Join exhibiting artist Margaux Williamson and MOCA Artistic Director and Curator Rui Mateus Amaral for a special artist tour of MOCA’s Spring 2025 exhibitions.
Mateus Amaral will guide you through Jessica Stockholder’s vibrant installation The Squared Circle: Ringing and Justin Ming Yong’s Blur, where intricately crafted quilts transform the museum’s elevators and North End Gallery into immersive art spaces. Then, experience Jennie C. Jones’ Year of Construction: 1970—a powerful sound collage that echoes through MOCA’s South Stairwell. On Floor 2, you’ll have a chance to learn more about Alex Da Corte’s Ear Worm.
Finally, Margaux Williamson will conclude the tour on Floor 3, as she walks you through the process, inspiration, and creation of her dreamlike painting exhibition. Shoes, books, hands, buildings, and cars includes many newly commissioned works that will be on display for the first time.
This artist tour is a rare opportunity to see the exhibitions through the eyes of the artist and curator—offering new insights and context to the art.
Registration is required. Ticket includes museum admission.
About the Artist
Margaux Williamson (b.1976) was born in Pittsburgh and lives in Toronto. She completed her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at Queen’s University, Kingston, and was the recipient of an exchange scholarship to the Glasgow School of Art. Her most recent paintings were exhibited in a solo exhibition at White Cube, Hong Kong, 2023, marking her second presentation with the gallery. A retrospective of her work, Interiors, opened at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection in 2021, accompanied by a publication, and travelled to other museums across Canada until 2023.
Her feature-length film, Teenager Hamlet, premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and is archived on UbuWeb and she also contributed movie reviews to the cultural site Back to the World. Her work has been covered by New York Magazine, The New York Times, Vogue, BOMB Magazine, The Globe and Mail, The Believer, The Huffington Post, and Momus amongst others. Her paintings can be found in the collections of the Longlati Foundation in Shanghai, Tumurun Musleum in Indonesia, Australia China Art Foundation, McMichael Canadian Art Collection, the National Gallery of Canada, The Art Gallery of Ontario, and the Montreal Museum of Fine Art.
Museum of Contemporary Art Toronto (MOCA)
The Museum of Contemporary Art Toronto (MOCA) presents rotating exhibitions that prioritize twenty-first-century artistic production, primarily through commissioning of new work. Artists, partnerships, experimentation, and reciprocal initiatives are at the centre of MOCA’s mission as a locally rooted and internationally connected organization. Focused on core values promoting equity, inclusion, access, courage, and responsibility, MOCA fosters active participation and engagement to serve as a welcoming cultural hub in the hyper-diverse city of Toronto.
