The Goldfarb Gallery

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On March 7th, from 2–3:30 PM, please join us for an artist talk by Anne Duk Hee Jordan as she reflects on the issues and ideas that motivate her practice.

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✨Join us Thursday, March 5th, 2026, from 6–9 pm for the opening reception of our Spring/Summer program and exhibitions! We look forward to navigating Anne Duk Hee Jordan: Worlds Away and D'Andrea Bowie: Winter Wheat with you!

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Alisi Telengut Digital Art commission Visit the post for more.

✨Join us Friday, November 7th, 6-7:30 PM at The Goldfarb Gallery for a screening of short films by Alisi Telengut, including a premiere of a commissioned film, Materia, 2025, followed by a conversation with Clara Halpern! thegoldfarbgallery.ca/project/tele...

🌌 Join us Wed, July 9 at 7PM at the Goldfarb Gallery for a talk by astronomer Laurie Rousseau-Nepton on constellations & ancestral knowledge. Followed by sky observing at the YorkU Observatory! 🌙✨
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🎉 Friday, June 20 at 3:30pm! Join us for a Point of View talk with artist + humourist Jessica Campbell, responding to Andrea Carlson’s exhibition A Painting is a Coin / Tisigan aawi zhoonyaa-waabik. Comics, transformation, and storytelling through art! 🖼️✨

Announcing our Spring and Summer Programs for May! 😎🌱🌷

Andrea Carlson: A Painting is a Coin is curated by Clara Halpern, assistant curator, exhibitions. Andrea Carlson, Exit, 2018. Screenprint, Highpoint Editions, Minneapolis, MN. Courtesy the artist.

Tuấn Andrew Nguyễn’s solo exhibition When Water Embraces Empty Space, curated by Jenifer Papararo, is the first presentation of his work in Canada. This exhibition is commissioned by Edith-Russ-Haus, Oldenberg Germany, in partnership with The Showroom in London and The Goldfarb Gallery. Tuấn Andrew Nguyễn, When Water Embraces Empty Space, 2024. Single channel video. Courtesy the artist and James Cohan Gallery, NYC.

📅 Save the date!
Join us May 22, 6–9 PM for the Spring/Summer opening at The Goldfarb Gallery!

Tuấn Andrew Nguyễn — When Water Embraces Empty Space

Andrea Carlson — A Painting is a Coin

Artists in attendance.

📍 In person

#ArtOpening #AndreaCarlson #TuanAndrewNguyen #Edithrusshaus

Denis Williams with Plantation No. 1, 1949, from Evelyn A. Williams, The Art of Denis Williams (Peepal Tree Press Ltd, 2012)

Sandra Brewster photographed by Jalani Morgan

Ohene Koama photographed by Adrian Narine

Join us for a conversation on Denis Williams' legacy & contemporary art from Guyana & its diaspora with Sandra Brewster & Ohene Koama.

📅 Apr 10, 2025
🕕 6-7:30 pm
📍 The Goldfarb Gallery, 83A York Blvd.

Funded by @WarholFoundation & in partnership with CERLAC. #DenisWilliams #GuyaneseArt

🧠 Join The Goldfarb Gallery curator Felicia Mings for an engaging 30-minute gallery talk on Unfolding Worlds, exploring the transformative nature of Maryam Taghavi’s work.

📅 Date: Wednesday, March 26, 2025
🕧 Time: 12:30 PM
📍 Location: 83a York Boulevard, York University, Toronto

🎨 Don’t miss an insightful artist talk with Kim Adams as part of York University’s 2024-25 Sculpture Talk Lecture Series! ✨ This co-presentation is an exciting opportunity to meet legendary artist Kim Adams, and learn about his fascinating approach to sculpture and public art. 📅

⏰ TOMORROW! Don’t miss A Choreography for Unfolding Worlds at 3 PM – an experience of art and dance like no other! #GoldfarbGallery #UnfoldingWorlds

✨ Get ready for A Choreography for Unfolding Worlds with dancer/choreographer Andros Zins-Browne.

📅 Date: Saturday, March 15, 2025
🕒 Time: 3:00 PM
📍 Location: 83a York Boulevard, York University, Toronto

Tomorrow! Join Dr. Mehraneh Ebrahimi for a Point of View talk on Unfolding Worlds by Maryam Taghavi. 🖼️💡

Maryam Installation Photos
Exhibition view: Maryam Taghavi: Unfolding Worlds, The Goldfarb Gallery of York University, Toronto (February 1-April 26, 2025). Photo: Toni Hafkenscheid.

📅 Date: Thursday, February 27, 2025
🕖 Time: 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
📍 Location: 83a York Boulevard, York University, Toronto

Join us for Somehow, Somewhere We Rest on Feb 27 for a night of soul-stirring poetry and music featuring Joshua Watkis, David Delisca, and DJ Grumps! This collaboration is part of our work with the Afrosonic Innovation Lab. It’s going to be a night full of rhythm, reflection, and connection. 🖤

⏳ Tomorrow! Point of View Gallery Talk: An Ocean to Livity at 12:30 PM. Hear Allyson Adley dive into Charles Campbell’s work. 🖼️🌿

#GoldfarbGallery #AnOceanToLivity

Why this new York University gallery is an important addition to Toronto: it gives students and the wider community access to notable art The Goldfarb Gallery gives students and the wider community access to notable art.

Thank you Brandon Kaufman, R.J. Johnston and the @thestar.com for the feature

🌊 Join us for our first Point of View talk of the season. The POV series starts with Allyson Adley who will host a 30-minute conversation that engages with the sound, sculptural, and socially engaged works on view in An Ocean to Livity, an exhibition by Charles Campbell.

💫Join us this Thursday, February 6, 2025, at 2:30 PM for a conversation between urban Cree scholar, artist, and writer Kai Recollet and artist Shannon Garden-Smith, moderated by Clara Halpern. The talk will take place at the Goldfarb Gallery 83a York Boulevard.

✨ A Conversation Not to Miss!

Announcing Careful Pressure a conversation between Kai Recollet & Shannon Garden-Smith 🌱💫 Moderated by Clara Halpern 🧠

📅 Date: Thursday, February 6, 2025
🕝 Time: 2:30 PM
📍 Location: 83a York Boulevard, York University, Toronto

The Sanest Response to Insane Times MAGA is coming for our rights. The Siren is here to fight back.

After the 2024 election, Coco Fusco drew inspiration from satirical Mexican prints at The Met to create “The Siren”, a new comic publication filled with sharp wit on our crazy times.

🎤 Meet the Artists! Join Charles Campbell & Maryam Taghavi for an Artist Talk on their exhibitions! 🎨

📅 Date: Saturday, February 1, 2025
🕒Time: 3:00 PM
📍Location: 83a York Boulevard, York University, Toronto

✨ Save the date! ✨

Please join York University’s MFA and PhD students in Visual Art for Open Studios on January 31st! 📆

Charles Campbell, detail of Breath Cycle 1, 2022. Photo: Dennis Ha

Installation view, Chicago Works: Maryam Taghavi, at MCA Chicago, Dec 16, 2023–Jul 14, 2024. Photo Shelby Ragsdale, Courtesy MCA

Dele Adeyemo, detail of From Longhouse to Highrise: The Course of Empire, 2023. Courtesy the artist

🎉 You’re Invited! 🎉 Join us for the Opening Reception of our Winter Exhibitions at the Goldfarb Gallery! 🌟

Come explore stunning works by Charles Campbell, Maryam Taghavi, and Dele Adeyemo!

📅 Friday, January 31, 2025
🕕 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
📍 83a York Boulevard, York University, Toronto

Image Captions:

Charles Campbell, detail of Breath Cycle 1 (2022), Photo: Dennis Ha.
Maryam Taghavi, Drape 2 (Horizon Series) (2023), Courtesy the artist.
Dele Adeyemo, detail of From Longhouse to Highrise: The Course of Empire (2023), Courtesy the artist.

Our winter exhibitions, curated by Felicia Mings, feature Charles Campbell's An Ocean to Livity, Maryam Taghavi's Unfolding Worlds, and Dele Adeyemo's From Longhouse to Highrise. Explore themes of Black life, Persian abstraction, and the empire’s legacy through immersive art and sound.

Join us at The Joan and Martin Goldfarb Gallery for Winter 2025 Exhibitions featuring Charles Campbell, Maryam Taghavi, and Dele Adeyemo. Engage with their powerful works exploring breath, spirit, and histories intertwined.

Exhibition Dates: Feb 1 – April 26, 2025
Opening Reception: Jan 31, 2025