Art & Exhibits

As the GTAA opens the doors of the second phase of Terminal 1, it is proud to bring travellers a renewed era of design, amenities, and customer service excellence. Designed to enrich travel through Toronto Pearson, an extensive art and exhibition program will offer a unique, uplifting, and educational experience to the airport’s many visitors.

Eight commissioned pieces, created by Canadian and international artists, were selected from more than 300 submissions during an open call for expressions of interest in early 2000. Designed to represent Toronto’s role as the gateway to the North American global air transportation system, each work communicates the essence of flight in a conceptual, abstract, or realistic manner. Three additional large-scale sculptures were commissioned or purchased for Pier F, which opened in January 2007. For a preview of these works, view the art catalogue.

In addition to these permanent works, the GTAA also features six changing exhibition spaces in various locations in Terminal 1. Works from the Transport Canada Collection complete the GTAA’s Art and Exhibitions Program.

ARTSTAGE is a new public art exhibition at Toronto Pearson, overlooking the north side of Highway 401 between Renforth Drive and Dixie Road. This privately sponsored exhibition will remain at Toronto Pearson for a period of three years. The sculptures by three artists, Michel De Broin, Carl Skelton, and Ilan Sandler, will provide hundreds of thousands of people with the opportunity to view large-scale public art as they travel to and from the City of Toronto. For more information, visit www.artstage.ca.

For more information on the art program at Toronto Pearson, contact our Manager, Cultural Programs via email at art@gtaa.com.

Call to Artists: Juried Show 2008

Name the Airport Dinosaurs Contest

The Greater Toronto Airports Authority has unveiled a new display at Toronto Pearson that will take passengers back to a time when pterodactyls traveled the skies instead of airplanes. The prehistoric display, A Scene from the Late Jurassic, is sure to thrill the international airport travelers and visitors with two dinosaurs, courtesy of the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM). The unique display is now open to the public in Terminal 1’s International Arrivals area, which includes the scene of a large Allosaurus bearing down on an Othnielia that has tripped to the ground.

Ever since these two dinosaurs roamed the earth approximately 150 million years ago, they have been without given names. With help from the community, that is about to change. The GTAA is launching a contest to find names for the new dinosaurs. The experts aren’t sure if these dinosaurs are male or female, so send us whatever names you think fit!

Allosaurus		Othnielia