Thousands take to the streets for Toronto's all-night Nuit Blanche art festival
It was the eighth edition of the festival
People visit the “Clothesline Canopy” project, which features 5,000 pairs of socks that will be donated to shelters, during the free all-night art event Nuit Blanche in Toronto on Saturday, October 5, 2013.Michelle Siu/The Globe and Mail
People fill Nathan Phillips Square where Ai Weiwei's "Forever Bicycles, 2013" contemporary art project is held during the free all-night art event Nuit Blanche in Toronto on Saturday, October 5, 2013.Michelle Siu/The Globe and Mail
Crowds fill Nathan Phillips Square where a poem in fluorescent lights illuminates for the project “The Rose Without Why” by Boris Achour during the free all-night art event Nuit Blanche in Toronto on Saturday, October 5, 2013.Michelle Siu/The Globe and Mail
A person rearranges lights made with Velcro at the interactive installation "Light Scape" during the free all-night art event Nuit Blanche in Toronto on Saturday, October 5, 2013.Michelle Siu/The Globe and Mail
A poem in fluorescent lights is illuminated for the project "The Rose Without Why" by Boris Achour at Nathan Phillips Square during the free all-night art event Nuit Blanche in Toronto on Saturday, October 5, 2013.Michelle Siu/The Globe and Mail
A giant hammock hangs on Bay Street that is the "El Agua de Niebla, 2008" project which features 72,000 meters of thread hand-woven by several families in Mexico during Nuit Blanche in Toronto on Saturday, October 5, 2013.Michelle Siu/The Globe and Mail
Yuta Honda takes a photo of the "The City of Gears" project at Bloor and Landsdowne during Nuit Blanche in Toronto on Saturday, October 5, 2013 .Michelle Siu/The Globe and Mail
The project "Tanks, 2013," which involves lace patterns cut into steel oil tanks , is displayed during the free all-night art event Nuit Blanche in Toronto in the early hours of Sunday, October 6, 2013.Michelle Siu/The Globe and Mail
A person sits on a chair for people to view as part of the "Hysteria Coordinating" project during the free all-night art event Nuit Blanche in Toronto on Saturday, October 5, 2013.Michelle Siu/The Globe and Mail
People rest on the sidewalk during the free all-night art event Nuit Blanche which shut down streets in Toronto in the early hours of Sunday, October 6, 2013.Michelle Siu/The Globe and Mail
People fill Nathan Phillips Square where multiple contemporary art projects are held during the free all-night art event Nuit Blanche in Toronto on Saturday, October 5, 2013.Michelle Siu/The Globe and Mail