Here's a sneak peek at MOCA Toronto's Spring 2025 season
The Museum of Contemporary Art Toronto (MOCA) just reopened for the Spring 2025 season with a slate of thought-provoking installations across painting, sculpture, installation, textile, and sound.
You can catch new exhibitions and projects by Jessica Stockholder, Margaux Williamson, Justin Ming Yong, Jennie C. Jones, and the highly anticipated return of Alex Da Corte’s surreal exhibition, Ear Worm.
Alongside the exhibitions, you can check out a full lineup of events and programming. The season is loaded with artist talks, workshops, gallery tours, and live performances.
Here's what's in store.
Jessica Stockholder
Internationally acclaimed artist Jessica Stockholder returns with her first major Canadian commission in 25 years, taking over Floor 1 at MOCA Toronto.
The Squared Circle: Ringing is a bold, site-specific installation that explores the interplay of material, colour, and perspective, transforming the floor into an immersive experience.
This work is one you'll really want to stop and observe as it's designed for gradual exploration, continuously revealing new elements. The more you look, the more you'll see!
Justin Ming Yong
In Blur, Toronto-based textile artist Justin Ming Yong transforms both the museum’s North End Gallery on Floor 1 and MOCA's elevators into unique art spaces using handmade quilts.
Inspired by traditional quilting techniques passed down from his mother, Yong’s work blends patterns, colours, and textures to create something that feels both rooted in centuries-old cultural traditions yet contemporary.
Margaux Williamson
On Floor 3 of the museum, Toronto interdisciplinary artist Margaux Williamson presents a series of paintings that bridge elements of still life and surrealism.
Shoes, books, hands, buildings, and cars includes a selection of recent and newly commissioned paintings that highlights the evolution of Williamson's practice. The work reflects the museum’s tones and architecture while centering her subtle yet evocative use of shadow and light.
Alex Da Corte
Alex Da Corte’s acclaimed exhibition Ear Worm on Floor 2 has been described as a “surreal… tender… bewildering” experience.
With Ear Worm, Da Corte reimagines his 2018 film Rubber Pencil Devil projected across several large-scale cubes.
This immersive work appears alongside The Mouse Museum (Van Gogh Ear), a newly realized work and intimate experience that invites viewers into Da Corte’s wildly creative mind.
Jennie C. Jones
As part of MOCA’s South Stairwell Sound Series, sonic artist Jennie C. Jones’ “Year of Construction: 1970” echoes through the stairwell.
Mixing sounds from artists like Alice Coltrane, Alvin Singleton, Milford Graves, and Yusef Lateef, the piece swells into a crescendo before spiralling back down — echoing the rhythm of movement and light within the staircase.
MOCA Spring Season 2025
- When: Now to Aug. 3
- Where: 158 Sterling Rd, Toronto
- Cost: $14 general admission — Tickets available via moca.ca
