VISUAL ARTS
AI WEIWEI: UNBROKEN explores the breaking of physical and symbolic boundaries, including immigration, freedom of speech and the repression of dissent. Gardiner Museum (111 Queen’s Park, 416586-8080). Until June 9.
GODS IN MY HOME pairs Chinese ancestral paintings and traditional popular prints together, in order to look at the existing connections between two separate genres. Royal Ontario Museum (100 Queen’s Park, 416-586-8000). Until Sept. 29. IMPRESSIONISM IN THE AGE OF INDUSTRY: MONET, PISSARO AND MORE features more than 120 paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints, photographs and films. Don’t miss the curator’s talk with Caroline Shields Wednesday at 7 p.m. (tickets $15-$20). Art Gallery of Ontario (317 Dundas St. W., 416-979-6648). Until May 5. MICKALENE THOMAS: FEMMES NOIRES explores how black women are represented in art and popular culture, with themes of race, representational politics, black celebrity culture and sexuality, as seen from a black queer feminist perspective. Art Gallery of Ontario (317 Dundas St. W., 416-9796648). Until March 24. MYSEUM INTERSECTIONS: CITY BUILDERS is a multimedia exhibition about the history of immigrant construction workers who built Toronto and the labour struggles they went through in the 1950s-70s. Featuring displays, artifacts, videos and augmentedreality digital features. Columbus Centre (901 Lawrence Ave. W., North York, 416-789-7011). Tuesday until March 31. PRODUCTIVE DISCOMFORT A project and group exhibition of hooked rugs designed around the theme of ‘unwelcome mats’. RSVP for the Rug Hooking Basics workshop on Saturday from 1-4 p.m. Xpace Cultural Centre (303 Lansdowne Ave., 416-849-2864). Until March 31. SALON 44 is an important fundraiser for Gallery 44, supporting local artists, education and exhibition programs. More than 70 established and emerging artists will have contemporary photography works priced for various budgets. Gallery 44 (401 Richmond St. W., Suite #120, 416-979-3941). Until Saturday. TATTOOED WOOD & OTHER GRAPHIC EXPRESSIONS UNDER MY SKIN Toronto-based artist Andres Vosu has depicted obsessive images constructed out of paper and when adhered to wooden panels, these images become metaphorically and physically locked under a skin. Propeller Gallery (30 Abell St., 416-504-7142). Until March 24. TREASURES OF A DESERT KINGDOM: THE ROYAL ARTS
OF JODHPUR, INDIA Check out masterpieces amassed over nearly four centuries by the former Rathore family, who were one of the longest continuous royal lineages in the world, ruling over the desert kingdom until India’s independence in 1947. Royal Ontario Museum (100 Queen’s Park, 416-5868000). Until Sept. 2. ZUUL: LIFE OF AN ARMOURED DINOSAUR Incredibly well-preserved, Zuul is a gnarlyfaced, horned, armoured ankylosaur with a sledgehammer-like tail that lived 76 million years ago. Royal Ontario Museum (100 Queen’s Park, 416-586-8000). Until May 20.