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Featured Exhibition

Until May 11, 2025

John Scott: Firestorm presents the work of the late Canadian artist John Scott (1950–2022), gathering paintings, drawings, and sculptures made by Scott from the 1980s through the 2010s.

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Current Exhibitions

coloured pencil by Derek Sullivan

February 8 – June 29, 2025

This solo exhibition highlights a recent body of work by the leading Toronto-based conceptual artist Derek Sullivan. The works on display were inspired by Sullivan’s twelve-month site-study of Shift, a landart work by the American sculptor Richard Serra long-hidden in a field in King, Ontario.

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Ongoing

This selection of works from our permanent collection aims to convey something of its current breadth, taking particular pleasure in placing apparently disparate works in creative conversation with one another.

Landscape painting by Emily Carr

Site-Specific Installations

Ongoing

Anishinaabe/Ojibwa artist Bonnie Devine‘s site-specific mural explores the history and geography of the Toronto Carrying Place Trail.

Upcoming Exhibitions

face in coloured pencil, felt-tip pen on paper

March 8 – August 24, 2025

The recent digitization of the Kinngait Drawings Archive—90,000 works strong and held by the McMichael for more than three decades—has allowed unprecedented curatorial access to the origins of this now world-renowned graphic tradition.

School Bus and Houses contemporray art by Ohotaq Mikkigak

March 8 – August 24, 2025

Since the 1990 transfer of 90,000 works on paper from the West Baffin Eskimo Co-operative to the McMichael Canadian Art Collection, new generations of Kinngait artists have emerged onto the contemporary art scene, capturing visions of their community into the new millennium.

Opening April 12, 2025 – January 2026

This spring, Toronto-based artist Sandra Brewster unveils a striking, site-specific wall installation in the McMichael’s permanent collection galleries.

May 31 – September 21, 2025

The McMichael proudly presents Morrice in Venice, an exhibition celebrating James Wilson Morrice’s evocative depictions of one of Europe’s most enchanting cities.

Families & Kids

March Break Camp 2025

March 10 – 14, 2025

Upcoming Events

How to Enjoy the McMichael from Home

Sarah and Rajni during a talk

Curatorial Talks & Virtual Studio Visits

Catch up on the latest curatorial talks and artist conversations.

Adult Art Classes

Studio classes in a range of media led by professional art instructors.

eMuseum & Iningat Ilagiit

Explore the McMichael’s online collection of art and historical objects and discover Inuit art from the Kinngait (Cape Dorset) archive.

About the Gallery

The McMichael Canadian Art Collection is located on the original lands of the Ojibwe Anishinaabe and Huron-Wendat People. It is uniquely situated along the Carrying Place Trail which historically provided an integral connection for Indigenous people between Ontario’s Lakeshore and the Lake Simcoe-Georgian Bay Region.

Located on 100 acres of forested land along the Humber River, the McMichael is a major public gallery uniquely devoted to collecting the art of Canada.

The McMichael’s permanent collection consists of more than 7,000 artworks by Tom Thomson, the Group of Seven, their contemporaries, and First Nations, Métis, Inuit and contemporary artists who have contributed to the development of Canadian art.

Visiting the Gallery

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Open Tuesday to Sunday & Holiday Mondays from 10 am to 5 pm.*

Public gallery tours are offered throughout the week and are free with admission. Check the schedule.

Free Family Sundays every 3rd Sunday of the month.

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About Us

History of the McMichael

“…we were consciously envisioning a publicly owned gallery and actively planning and collecting for it…” – Robert McMichael