The modern history of public art in Toronto began in 1984, the year the Canadian Airman’s Memorial was unveiled at University and Dundas. The piece had been donated by the late financier Henry Jackman, and without public input, installed at one of the city’s most important intersections. Soon after, perhaps to save the monarch from future embarrassment, the Toronto public art commission was formed. Since then, public art has popped up throughout the downtown core and become a whole lot less controversial, not that we all love what we see. “How much more art and culture can we stand?” alderman Fred Beavis fumed on behalf of Toronto the Good.

Source: thestar November 20, 2017 21:45 UTC