Mercer Union

A CENTRE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART

Mercer Union
1286 Bloor Street West (one block E of Lansdowne TTC Station), Toronto ON M6H 1N9
hours: Tues-Sat 11-6.
T: 416 536 1519 F: 416 536 2955
[email protected]
www.mercerunion.org

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Mercer Union is a non-profit, artist-run centre dedicated to commissioning and producing new works of contemporary art, and providing an engaging program that encourages critical inquiry and conversation. Member of ARCCO (Artist-Run Centres and Collectives of Ontario).

TAG: Artist-Run, Bloor & Lansdowne Art District, Bloordale, Canadian Museums Association, Toronto, Wallace Emerson

EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS

13 Feb -- 9 May 2026 | opening reception Thur 12 Feb, 7pm:

Alvin Luong: DEPHINITELY PARADISE.
www.mercerunion.org/exhibitions/luong-dephinitely-paradise.


Satudays 2pm, 18 & 25 Apr, 2 & 9 May 2026:

Drop-in exhibition tours. Join Mercer Union's staff as they walk through Alvin Luong | DEHINITELY PARADISE and share the ideas behind the artworks. https://mercerunion.org/exhibitions/luong-dephinitely-paradise.


Sat 9 May 2026, 4-6pm:

Join us for our community social, Artist Afternoons. This edition is co-hosted by our spectacular board member, Emma Steen! We invite artists, friends, peers, and neighbours to join us on the patio, and to take in our current exh

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BILLBOARD INSTALLATION

12 Feb -- 22 May 2026:

SPACE. Alize Zorlutuna | Surface Tension: Reckoning [Git gel with cedar]. Learn more: www.mercerunion.org/exhibitions/zorlutuna-reckoning-git-gel-with-cedar.


WATCH / LISTEN NOW

Video walkthrough. Alvin Luong gives a tour of his exhibition DEPHINITELY PARADISE. https://mercerunion.org/exhibitions/luong-dephinitely-paradise.


If you couldn't make it to the fORUM event, Alvin Luong in conversation with Theresa Wang, you can now listen to an audio recording of the conversation online –

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UPDATES FROM COMMISSIONED ARTISTS

Danielle Dean's commissioned film Hemel (2024) now streaming on The Criterion Channel. | Congratulations to Parastoo Anoushahpour, Faraz Anoushahpour and Ryan Ferko on their upcoming exhibition One's Own Eyes at VOX Contemporary Image Centre.