Award winning global art project coming to Toronto
This year marksNuit Blanche's10th anniversary in Toronto. While it seems like the all-night-festival can't get any bigger, the city released its 2015 program today and it's chock-full of both funded and independent exhibitions that'll be scattered throughout the city on October 3.
The exhibition in front of City Hall at Nathan Phillips Square is usually the biggest draw for many festivalgoers. In 2013, for instance, Ai Weiwei transformed the reflecting pool with his massive sculptureForever Bicycles.
This year, New York and Paris-based award-winningartist JRis bringing his acclaimedInside Outparticipatory art project to 100 Queen St. W as part of his larger exhibition titledBlack and White.
This is the first time Inside Out will appear in Canada; it's already traveled to more than 120 countries across the world. Torontonians can participate starting September 28 thanks to a photo booth that'll be stationed at Nathan Phillips Square.
JR will then use the individual portraits in his project. The entire piece will stay up until October 12 as it's one of the 14 installations sticking around after the overnight festival.
For the 10th anniversary, Nuit Blanche will also showcase the10 for 10th - Memory Laneexhibition curated byChe Kothari. It'll feature installations created in conjunction with some of the city's most well known arts and cultural institutions including theAGO,ROMand theGardiner Museum.
The complete line-up isavailable online.
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