Gallery Arcturus
Exterior view of Gallery Arcturus | |
Location of the museum in Toronto | |
| Established | 1994 |
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| Location | 80 Gerrard Street East Toronto, Ontario M5B 1G6 |
| Coordinates | 43°39′36″N 79°22′41″W / 43.6600986°N 79.3780152°W |
| Type | Art museum |
| Curator | Deborah Harris |
| Public transit access | College, TMU 506 505 |
| Website | arcturus.ca |
| Type | Part IV |
| Designated | May 28, 1979 |
Gallery Arcturus is an art gallery and museum in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located in the Garden District neighbourhood on Gerrard Street East near Toronto Metropolitan University and the Church and Wellesley area. The gallery is a member of Galeries Ontario / Ontario Galleries and the Ontario Museum Association.
The museum operates as a public, not-for-profit contemporary art gallery with a permanent art collection of over 200 works including drawings, paintings, collages, photographs and sculptures made by notable North American artists including the photographer Simeon Posen, the Inuit art sculptor Floyd Kuptana, and the renowned artist, teacher, writer, and founder of the School of Reductionism, E.J. Gold. Established in 1994 and opening in its present location in 1997, Gallery Arcturus has held many public exhibitions including Thomas Henrickson "Inner Mirror", E.J. Gold "Large As Life", Peter Banks "Emergence", Carol George "Asia Calling", Deborah Harris "Toward the One", and Dominique Cruchet & Joan Cullen "Crossing the Great Waters". The artist-in-residence and curator of the gallery is Deborah Harris.