ANTHEMS TO COLOUR by Liz West
June 9 - 29, 2026
Brookfield Place; Bay Adelaide Centre - Arnell Plaza; First Canadian Place

Step into Anthems to Colour, an installation that invites you to see Toronto in a brand-new light. Across three Brookfield Properties locations in downtown Toronto, British artist Liz West creates sculptural works using coloured acrylic, mirrored surfaces, and refracted light. Designed to respond to the movement of the sun, the installations shift throughout the day: grids of coloured panels glow against glass facades, mirrored elements reflect and multiply surrounding architecture, and translucent walls scatter prismatic colour into the space around them.
Featuring three new site-specific commissions:
Ascending Colour Frequency - Bay Adelaide Centre
Gridded Echo - Brookfield Place
Diffraction Tango - First Canadian Place
These are not static sculptures but responsive environments-works that use daylight as a material. As the light changes, familiar buildings and public spaces are transformed, turning marble, glass, and steel into luminous, layered, and unexpected playful experiences.
About the Artist, Liz West
West has been commissioned worldwide by institutions and organizations including Natural History Museum, London Design Festival, Paris Fashion Week, Milan Design Week, National Trust, National Science and Media Museum, Dubai Design Week, Natural England, Salford University, Fortnum & Mason for London Design Festival and Bristol Biennial. West’s work has been presented in solo exhibitions at Yorkshire Sculpture Park, The Mercer Art Gallery Harrogate, Farol Santander São Paulo, Jodhpur Art Week India, Hyvinkää Art Museum Finland, St Albans Museum + Gallery, Chester Cathedral, Bangalore International Centre India and Musée Nissim de Camondo Paris; and group exhibitions at Trapholt Denmark, Kraftwerk Berlin, Tripostal Lille and Compton Verney UK



