Toronto Biennial of Art 2026 Opens in One Week

Brendan Fernandes, The Calls (2023). Live and recorded performance, sonic composition, and choreography. Co-presented with TO Live.

Things Fall Apart Opens in One Week!

September 26 – December 20, 2026

In just over one week, the Toronto Biennial of Art (TBA), titled Things Fall Apart, will open to the public! Taking place over a 12-week period from September 26 to December 20, 2026, TBA will transform Toronto and partner regions with free exhibitions, performances, and public programs. Grounded in diverse local contexts, the Biennial’s city-wide programming aims to inspire individuals, engage communities, and contribute to global conversations.

Curated by Allison Glenn, Things Fall Apart centres on artists whose practices engage rupture as a generative force—reconsidering histories, geographies, and systems that shape contemporary life while proposing new ways of understanding the present.

Naotaka Hiro, Untitled (Solvent), 2025. Canvas, fabric dye, oil pastel, rope, and grommets; 262 × 213.5 cm. Commissioned by the Toronto Biennial of Art, co-presented with the Art Museum at the University of Toronto, and made possible with the support of Eleanor and Francis Shen.

Discover Artist Projects Now

Artist Projects have been announced on our website. Learn about newly-commissioned works, their relationship to rupture, and how they respond to the 2026 Curatorial Framework. You can also plan your Biennial visit by exploring which sites each artist’s work will be exhibited at.

Opening Weekend

Select programs – view the full Programs Calendar.

Saturday, September 26, 2026

Rebecca Belmore: Gichigami
Art Museum at the University of Toronto | 12:00pm
Free | Register here
Rebecca Belmore’s new work opens as a procession moving from Queen’s Park to the University of Toronto, where it will remain on view as an installation at the Art Museum.

Raphaël Barontini: Konvwa libèté
Meeting point in front of Hart House (7 Hart House Circle) | 2:00pm
Free | Register here
Co-presented with the Toronto Caribbean Carnival, Hart House, and the Art Museum, Barontini brings a celebratory, carnival-style street parade to the U of T campus featuring percussion, indigo costumes, banners, and flags.

Sunday, September 27, 2026

In Dialogue: Speculative Futures
Harbourfront Centre Studio Theatre | 10:30am
Free | Registration required via TBA’s website
Curator Allison Glenn moderates a discussion with artists Andrés Ramírez Gaviria, Carolina Fusilier, Lindsay Katsitsakatste Delaronde, and Regina de Miguel on time, science fiction, Indigenous epistemologies, and speculative futures.

Brendan Fernandes: The Calls (Toronto)
The Tall Ship Kajama (Docked behind Harbourfront Centre / The Power Plant) | 12:00pm & 2:15pm Sailings
Free | Register here
Co-presented with TO Live, an immersive sonic and movement performance aboard a tall ship on Lake Ontario featuring contemporary dancers and an 18-voice Modern Sound Collective choir.

TBA Opening Party 2024. Photo by Ryan Emberley.

Opening Party

Friday, September 2, 2026 | 7:00pm
Art Museum at the University of Toronto
Ticketed | Purchase tickets
Guests will be amongst the first to see the main exhibition partner site at the Art Museum at the University of Toronto. Attendees will celebrate alongside TBA 2026 artists, art enthusiasts, and partners at this special fundraiser event featuring artist performances. Generously sponsored by EY.

Exhibition Sites & Main Hub

The 2026 edition transforms the city across 13+ sites, with the Art Museum at the University of Toronto (University of Toronto Art Centre and Justina M. Barnicke Gallery) serving as the main exhibition hub and primary learning space.

TBA 2026 Exhibition Sites

• Art Museum at the University of Toronto – Main Exhibition Hub
• Art Gallery of Ontario
• Aga Khan Museum
• Billboard in St. George TTC Station, Westbound Platform – Bloor-Danforth Line
• CN Tower
• Gallery TPW
• Harbourfront Centre
• *Midnight Moment, Times Square Arts, New York City
  *Month of November only
• Mercer Union, a centre for contemporary art
• Royal Ontario Museum
• Sankofa Square
• Scarborough Gurdwara

About the Toronto Biennial of Art

The Toronto Biennial of Art’s mission is to make contemporary art accessible to everyone. A twelve-week event every two years, the Biennial commissions artists to create new works for a city-wide exhibition in dialogue with Toronto’s diverse local contexts. Year-round public and learning programs bridge Biennials and invite intergenerational audiences to explore the ideas that inspire our events. Building upon past editions and offering new ways of seeing and listening, each Biennial connects people to spark meaningful dialogues and imagine new futures.

For more information, visit torontobiennial.org or follow @torontobiennial.

Media Contacts:
David Yu at Sutton Communications: tba@suttoncomms.com
Catriona Reid at Toronto Biennial of Art: creid@torontobiennial.org