MoCA Toronto Opens New 5,000-Square-Meter Space in Junction Triangle

MoCA – Museum of Contemporary Art Toronto opened its new 25-million-dollar, five-story venue on September 22, 2018, in the Junction Triangle neighborhood. The 5,000-square-meter building, designed by architectsAlliance and ERA Architects with Castlepoint Numa and Greybrook Realty Partners, replaces the museum's former Queen Street West location, which it left in 2015 due to residential development. The move was funded by the "Tomorrow of Contemporary Art" campaign, which raised 11.9 million dollars from private donors and 6.1 million dollars from government sources, including the Canada Cultural Spaces Fund and the Ontario Cultural Attractions Fund. CEO Heidi Reitmaier expressed gratitude to partners and donors. The ground floor features "Demos – A Reconstruction" by Greek artist Andreas Angelidakis, a modular installation of 74 pieces that visitors can rearrange. The second and third floors host "BELIEVE," an inaugural exhibition with 16 Canadian and international artists exploring belief systems. Part of the fourth floor houses "Art in Use," a project by Cuban-American artist Tania Bruguera and the Association of Useful Art, focusing on art's role in social change, alongside the Akin Studio residency program for 32 local artists. The fifth floor presents "Laws of Motion in a Cartoon Landscape," an exhibition by Andy Holden on moving images.