
Partner EventSephora x Studio Mooi: Kintsugi For Beginners Workshop
Join Sephora and Studio Mooi for a three-hour Kintsugi workshop at Beauty at The Bentway, where you will be guided through a transformative journey using the art of Kintsugi.

Sephora @ The Bentway
May 29, 2024
Opening June 6 and running into 2025, Sephora’s Beauty at The Bentway transforms the undeveloped eastern edge of The Bentway Phase 1 site into something beautiful.

Partner EventSephora x Good Space: Kundalini-inspired movement class
Join Sephora and Good Space for a free Kundalini-inspired movement class at Beauty at the Bentway. Enjoy a 1-hour “MOVE + EASE” class: part Kundalini yoga-inspired dynamic movement to strengthen and detoxify and part restorative yoga to rejuvenate.

Public Curator Talk by Mariam Zulfiqar
Public Curator Talk by Mariam Zulfiqar as part of At the Transit Bar: An International Visiting Curators Series. Co-presented by the Art Gallery of York University and The Bentway.

The High Line & Bentway in conversation @ ULI Toronto (May 15)
May 3, 2024
On May 15, the Urban Land Institute (Toronto chapter) welcomes reps from The Bentway and NYC’s The High Line in conversation about the future of the Gardiner.

Softer City Curators’ Tour: May 25
Be the first to explore our Softer City outdoor exhibition by joining a curators’ tour on opening weekend. Learn about the inspiration behind the exhibition theme and come see how Softer City invites artists, architects, and designers to explore new approaches to social connection and soft encounters in our city.

Softer City Curators’ Tour: May 26
Be the first to explore our Softer City outdoor exhibition by joining a curators’ tour on opening weekend. Learn about the inspiration behind the exhibition theme and come see how Softer City invites artists, architects, and designers to explore new approaches to social connection and soft encounters in our city.

LET’S GET TOGETHER @ THE BENTWAY THIS SUMMER
April 25, 2024
Announcing our Summer 2024 season, with a full slate of community recreation, large-scale parties, and free public art presented under the Gardiner. May 24 to October 6.

Yoga with Adriene, presented by The Bentway
July 6, 2024. 10:00am (Timed Entry)
The Bentway welcomes wellness icon Adriene Mishler of Yoga with Adriene for her first-ever live event in Canada! The YouTube superstar has inspired millions of people around the world to practice yoga from the comfort of their homes. Now, join Adriene and thousands of Torontonians live on July 6 for this unforgettable communal outdoor yoga class (co-hosted with Fort York).

Softer City: Freestyle Socials
Join Athony Morgan and Aaron Fitzpatrick for their signature hilarious social game, Freestyle Socials. The game is simple! Through yes or no questions, share ideas and experiences about community and connection. There’s sure to be lots of laughter and you might even make a new friend!

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Be the first to explore our Softer City outdoor exhibition by joining a curators’ tour on opening weekend. Learn about the inspiration behind the exhibition theme and come see how Softer City invites artists, architects, and designers to explore new approaches to social connection and soft encounters in our city.

Beading Workshop at The Bentway
June 22, 2024. Times: 12pm-2pm and 3pm-5pm
Join a community beading circle inspired by Nico Williams’s project Tracings, a series of large-scale Indigenous regalia designs installed under the Gardiner. Learn about basic beading techniques and the role that beading plays in healing practices in many communities.

The Bentway partners with muf architecture/art
March 8, 2024
The Bentway is pleased to announce a new partnership with celebrated collective muf architecture/art, based in the UK. Building on recommendations identified in the Under Gardiner Public Realm Plan for new site amenities and features, muf will explore possibilities for future enhancements to The Bentway’s Phase 1 site (250 Fort York Blvd).

The Bentway Conservancy receives $135,600 in OTF grants to boost Toronto’s urban backyard
January 19, 2024
On Friday, MPP Chris Glover was at the Bentway Skate Trail to celebrate the work that the Bentway Conservancy has done with two grants, totalling $135,600, it received from the Ontario government’s Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF) in 2022 and 2023. It is wonderful to hear that The Bentway was the recipient of both a Resilient […]

A Public (Art) Notice
October 16, 2023
Synthetic Collective and Centre for Sustainable Curating, in partnership with The Bentway and Evergreen, are pleased to announce the launch of “A Public (Art) Notice,” a free poster and downloadable guide promoting more environmentally conscious ways to curate, create, and produce public art.

Howl’oween returns at The Bentway
October 3, 2023
Toronto’s pooches unleash adorable costumes as part of week-long Halloween festivities under the Gardiner!

Ontario Trillium Foundation grants give Toronto’s shared space a “Lift”
September 28, 2023
On Thursday, MPP Chris Glover met with representatives from The Bentway Conservancy to celebrate the work it’s done as a result of receiving two grants, totalling $472,300, over the last two years from the Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF). These grants have helped the organization continue to look forward to the future and recover from the […]

University of Toronto Furniture Build at The Bentway
September 27, 2023
Over a two week period, UofT Daniel’s students designed and constructed a set of accessible modular furniture pieces – nicknamed, Flippin’ Chillin’. The pieces can be arranged into a lounging play-scape or transformed into a bar for events.

This Summer, The Bentway invites you see the STREET anew
April 21, 2022
Visit thebentway.ca/street for the latest information and to register! April 20, 2022 [Toronto/Tkaronto, ON] – Today The Bentway released further details on its Summer 2022 season, STREET, which includes a series of public art installations, roving performances, workshops, conversations and celebrations that explore what urbanist Jane Jacobs called the city’s “most vital organs.” Running May 26 to […]

This Summer, The Bentway Takes on the 'Street'
March 22, 2022
Visit thebentway.ca/street for the latest information and to register! Announcing a Summer 2022 season that invites audiences to see the street anew. March 22, 2022 [Toronto/Tkaronto, ON] – Today The Bentway announced its Summer 2022 season, STREET: a constellation of free art installations, roving performances, conversations and celebrations that play out on our shared roadways, sidewalks, parks, and public […]

The Bentway Announces Winners of Waterfront ReConnect National Design Competition: Boom Town and Pixel Story
March 3, 2022
Temporary design installations to transform intersections under the Gardiner Expressway as The Bentway continues to demonstrate new possibilities for Toronto’s shared infrastructure. Toronto – March 3, 2022. The Bentway, in partnership with the City of Toronto, Waterfront BIA, and Toronto Downtown West BIA, has announced the winners of the national Waterfront ReConnect design competition — […]

Competition Designs Revealed to Re-imagine Intersections Under Toronto’s Gardiner Expressway
January 5, 2022
Innovative architects and artists from across Canada compete to transform spaces under the Gardiner Expressway Toronto – January 5, 2021. The Bentway, in partnership with the City of Toronto, Waterfront BIA, and Toronto Downtown West BIA, has revealed six proposals for the next phase of Waterfront ReConnect — a project aiming to improve the safety […]

Measuring the personal impact of public art with HeART Lab
November 15, 2021
With CAMH’s HeARTLab, we surveyed those who attended Pulse Topology to learn more about their perspectives on public art, mental health and wellbeing, community, and the impacts of the pandemic. From our friends at HeARTLab: “At HeART Lab, we honour the strengths and knowledge of people and communities through co-design across the research cycle. Our […]

“Heart of the City” Champions with CAMH
October 29, 2021
Over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, mental health and wellbeing was top of mind. Through a partnership with CAMH (the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health), The Bentway and Exhibition Place invited health care workers from across the city to help launch Pulse Topology. These health care providers nominated by their peers, were the […]