High above the entrances of the Rogers Centre, gold-painted figures appear to cheer as if they are forever witnessing a game. Created by the Canadian artist Michael Snow and unveiled in nineteen eighty-nine, this monumental work is known…
Downtown Public Sculptures
This walking tour highlights world-class public art installations hidden among the towering plazas and hidden courtyards of Toronto's financial core.
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1. Sculpture: The Audience (Part 1) by Michael Snow
2. The Pasture
The Pasture consists of seven life-sized bronze cows resting in the Toronto-Dominion Centre courtyard. Created by Canadian artist Joe Fafard, these sculptures were first installed in nineteen eighty-five. Fafard, who grew up on a farm in…
3. Sculpture: Dreaming by Jaume Plensa
A towering white portrait of a young woman with closed eyes, known colloquially as Lucia, rises three stories above the plaza at the Richmond-Adelaide Centre. This eight-and-a-half-meter sculpture, titled Dreaming, is the work of Spanish…
4. Sculpture: Tembo, Mother of Elephants by Derrick S. Hudson
Tembo, Mother of Elephants is a bronze sculpture located in the Commerce Court courtyard on the south side of King Street West. Created by artist Derrick Stephan Hudson in two thousand two, the installation features a massive female…
5. Allen Lambert Galleria
The Allen Lambert Galleria is a six-story pedestrian walkway defined by a high, vaulted canopy of steel and glass. Its structural frame consists of eight pairs of white steel supports on each side that branch upward into parabolic shapes,…
6. Berczy Park Dog Fountain
The centerpiece of Berczy Park is a three-tiered, cast-iron fountain featuring twenty-seven life-sized dog statues. Each of the dogs, representing a variety of breeds from pugs to Great Danes, is positioned to face the apex of the…
7. Public Art: Flatiron Mural by Derek Besant
The back wall of the Gooderham Building features a mural that appears as a massive canvas pinned to the brickwork, with edges that seem to flutter in the breeze. Created in nineteen eighty by the Canadian artist Derek Besant, this…