This MRP tells a personal story about the Toronto-based Cry Baby Gallery. Written as a first-
person narrative, this exploratory text is about the gallery and my experiences of it, from travelling to the gallery and considering its context in the city, to observing attendees at art openings and other related events. I examine several exhibitions at Cry Baby Gallery, starting with a solo exhibition for Celia Lees, with the overall goal of considering the vision of the gallery’s director Mony Zakhour. Drawing on my own experience in the Toronto
artworld, Portrait of Cry Baby Gallery is a snapshot that documents a unique set of details in Toronto’s art scene in 2023 and 2024.