Gallery Arcturus
Exterior view of Gallery Arcturus
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 Location of the museum in Toronto
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| Established | 1994 |
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| Location | 80 Gerrard Street East, Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Coordinates | 43°39′36″N 79°22′41″W / 43.6600986°N 79.3780152°W |
| Type | Art museum |
| Curator | Deborah Harris |
| Public transit access |
  TTC subway: College, Dundas
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| Website | www |
Gallery Arcturus is an art gallery and museum in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located in Toronto's Church and Wellesley district, on Gerrard Street between Church Street and Mutual Street, and is a member of the Ontario Association of Art Galleries.
Gallery Arcturus is a public, not-for-profit contemporary art gallery, and its permanent art collection consists of over 200 works including drawings, paintings, collages, photographs and sculptures made by notable North American artists including the photographer Simeon Posen, the Inuit art sculptor Floyd Kuptana, and the renowned artist, teacher, writer, and founder of the School of Reductionism, E.J. Gold. The artist-in-residence and curator of the gallery is Deborah Harris.
Since its inception, Gallery Arcturus has held many notable public exhibitions including Thomas Henrickson "Inner Mirror", E.J. Gold "Large As Life", Peter Banks "Emergence", Carol George "Asia Calling", Deborah Harris "Toward The One", Dominique Cruchet & Joan Cullen “Crossing the Great Waters”.
Gallery Arcturus was established in 1994 by The Foundation for the Study of Objective Art, a Canadian federally registered charitable organization, to provide members of the public with an opportunity to view and study works by contemporary North American artists free of charge and without commercial motives. The Gallery was first located in rented space on Parliament Street in Toronto. The Gallery began acquiring an extensive permanent art collection for display and study, starting with a significant purchase of works by members of the School of Reductionism in Grass Valley, California, including paintings by E.J. Gold, Della Haywood, Heather Valencia, Robert Trice and Kelly Rivera. The permanent art collection has continued to grow every year and now totals over 227 works of art.
In 1997, The Foundation for the Study of Objective Art purchased a 10,000 square foot heritage building located at 80 Gerrard Street East in downtown Toronto and renovated it to serve as the permanent location for the Gallery and its administrative offices. The Gallery Arcturus building in addition to being a heritage property was immortalized by the famous Canadian Group of Seven artist Lawren Harris in a painting from 1912 titled “Houses, Gerrard Street, Toronto”, now a part of the McMichael Canadian Art Collection.
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