Nuit Blanche returned to Toronto in 2023 with a splash on Saturday night, offering 80 quirky and avant-garde installations from nearly 250 artists ...
from nearly 250 artists spread across the city for the annual free all-night art crawl.
Shifted forward from its usual early-October date, Nuit Blanche 2023 came amid a period of warm September weather, which translated to lengthy lines and large crowds for some of this year's most-anticipated installations. The 16th edition of the all-night art crawl proved a major reduction in scope following the largest Nuit Blanche to date just a year earlier, though there was still much to see across downtown as well as Etobicoke, North York, and Scarborough.View a photo gallery of Nuit Blanche 2023 highlights here.
As usual, Nathan Phillips Square was a busy hub of activity, where many chose to begin their Nuit Blanche experience for the evening. The square's concrete pavers were peeled back to reveal smelly floodlit garbage — which one could argue foreshadowed the night to follow.