis, Alison S.M. Kobayashi, Mingering Mike, Mattias Olofsson, the Yes Men, Camille Turner, Sislej Xhafa, Your personal viewing of Ali G, Borat, and Bruno.

Curated by Tejpal Singh Ajji, Curator-in-Residence

 

 

Scotia Bank Nuit Blanche: "Night School"
Saturday 29 September 2007, 7:03 pm - Sunrise

Hart House is a one-night ‘school of the night’. Performance, installations, and instructional tapes explore subtexts of education, including vernacular knowledge and slidings between the disciplines.

Produced by the curatorial team of Barbara Fischer, Ann MacDonald, Tejpal Ajji, Maiko Tanaka, Aileen Burns, and Day Milman.

 

 

Kelly Mark: Stupid Heaven
31 September - 28 October 2007

The Justina M. Barnicke Gallery (Hart House, University of Toronto), in collaboration with the Blackwood Gallery (University of Toronto at Mississauga), presents the first major survey of works by Kelly Mark in Toronto. Bringing together key works from the last ten years, the exhibition includes drawing, sculpture, video, performance, audio work, as well as multiples and recent television-based projects.

Curated by: Barbara Fischer

 

 

Nuit Blanche: Dark Hart
(a collaborative project by FASTWÜRMS and Instant Coffee)
30 September 2006, 7:03 pm - Sunrise

Two of Toronto’s best-known artist teams join up for a 12-hour atmospheric performance in the belly of the University of Toronto’s historic Hart House. FASTWÜRMS (the duo of Kim Kozzi and Dai Skuse) and Instant Coffee (a service-oriented collective of many members) collaborate on DARK HART, a music/video/soft architecture/performance/sound event in the swimming pool and the main-floor Reading Room.