Diane Borsato

Art Gallery of York University, 2012
8.25×10.68 in, 112 pp, 156 col/6 B&W, hardcover
ISBN 978-0-921972-64-8
$30.00

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Collaborating with a varied cast of characters—beekeepers, mycologists, astronomers, physicists, bees, cats, snowballs, tango dancers, passers by, plants, curators, hotel porters, musicians, first responders, herpetologists,…(the list really does continue)—Diane Borsato creates works that propose eccentric models for relating to one another and to the world.

This catalogue/monograph accompanies Diane Borsato: Terrestrial / Celestial,  the Spring 2012 exhibition at the AGYU. It includes essays by Emelie Chhangur, Darren O’Donnell, Stephanie Springgay, and Scott Watson. Edited by Stephanie Springgay. Designed by Lisa Kiss.

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Fall 2026

Fall 2026

letter from the director

Torkwase Dyson: <em>The Distance Inside Us (Bird and Lava)</em>

Torkwase Dyson: <em>The Distance Inside Us (Bird and Lava)</em>

exhibition
11 Sep 2026 – 6 Mar 2027

Jeanne Randolph with John Monteith, <em>Fabulous Neoconstantinopolitanism</em>

Jeanne Randolph with John Monteith, <em>Fabulous Neoconstantinopolitanism</em>

exhibition
11 Sep 2026 – 6 Mar 2027

A rebellious abstraction

A rebellious abstraction

The Distance Inside Us (Bird and Lava)
curatorial essay

Shifting

Shifting

a series on sustainability
spring – fall, 2026

From surface to …

From surface to …

Fabulous Neoconstantinopolitanism
curatorial essay

Jeanne Randolph and John Monteith in conversation

Jeanne Randolph and John Monteith in conversation

Fabulous Neoconstantinopolitanism
3 Oct 2026, 3 – 4:30 pm

Shifting: Paper making

Shifting: Paper making

workshop with Touch Me, Don’t Forget Me
1 Oct 2026, 6 – 8 pm

Shifting: Thinking with ecology

Shifting: Thinking with ecology

online conversation with Lucia Pietroiusti and Olivia Whetung
22 Oct 2026, 12 – 1 pm

Youth Arts Advisory Council

Youth Arts Advisory Council

art education project
Fall 2026

RSVP for Upcoming Programmes

RSVP for Upcoming Programmes

program listings at a glance


Art on my Mind 2026

Art on my Mind 2026

showcase
29 Jul 2026

Bowl Drop

Bowl Drop

Cancelled due to family emergency

POV talk and screening

POV talk and screening

Dawn Bazely (speaker)
Brakfesten - La Grande Bouffe (film)
2 Jun 2026

Art on My Mind 2026

Art on My Mind 2026

live performance incubator
Summer 2026

Artist Walk-Through

Artist Walk-Through

D'Andrea Bowie: Winter Wheat
24 Apr 2026

Shifting: Kirsty Robertson and Kim Kraczon

Shifting: Kirsty Robertson and Kim Kraczon

conversation on sustainability
19 Mar 2026

Dominique Hunter Limited Edition Tote

Dominique Hunter Limited Edition Tote

artist multiple
Winter 2026

Anne Duk Hee Jordan

Anne Duk Hee Jordan

artist talk
7 Mar 2025 @ 2 pm

Anne Duk Hee Jordan: Worlds Away

Anne Duk Hee Jordan: Worlds Away

on-site exhibition
6 Mar – 25 Jul 2026

D’Andrea Bowie: Winter Wheat

D’Andrea Bowie: Winter Wheat

on-site exhibition
6 Mar – 25 Jul 2026

Spring/Summer 2026

Spring/Summer 2026

letter from the Director/Curator

Book Launch

Book Launch

Tim Whiten: Elemental
29 Nov 2025 @ 2 pm

***Cancelled*** Michael Belmore artist talk

***Cancelled*** Michael Belmore artist talk

***cancelled due to illness***
27 Nov 2025
5 – 6:30 pm

Cristina Delgado Vintimilla on <em>83% Perfect</em>

Cristina Delgado Vintimilla on <em>83% Perfect</em>

respondent talk
20 Nov 2025

Alisi Telengut Digital Art commission

Alisi Telengut Digital Art commission

film screening and conversation
7 Nov 2025

Pass the Mic Performance Showcase

Pass the Mic Performance Showcase

performance showcase
30 Oct 2025

Re-sounding the Swahili Coast: Dr. Zulfikar A. Hirji

Re-sounding the Swahili Coast: Dr. Zulfikar A. Hirji

Respondent Talk
23 Oct 2025, 6 pm

Alan Corbiere: Kina Gegoo Miiksemgad “Everything Fits Together”

Alan Corbiere: Kina Gegoo Miiksemgad “Everything Fits Together”

Respondent Talk
9 Oct 2025, 6 pm

Tim Whiten: Elemental

Tim Whiten: Elemental

publication
Oct 2025

<em>Standing in the room together</em>

<em>Standing in the room together</em>

on-site exhibition
26 Sep 2025 – 31 Jan 2026

Amy Lam: <em>83% perfect</em>

Amy Lam: <em>83% perfect</em>

on-site exhibition
25 Sep 2025 – 31 Jan 2026

Kelly Mark: Everything and Nothing Between Us

Kelly Mark: Everything and Nothing Between Us

Vitrines exhibition
26 Sep 2025 – 31 Jan 2026

Amy Ching-Yan Lam: 83% Perfect

Amy Ching-Yan Lam: 83% Perfect

publication
Sep 2025

Audio description: <em>83% Perfect:</em> the book

Audio description: <em>83% Perfect: Two</em>

Audio description: <em>Acceptable Protest</em> animation

Audio description: <em>Furniture for Three Doors</em>

Audio description: <em>First Test</em> and <em>83% Perfect: One</em>

Audio Description: <em>83% Perfect</em>

Audio Description: <em>83% Perfect</em>

Contemporary Art Bus Tour

Contemporary Art Bus Tour

Three gallery tour
6 Dec 2025

Reading and Book Launch

Reading and Book Launch

Amy Lam with Jody Chan and Fan Wu
13 Dec 2025, 3–5 pm

Pass the Mic: Shaping Radical Futures

Pass the Mic: Shaping Radical Futures

mentorship programme
Fall 2025

Materia

Materia

digital commission
2025

Fall 2025

Fall 2025

letter from the Director/Curator

Art on my Mind 2025 Workshops

Art on my Mind 2025 Workshops

Workshops
July 2025

Art on my Mind 2025 Showcase

Art on my Mind 2025 Showcase

showcase
19 Jul 2025

Indigenous Astronomy

Indigenous Astronomy

talk with Laurie Rousseau-Nepton
9 Jul 2025

Point of View talk: Jessica Campbell on Andrea Carlson

Point of View talk: Jessica Campbell on Andrea Carlson

20 Jun 2025
3:30 pm

The Museum Visits a Therapist

The Museum Visits a Therapist

Screening and conversation
5 Jun 2025

Tuấn Andrew Nguyễn Public Conversation

Tuấn Andrew Nguyễn Public Conversation

24 May 2025

Andrea Carlson and Tanya Lukin Linklater in conversation

Andrea Carlson and Tanya Lukin Linklater in conversation

23 May 2025

When Water Embraces Empty Space

When Water Embraces Empty Space

on-site exhibition
23 May – 2 Aug 2025

From the Visible Vault 2

From the Visible Vault 2

on-site exhibition
23 May 2025 – 15 Jun 2026

Andrea Carlson: A Painting is a Coin / Tisigan aawi zhoonyaa-waabik

Andrea Carlson: A Painting is a Coin / Tisigan aawi zhoonyaa-waabik

on-site exhibition
23 May – 2 Aug 2025

Spring/Summer 2025

Spring/Summer 2025

letter from the Director/Curator

Curatorial essay

Curatorial essay

A Painting is a Coin
Spring 2025

Contemporary Art from Guyana and the legacy of Denis Williams

Contemporary Art from Guyana and the legacy of Denis Williams

conversation
10 Apr 2025

Kim Adams Artist Talk

Kim Adams Artist Talk

artist talk
20 Mar 2025

The Goldfarb Gallery x Jane Street Speaks x Wheel It Studios

The Goldfarb Gallery x Jane Street Speaks x Wheel It Studios

Performance showcase
13 Mar 2025

The Goldfarb Gallery x Jane Street Speaks

The Goldfarb Gallery x Jane Street Speaks

performance showcase
13 Feb 2025

Maryam Taghavi: Unfolding Worlds

Maryam Taghavi: Unfolding Worlds

Triangle gallery
1 Feb – 26 Apr 2025

Charles Campbell: An Ocean to Livity

Charles Campbell: An Ocean to Livity

Rectangle and Triangle galleries
1 Feb – 26 Apr 2025

From Longhouse to Highrise: The Course of Empire

From Longhouse to Highrise: The Course of Empire

Lobby nook and online
1 Feb – 26 Apr 2025

A Choreography for Unfolding Worlds

A Choreography for Unfolding Worlds

performance by Andros Zins-Browne
15 Mar 2025

Winter 2025

Winter 2025

letter from the Director/Curator

Point of View Lunchtime Talks

Point of View Lunchtime Talks

In-gallery conversations
various Wednesday lunchtimes

Careful Pressure: Kai Recollet and Shannon Garden-Smith in conversation

Careful Pressure: Kai Recollet and Shannon Garden-Smith in conversation

conversation
6 Feb 2025

Somehow, Somewhere We Rest: An Evening of Poetry and Music

Somehow, Somewhere We Rest: An Evening of Poetry and Music

performance
27 Feb 2025

Jenine Marsh Artist Talk

Jenine Marsh Artist Talk

artist talk
12 Dec 2024

Introducing The Goldfarb Gallery

Introducing The Goldfarb Gallery

Grand opening
November 13, 2024

The Goldfarb Gallery × Jane Street Speaks

The Goldfarb Gallery × Jane Street Speaks

Showcase performance
28 Nov 2024

From the Visible Vault

From the Visible Vault

Visible Vault Study Centre
Fall 2024 / Winter 2025

Study centre

Plain text didactics

Rectangle gallery

Plain text didactics

Square gallery

Plain text didactics

Triangle gallery

Plain text didactics

Collections Database

Collections Database

Manual Assembly

Manual Assembly

Square and Rectangle galleries
Fall 2024

Lori Blondeau: Plains Horizon

Lori Blondeau: Plains Horizon

Triangle gallery
Fall 2024

Abstract Legacies

Abstract Legacies

Rectangle gallery
Fall 2024

Shannon Garden-Smith: Tracks and traces and changes (Sand Prints)

Shannon Garden-Smith: Tracks and traces and changes (Sand Prints)

Goldfarb Vitrines
17 Jul – 8 Dec 2024

Stacks with Anthony Douglas Cooper

Stacks with Anthony Douglas Cooper

Offsite artist-led workshop
27 Oct 2024

Jess Dobkin’s Wetrospective: Constellating performance archives

Jess Dobkin’s Wetrospective: Constellating performance archives

publication
Oct 2024

The Phantom: Hannah Black

The Phantom: Hannah Black

publication
September 2024

Sofía Hernández Chong Cuy Curator Talk

Sofía Hernández Chong Cuy Curator Talk

lecture
8 Oct 2024

Mari Spirito Curator Talk

Mari Spirito Curator Talk

lecture
26 Sep 2024

Marie Hélène Pereira curator talk

Marie Hélène Pereira curator talk

lecture
21 Aug 2024

Art on my Mind 2024

Art on my Mind 2024

Workshops and showcase
July 2024

Episode 3: Space, Place, and Land podcast

Episode 3: Space, Place, and Land podcast

Uncontainable ...
12 June 2024

Mariam Zulfiqar Curator Talk

Mariam Zulfiqar Curator Talk

lecture
29 May 2024

Episode 2: Positioning the Present podcast

Episode 2: Positioning the Present podcast

Uncontainable ...
24 May 2024

Shannon Garden-Smith: Mind Furniture (Dust Drawings)

Shannon Garden-Smith: Mind Furniture (Dust Drawings)

vitrines exhibition
Until 6 Jul 2024

Uncontainable Collections 2024

Uncontainable Collections 2024

podcast series
Summer 2024

Episode 1: Vessels & Voyages podcast

Episode 1: Vessels & Voyages podcast

Uncontainable ...
4 May 2024

An International Visiting Curator Series

An International Visiting Curator Series

visiting curator series
2024

BeadsAgainstFascism: Maggie’s TO Fundraiser

BeadsAgainstFascism: Maggie’s TO Fundraiser

Community Resource Program
Spring 2024

Documentation

Documentation

Revolutionary Sundays
19 Jan – 13 Mar 2011