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TORONTO (CP) - The Gardiner Museum of ceramic art plans to reopen June 23 after a $20-million expansion.
The museum, located opposite the Royal Ontario Museum, has been closed for about a year, operating on a limited basis at a temporary location near the Art Gallery of Ontario.
For its inaugural exhibition, the museum says it will feature "hauntingly expressive heads, horses and figures" by Canadian artist Jean-Pierre Larocque.
The expansion has included the addition of a new third storey with a special exhibition gallery. Other new areas include a modern ceramics gallery featuring work by artists including Marc Chagall and Picasso, as well as Japanese porcelain and European ceramics.
As well, galleries featuring pottery from the ancient Americas, Italian maiolica and English Delftware have been redesigned.
The Gardiner, founded in 1984 by philanthropists George and Helen Gardiner, is considered of the most important ceramic art museums in the world. Its collection includes more than 2,700 ceramic works from Europe, Asia and the Americas.
On the web: www.gardinermuseum.on.ca.
