Onsite Gallery, OCAD University

Anila Rubiku, Hope is the Thing with Feathers (detail), 2022, installation, 101 drawings collage on vintage pantone paper, metal wires, magnets, dimensions variable. Photo courtesy of the artist.

Fortitude/Fragile Curatorial Tour with Magda González-Mora

Friday, February 7, 2025 | 12 – 2 pm
Onsite Gallery, Toronto
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Take part in an insightful curatorial tour of the exhibition Fortitude/Fragile with guest curator Magda González-Mora. The artworks in Fortitude/Fragile serve as a powerful testament to the resilience of the human spirit during challenging times, highlighting the refusal to succumb to despair. They advocate for change and understanding, emphasizing the strength of humanity and the impact of decisive action. They underscore the importance of regenerative learning and cultivate an atmosphere steeped in mutual respect and tolerance.

Fortitude/Fragile features work by Sandra Brewster, Francisco-Fernando Granados, Regina José Galindo, Shabnam K. Ghazi, Coco Guzmán, Caroline Monnet, Vessna Perunovich and Anila Rubiku.

Fortitude/Fragile is on view until May 17, 2025.

About Magda González-Mora

Magda González-Mora is an independent curator, art critic, and consultant based in Toronto, Canada. She co-founded the Wifredo Lam Contemporary Art Centre in 1984 and was part of the founding curatorial team for the Havana Biennial for 16 years and curated Ad Infinitum, a group exhibition for the 2019 Biennial. She co-curated the Cuban pavilions of Johannesburg Biennale in 1998 and the Dakar Biennale in 1992. From 2007 to 2014, she co-curated the Sherritt Collection of Contemporary Cuban Art of the Art Gallery of Ontario. She served as the first Guest Chief Curator of ArtYard in Frenchtown, NJ, from 2016 to 2018. She has developed projects in museums and art spaces across Europe, the United States, Canada, and Cuba, including shows at Mattress Factory in Pittsburgh, Nuit Blanche in Toronto, and international art fairs including ARCO Madrid and Art Basel Miami. Extensively published, she is a member of IKT and AICA. She holds an MA in Art History from the University of Havana, Cuba.

Onsite Gallery is generously supported by The Delaney Family. We also acknowledge the support from the Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council, Government of Ontario, Toronto Arts Council and Nexus.

About Onsite Gallery
www.ocadu.ca/onsite
Onsite Gallery, OCAD University’s flagship professional gallery, presents contemporary, Indigenous, and public art and design to advance knowledge creation and stimulate local and international conversations on the urgent issues of our time.

Onsite Gallery
199 Richmond Street West
Toronto, ON M5V 0H4

Gallery Hours
Wednesday: 12 – 7 pm
Thursday to Saturday: 12 – 5 pm

Gallery admission and all events are free.

Onsite Gallery is an accessible venue with all-gender, single-user washrooms.
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About OCAD University (OCAD U)
OCAD University (www.ocadu.ca) is Canada’s university of the imagination. Founded in 1876, the university is dedicated to art, design and digital media education, practice and research and to knowledge and invention across a wide range of disciplines.

Contact Information:
Susan Jama
Programs & Community Coordinator, Onsite Gallery
susanjama@ocadu.ca

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