Hello Everyone,

About 20 years ago, when I became the director of a very small museum in Oakland, California, above the door was an inscription in Latin that read, “Ars longa, vita brevis”: Art is long, life is short. It suggests that great art can transcend time and last for a long time, while human life is relatively brief.

I was reminded of the quote the other day when I saw a beautiful exhibition in the Indigenous & Canadian galleries entitled Remade: Clay, Plaster, Stone. It features the art of two Toronto artists, Frances Loring (1887–1968) and Florence Wyle (1881–1968). Although the artists are not particularly well known (they should be), the beauty of the sculptures feels timeless. The exhibition, curated by Renée van der Avoird, Associate Curator of Canadian Art, and Melissa Alexander, the W. David Hargraft Fellow in Canadian Art, is most beautifully installed, has very strong interpretation, and draws from our collection. It is a great example of the AGO doing what we do best – presenting great art to our audiences so they can learn and enjoy.

Stephan