​Is art the moral compass we’ve been seeking? Provocative speaker series returns for a timely discussion on art and truth.

AGO Creative Minds at Massey Hall returns this spring to discuss Art and Truth. Live and unscripted, this year’s event brings to the stage internationally celebrated writer Salman Rushdie, provocative performance artist Andrea Fraser and award-winning filmmaker Charles Officer for ninety minutes of artful debate. This timely conversation will address not only how art shapes our understanding of authority, but will dare to ask if art should be our moral compass. The event, taking place at Massey Hall on Wednesday April 4, 2018 at 8 p.m., will be live-streamed at cbc.ca/arts and broadcast nationally on CBC Radio One.

In this age of information, and indeed, misinformation— from pseudo-science to abbreviated tweets—we struggle to know what authority to believe. Can art be a guiding light in the search for truth? If so, what is the role of art in helping us decode our ever-complex world, and how can art help us navigate the swiftly changing social, economic, and political forces colliding around us at digital speeds?

These three artists come together in Toronto for one night, to take part in an in-depth conversation about uncovering truth through the act of creating and experiencing art.

Tickets for AGO Creative Minds at Massey Hall range from $19.50 to $79.50 and will be available online at masseyhall.com/AGOCreativeMinds, by phone at 416-872-4255, or in person at the Roy Thomson Hall box office (60 Simcoe Street).Tickets go on sale to members of AGO Curator’s Circle, AGO Next, AGO Members, Banff Centre Alumni and Massey Hall Friends First on February 22 at 10 a.m.; and to the public on February 23 at 12 p.m. We regret discounted staff or volunteer tickets are not available.

Creative Minds debuted to sold-out audiences in September 2016, and has welcomed an incredible line-up of international artists that includes Rebecca Belmore, Sir David Adjaye, Buffy Sainte-Marie, André Alexis, Junot Diaz, Paul Gross, Christi Belcourt and Deepa Mehta.

For more information, please visit www.AGOCreativeMinds.ca.

Creative Minds is supported by Series Presenters Jonas and Lynda Prince.