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From a Playable Claw Machine to a Floating Shop: Canadian Art News Roundup
New public art installations across the country celebrate playfulness, community and reflection
Published: July 19, 2026
A wave of inventive public art is popping up across Canada. In London, Ontario, artists Jennifer Marman and Daniel Borins are bringing a fully playable giant claw machine to Western University's McIntosh Gallery as part of their touring exhibition Three Dimensions. In Toronto's harbour, a floating sculpture resembling a stocked convenience store, created by Trevor Wheatley, Cosmo Dean and the collective Puncture, has drawn crowds and curious boaters since its debut. Elsewhere, painter Matt Schust's dreamlike landscapes are on view in Toronto, Janine Miedzik's traffic-inspired installation continues in Markham, and Maria Ezcurra's work exploring migration and monarch butterflies is showing in Val-David, Quebec, together reflecting the range and playfulness of Canada's current art scene.
