Art all night long draws 'great crowds' to Toronto streets at Nuit Blanche

Thousands of people took in art all night longon Toronto streets late Saturday and early Sunday as part of the city's annual Nuit Blanche.

The art projects, under the theme of "Many Possible Futures," explored current ideas through light and sound.

"Great crowds out tonight for Nuit Blanche," tweeted Mayor John Tory, who posed for photoswithcelebrated rapper Drake at Yonge-Dundas Square.

Exhibitions focused onprotest and social change, revolution and resistance, difference and acceptance, the unseen, cultural endurance and Indigenous visibility.

There was a definite political edge to the show this year. More than 350 artists in all staged a total of 90 exhibitions.

Contributors to Nuit Blanche were asked to focus on looking forward. And they did. Here is a sampling from the contemporary art event: