Free and open to the public, TURNING TABLES 2 is a hybrid art book market + exhibition that will shine a spotlight on over 30 local, regional, national, and international arts publishers and producers of art books, critical arts publications, zines, periodicals, and more — just in time for the holiday season. Launching in conjunction with 401 Richmond’s annual Holiday Open House, Thursday, November 27, 2025 from 5–8 pm, Turning Tables 2 is in good company with 5 floors of galleries, shops, a licenced café, and 25+ open studios that will be open late for this special evening. The launch weekend continues Friday–Saturday, November 28–29, 12–6 pm, with a special event on Saturday, 11/29 starting at 11am. Hosted in partnership…Find out more
Join us at Critical Distance on Friday, October 3, 6:30 – 8 pm for the Toronto launch of two new books in conversation: As for Protocols (Vera List Center for Art and Politics/Amherst College Press, 2025) and Convivialities (Talonbooks, 2025). New York-based writer, editor, and curator Re’al Christian, co-editor of As for Protocols, will be joined by Montréal-based writer and editor Michael Nardone, editor of Convivialities, for a conversation on the editorial/curatorial practices and perspectives at the core of their two volumes. Both books emerge out of sustained engagements with writers and artists; together, Christian and Nardone will consider how the array of artists and writers involved in their editions articulate the contemporary conditions, relational affinities, and protocols of making.…Find out more
Artist: John Climenhage Curator: CDCC Director, Shani K Parsons On view September 20 — November 15, 2025 Opening Saturday, 9/20 in conjunction with Ontario Culture Days at 401 Richmond, RSVP for the Hands-on Curatorial Workshop Critical Distance Centre for Curators (CDCC) is pleased to present The Contingent Image, an artistic and curatorial collaboration and exhibition-as-research developed by Peterborough-based artist John Climenhage in conversation with CDCC Director Shani Khoo Parsons. Featuring an expansive new body of work that Climenhage has been developing since 2015, The Contingent Image is the artist’s first solo exhibition in Toronto in over 20 years. The Contingent Image comprises three large-scale wall-based assemblages of 170+ paintings selected from a series of over 250 panels. Following a decisive…Find out more
OCAD University’s RBC Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers (CEAD), in partnership with Critical Distance Centre for Curators (CDCC), is pleased to present this Public Art Billboard and Exhibition Essay Career Launcher featuring artwork by Jenelle Smith and a commissioned essay by Kathleen Foran-Spragge.
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Critical Distance is pleased to partner with Dancemakers for their inaugural symposium, What Can Dance Curation Do? This two-day gathering brings together artists, curators, and researchers to explore emergent practices in dance curation through a series of talks, panels, and provocations.
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