Spadina Museum art exhibit centring Black culture extended until May
September 18, 2023
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Guided tours, quaint artifacts, and historical recreations are a part of any museum visit, but old history meets contemporary culture at Spadina Museum, where the Dis/Mantle exhibit places artistic representations of historical Black figures alongside portraits of Toronto Raptors.
Dis/Mantle is part of the Awakenings program by the Toronto History Museums, a series of art projects by artists who are Black, Indigenous, and people of colour.
The exhibit reframes the Spadina Museum with Mary Louisa Pipkin, the real-life laundress at the house in the 1870s, as the homeowner of the house, which itself is reimagined as a sanctuary for those escaping slavery.
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