This special event coincides with TBA’s major announcement of its full 2026 artist list, curatorial framework, and main sites. Join us for an exciting Curatorial Encounter, part of a broader series that invites members of the arts community and the general public to meet the Biennial exhibition curator.
Allison Glenn, TBA’s 2026 curator, will offer detailed insights into her TBA research and curated artist projects for the first time. She will speak directly to what visitors can expect at the 4th edition of the Biennial, open from September 26 – December 20, 2026 at partner sites across the city. Glenn will be joined by TBA Founder and Executive Director, Patrizia Libralato, for a dialogue on this year’s event as well as the role of contemporary art biennials today.
The second of TBA’s 2026 Curatorial Encounters takes place at the Ace Hotel Toronto, and is followed by continued conversation as we celebrate this milestone together.
Where: Ace Hotel Toronto, Interspace Room (Lower Level), 51 Camden St, Toronto, ON
9:45 AM: Arrival and refreshments
10:00 AM: The Curatorial Encounter (Reveal & Dialogue)
Space is limited, RSVP is required.
Accessibility: For any specific accessibility needs, please contact alexandra.skantzos@acehotel.com at the Ace Hotel.
We look forward to gathering with you to celebrate all that is to come at TBA this fall!
April 15
10:00am – 11:30am
Ace Hotel Toronto
51 Camden Street, Toronto, ON M5V 1V2
Interspace Room (Lower Level)
Artist Bio
Allison Glenn
Allison Glenn is a New York-based curator and writer focusing on the intersection of art and public space through public art and special projects, biennials, and major new commissions by a wide range of contemporary artists. For over fifteen years, Glenn has been devoted to realizing ambitious and experimental exhibitions and site-specific projects with artists working across the globe.
She gained broad acclaim for curating the pathbreaking 2021 exhibition Promise, Witness, Remembrance at Louisville, Kentucky’s Speed Art Museum. The exhibition reflected on the life of Breonna Taylor through the work of over twenty contemporary artists including Amy Sherald, Nari Ward, Bethany Collins, and Glenn Ligon. Glenn has held positions including Co-Curator of Counterpublic Triennial 2023; Visiting Curator, at The University of Tulsa, where she curated the Sovereign Futures convening; Senior Curator at New York’s Public Art Fund; and, Associate Curator of Contemporary Art at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. In this role, Glenn shaped how outdoor sculpture activates and engages Crystal Bridges’ 120-acre campus through a series of new commissions, touring group exhibitions, and long-term loans by artists including Amanda Ross-Ho, Odili Donald Odita, George Sanchez-Calderon, and Rashid Johnson. She also held a curatorial position with New Orleans’ international art triennial Prospect.4: The Lotus in Spite of the Swamp.
Glenn has published widely, contributing essays to catalogs produced by The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Counterpublic Triennial, Prospect New Orleans, Studio Museum in Harlem, Princeton Architectural Press, Neubauer Collegium, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, and periodicals including Artforum, ART PAPERS, Brooklyn Rail, Hyperallergic, and ART21 Magazine. Glenn sits on the Board of Directors for ARCAthens, an international curatorial and artist residency program. She received dual Master’s degrees from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in Modern Art History, Theory, and Criticism as well as Arts Administration and Policy. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Art Photography with a co-major in Urban Studies from Wayne State University in Detroit.