Museum of Contemporary Art Toronto Canada — Attraction in Toronto

After trying to find the building (so much construction blocking nearby roads and access ways to the Toronto Railpath) I finally found this vast beautiful building. So huge, and also so empty. I went through the whole place in 5 minutes. I can't believe people ask for money for this. I am a huge art supporter, but when art is so contemporary that it is invisible? What is the point? Numerous staff, all friendly, but bored as hell doing nothing (probably shocked that people come in at all), and would say 'do no touch' for the maybe one abstract model made out of plaster (this is not meant to be a dig at the staff). There were only 3 floors open to the public and a staircase. What is the rest of the huge building being used for? I can't say. I can think of many more important things to use this space for.

We should not support such pretentious "artwork" if you call it that for what? To call ourselves cultured or sophisticated? We need to use money and donor support for better causes (take a pick, so many to choose from). Any pros? If the building was open, you could explore it, maybe some history to go along with that would be interesting (could be part of a Toronto Open Doors event). There is an overpriced coffee shop that is open to the public on the main floor (seems nice as any overpriced place would be), and there is a brewery next door. Go get yourself some craft beer.

*The only reason I went with my child was because I got a free pass from the library (which is a great system, but this pass should come with a warning to prevent unhappy children wasting their...

The museum is significantly smaller now than what it used to be and rather underwhelming. To echo what many other reviews have noted, the 1st floor elevator lobby does not constitute a museum floor. Otherwise there are only two rather small floors in this museum, and no permanent collection. The work is on constant rotation, as the museum does not make any permanent acquisitions. At present, price of admission is not justified by the space itself. There literally are larger commercial art galleries in the city with more work to view, free of charge. On this particular visit, their 3rd floor had a very well curated show of photographs, paintings and mixed media work. I could see myself visiting here more often had some efforts been made to expand the place and utilize more of the top floors of this building as exhibition space (for context, this is a 10 story converted factory; not sure what the remaining 7 floors are currently used for...) Surely there is a lot more contemporary Canadian art to showcase than what is currently on offer and it would be great if a city as large as Toronto could have an appropriately sized contemporary art museum that would be able to compete with what similar sized major cities in the states...

Big building with nothing in it. I've been twice, once when they opened and they had maybe around 20 pieces of art. It only took 30 minutes to traverse the thing and I was already feeling a little let down. Then I went back a second time a year later and they only had to video installations. TWO FOR THE ENTIRE BUILDING. Their excuse was that they were between exhibits or something, and so they operated on a pay what you can basis. Still the money we paid was not worth it. I have more art in my living room than they had in the entire public building.

What makes things more insulting is I know they house plenty of young, likely struggling, artists' studios on the top floor. I'm sure there are pieces up there that those artists would love to display but instead of putting them up and doing something to further the stagnant Canadian art scene and economy the "Museum of Contemporary Art" opted to exhibit their bland dystopian grey industrial walls. A parking block comes to mind.

Summed up: Fill the walls with art if you're going to call your business a museum. No one wants to pay to look at the boring...