upArt Contemporary Art Fair – Installations at the Gladstone Hotel
Set within the context of Art Toronto week this off-site event showcases the diversity and vitality of contemporary installation art today. Produced annually by the Gladstone Hotel, this is not your traditional salon style art fair! upArt offers visitors a fully immersive experience of site-specific projects by local, national, and international artists. For this second incarnation of upArt, curators Barbara Gilbert and Chris Mitchell have introduced the theme Rooms of Wonder. Participants were invited to approach the second floor of the landmark Victorian hotel as a cabinet of curiosities. upArt 2009 brings together artists, curators, collectives, artist-run centres, galleries, and institutions who will transform ten individual rooms and the connecting public spaces. Discover a collection of installations that will amaze you, intrigue you, and re-ignite your sense of wonder.
2nd Floor $8.00* (includes exhibition guide)
"…the transformation of site achieved here rings anticipatory notes of curiouser things to come in further installments of this new event." – Stephanie Vegh, MAP magazine, U.K. 2008
More information about UPART CONTEMPORARY ART FAIR
Thursday October 22 to Sunday October 25, 2009
(Event coincides with 10th Anniversary of Art Toronto (formerly TIAF))
Exhibition hours:
- Thurs Oct 22 4pm – 8pm PREVIEW
- Fri Oct 23 12pm – 11pm
- Sat Oct 24 12pm – 7pm
- Sun Oct 25 12pm – 5pm
- Gala Reception Fri Oct 23 7-11pm – with live performances and DJ
