Late in 2015, or thereabouts, MOCCA (Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art), as it was then known, moved out of its old location on Queen Street West. It has taken a few years, but the new expanded MOCA has recently opened. Its new home is the former Tower Automotive Building on Sterling Road.
below: As seen in 2013 before renovations started.
below: Today. Not much has changed on the exterior. There was graffiti and street art around the lower parts of the building that has all been removed….
below: Except for part of this mural by Jarus. This photo was taken in November 2014 and is the back corner of the building. Enough of the mural remains that it is recognizable.
The main exhibit at the moment is a group exhibition called ‘BELIEVE’
below: Sitting Bull and the whale, part of ‘Columbus Suite’ by Carl Beam (1943 – 2005). This work was produced in 1990 and was previously shown at the Art Gallery of Ontario. Beam was
The whole series consists of twelve etchings starting with ‘New World’ (a turtle, representing North America) on the far left. Ten of the remaining etchings features a portrait of a well known person who was persecuted, assassinated, or similar including Jesus Christ, Louis Riel, Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King, John Kennedy and Sitting Bull at the far right. The remaining image is composed of four pictures of the artist at various stages of his life; it’s title is: “Self-Portrait as John Wayne, Probably”.
below: Against the far wall is a work by American artist Barbara Kruger. Like a lot of her art, it consists of large letters/words. In this case, doubt +belief =sanity. In this rendition of the artwork, other small words appear as well between the main words (red background) and in both cases they say ‘forever feeling’.
Also in the photo, there is an installation on the floor. The artist is Dineo Seshee Bopape from South Africa and she has called this work “And – in The Light of This. _________”
below: Another installation at the MOCA now is ‘Laws of Motion in a Cartoon Landscape’ which is a video by Andy Holden (until 18th Nov). The video is an hour long and the trailer can be seen on youtube. There, the description of the video is: ” The world is now a cartoon and an exploration of cartoon physics might help us understand the world we now inhabit. “
‘BELIEVE’ features the works of Can Altay, Matilda Aslizadeh, Carl Beam, Dineo Seshee Bopape, Awol Erizku, Meschac Gaba, Kendell Geers, Barbara Kruger, Nikolaj Bendix Skyum Larsen, Tuan Andrew Nguyen, Jeneen Frei Njootli, Rajni Perera, Jeremy Shaw, Nep Sidhu, Maya Stovall, and Tim Whiten. It closes on 6 January 2019.
as I walk Toronto 
I’m sorry we’ve lost as much of the Jarus mural as we did, but as you say, at least some of it is still there. And just the other side of the Jarus wall, the world’s swellest women’s washroom!