Museum of Contemporary Art Toronto Canada

The Museum of Contemporary Art Toronto is a museum and art gallery in Toronto, Ontario. It is an independent, registered charitable organization. It has the mission to “exhibit, research, collect and nurture innovative contemporary art and cultural practices that engage with and address issues and themes relevant to our times”. The museum is affiliated with the Canadian Museums Association, the Ontario Museum Association and the Ontario Association of Art Galleries. The museum, originally known as the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, was founded from the former Art Gallery of North York in 1999. The City of Toronto government funded the half-million dollar renovation of the new building. The museum’s former Queen Street West location featured two large exhibition spaces, a 5,000 sq ft (460 m2) Main Space and a 1,000 sq ft (93 m2) Project Room. More than 80 exhibits and projects were presented in this space, involving about 800 artists, including Suzy Lake and Kris Knight. The museum has also mounted group exhibitions of work by non-Canadian artists. Since 2001, the museum has also presented exhibitions and projects in the United States, China, Taiwan, France, Germany, Italy and Spain.