ART x SUBVERTING THE GAZE

The Art Museum at the University of Toronto is a dynamic interdisciplinary arts hub that offers new encounters with diverse artistic and cultural perspectives.The Art Museum comprises the Justina M. Barnicke Gallery (Hart House) and the University of Toronto Art Centre (University College). Located just a few steps apart, the two galleries were federated in 2014 and began operating under a new visual identity as the Art Museum at the University of Toronto, one of the largest gallery spaces for visual art exhibitions and programming in Toronto.Building on the two galleries’ distinguished histories, the Art Museum organizes and presents an intensive year-round program of exhibitions and events that foster — at a local, regional, and international level — innovative research, interdisciplinary scholarship, and knowledge of art and its histories befitting Canada’s leading university and the country’s largest city.

Art Museum at the University of Toronto

Join us on your lunch break  for a guided tour followed by a facilitated but informal group conversation.

Art Museum at the University of Toronto - University of Toronto Art Centre

ART eXchange

Curated by Drea Asibey, ART eXchange is a free program series offering guided tours, conversations, and creative activities that invite deeper engagement with the Art Museum’s exhibitions and collections.

Image:. Photo: Dominic Chan.

Join Drea Asibey, Curator of Programs, for a guided tour of <a href="https://artmuseum.utoronto.ca/exhibition/careful-crossings/" title="https://artmuseum.utoronto.ca/exhibition/careful-crossings/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Careful Crossings</a> and <a href="https://artmuseum.utoronto.ca/exhibition/whispers-of-resistance/" title="https://artmuseum.utoronto.ca/exhibition/whispers-of-resistance/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Whispers of Resistance</a> informed by feminist theory, Édouard Glissant’s concept of “opacity”, and the politics of refusal. The tour will be followed by a facilitated but informal group conversation on how selected works subvert “the gaze” to challenge the power dynamics that shape how we see ourselves, how we view others, and, in turn, how others gaze upon us.Refreshments will be provided.Free and open to the public!—ART X SUBVERTING THE GAZE is part of ART eXchange, a free, drop-in program series offering guided tours, conversations, and creative activities that invite deeper engagement with the Art Museum’s exhibitions and collections. Curated by Drea Asibey and featuring a rotating roster of facilitators, each session fosters dialogue, reflection, and connection. <a href="https://artmuseum.utoronto.ca/program/art-exchange/" title="https://artmuseum.utoronto.ca/program/art-exchange/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Learn more and view the full schedule</a>.Image: Anny Peng, Caring or Chairing, 2022. Installation view: Whispers of Resistance, May 1–July 26, 2025, University of Toronto Art Centre. Photo: Toni Hafkenscheid.

Agenda

Gallery Tour 

Refreshments and Discussion (Feel free to bring your lunch)

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