A new permanent sculpture now stands on the grounds of a Sikh place of worship in suburban Toronto. Titled A Deathless Potential In Remembrance By You, the large outdoor work by Canadian artist Nirbhai (nep) Singh Sidhu was commissioned by the Toronto Biennial of Art and has just been installed at the Scarborough Gurdwara. It headlines the biennial's 2026 edition, Things Fall Apart, curated by Allison Glenn and on view across Toronto until 20 December. The piece is a rectangular brick mass pierced by small asymmetrical openings that admit light and frame the garden. The bricks were mixed with soil the artist brought back from the Gurdwara Sri Fatehgarh Sahib in Punjab, a shrine dedicated to the journey of martyrdom in Sikh history. The form alludes to the fate of the sons of Guru Gobind Singh Ji, two of whom were entombed alive for refusing to renounce their faith. Sidhu researched the commission in India last year and says the work turns that history toward endurance and renewal rather than reopening its wound. The bricks conceal a steel frame, and the structure sits on an infinity-edged steel trough that serves as a fountain, a gesture the artist describes as both Mughal and modern. On its sides stand four figures of the martyred sons, each holding a ceremonial dagger that Sidhu links to self-defence and the surrender of the ego. Landscape designer Alan Shields has planted a four-zone garden around it: British- and Indian-style roses to the north, Asian plantings including Japanese maples to the east, Ontario and boreal species to the south, and a blend of all three to the west. The work embodies Jivan Mukti, the Sikh idea of attaining spiritual liberation while still alive, pursued through stillness, selfless service and community. While rooted in Sikh memory, the artist also connects it to other present-day losses, from Gaza to the missing and murdered Indigenous women of Canada. The biennial will devote the second day of its three-day convening, An Arrival, A Grounding, A Departure, at the gurdwara from 16 to 18 October, centred on the sculpture.