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Render of Petal and Stone, a 10,000 sq foot mural with swirling turquoise and blue patterns.
The Bentway & Exhibition Place announce Petal and Stone, new mural by Rebecca Munce

August 21, 2025

The Bentway and Exhibition Place reveal plans for 10,000 sq ft public art project by Canadian artist Rebecca Munce, transforming a new stretch of the Gardiner into an urban storyboard The Bentway, in collaboration with Exhibition Place, has announced a colossal public art project by Canadian artist Rebecca Munce premiering this October: Petal and Stone.   […]

The Bentway co-commissions a new work by media artist Quayola, premiering this weekend at Italy’s Videocittà festival

July 2, 2025

Set to close out our Sun/Shade program this October, this debut international collaboration will dazzle visitors with an immersive night-time solar experience.  The Bentway is proud to announce a landmark partnership with Videocittà, Rome’s celebrated festival dedicated to video and digital culture, through the co-commissioning of a major new artwork by Italian artist Quayola. SOLAR […]

A Giant Sand Dune is Appearing Under the Gardiner this week

June 9, 2025

Experience the world premiere of Sand Flight, from choreographer Ingri Fiksdal and theatre director Jonas Corell Petersen. Eight dancers and a 50-person choir descend on a massive sand dune under the Gardiner Expressway for a powerful performance that speculates on climates-to-come, where shade-worshipping becomes a new tradition. Sand FlightA new creation by Ingri Fiksdal and Jonas Corell […]

Visit us at Nuit Blanche 2024

August 27, 2024

This Nuit Blanche, we invite you down to The Bentway neighbourhood for a series of installations that light up the areas along the Gardiner Expressway. Premiering for the City of Toronto’s Nuit Blanche on Saturday, October 5th, we’re pleased to renew the monumental Staging Grounds scaffolding towers (45 Dan Leckie Way) with a new work […]

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The Bentway gets love from Mercartto

January 30, 2018

Alexa Samuels, Founder and Chief of Mercartto, writes about The Bentway’s Constructions of the Everyday art exhibition. Read an excerpt here and the full piece on their blog. A few weeks after its official launch, The Bentway – Toronto’s newest urban park, under a major downtown highway no less – is thriving. The Bentway is […]