Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art
The Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art (MOCCA) is a museum and gallery for contemporary art in Toronto , Canada. It was founded in 1999 from the former Art Gallery of North York . In 2005 the museum moved to the West Queen West Art + Design District in the city center. From mid-2015 to the end of 2016, it will move in stages to the Tower Automotive Building on Sterling Road in the Junction Triangle district, where the exhibition area will more than double to a good 2,300 square meters in future.
The Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art houses (as of 2009) around 400 works by around 150 artists in its permanent exhibition, including Stephen Andrews , Barbara Astman , Carl Beam , Claude Breeze , Roland Brener , Edward Burtynsky , Jack Bush , Geneviève Cadieux , Chris Cran , Christos Dikeakos , Yuri Dojc , Joseph Drapell , Evergon , Yves Gaucher , Betty Goodwin , Gershon Iskowitz , Roy Kiyooka ,Arnaud Maggs , Barbara McGivern , Roland Poulin , Tony Urquhart , Ian Wallace and Ed Zelenak . It has so far carried out almost 100 exhibitions and projects, including group exhibitions by foreign artists. Since 2001, the MOCCA has also organized shows abroad, so far in the United States, the People's Republic of China, Taiwan, France, Germany, Italy and Spain, among others.
The MOCCA is a member of the Canadian Museums Association, the Ontario Museum Association, and the Ontario Association of Art Galleries. Cooperations exist z. B. with the Contact Photography Festival and the National Gallery of Canada . The museum director is Chantal Pontbriand.
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- ^ Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art finds a new home , Toronto Star, June 19, 2015
- ↑ Chantal Pontbriand is the new CEO of MOCCA , Toronto Star, October 22, 2015
Coordinates: 43 ° 38 ′ 40.9 ″ N , 79 ° 25 ′ 1.2 ″ W.