Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art

Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art
Established 1999
Location 952 Queen Street West in downtown Toronto, Ontario
Type Art museum
Website www.mocca.ca/

The Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art (MOCCA) is a Toronto, Ontario museum and art gallery. It is an independent, registered charitable organization which has the mandate to promote works by Canadian and international artists which address modern societal themes and innovative techniques. The museum is affiliated with the Canadian Museums Association, the Ontario Museum Association and the Ontario Association of Art Galleries.

History

MOCCA was founded from the former Art Gallery of North York in 1999. In 2005, MOCCA relocated to the West Queen West Art + Design District in downtown Toronto. In 2015, with its building about to be demolished and replaced by condominiums, MOCCA hosted an interactive exhibit by Dean Baldwin entitled Queen West Yacht Club, while preparing for a move to its new Sterling Road location.[1]

Exhibits

MOCCA's Queen Street location features 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 have been presented in this space, involving about 800 artists. MOCCA also mounts group exhibitions of work by non-Canadian artists. Since 2001, MOCCA has also presented exhibitions and projects in the United States, China, Taiwan, France, Germany, Italy and Spain.[2]

Permanent collection

The museum maintains a permanent collection; in 2009 this consisted of about 400 works of art by more than 150 Canadian artists.[3] Notable artists represented are:

See also

References

  1. ↑ Whyte, Murray. "Artist Dean Baldwin turns soon-to-be-demolished building into Queen West Yacht Club"'. Toronto Star, 29 June 2015.
  2. ↑ http://mocca.ca/about-mocca/
  3. ↑ "Permanent collection". MOCCA. 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-21.

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