This week, AGOinsider speaks to our own Katy Chey, exhibition designer, who, along with the project team, helped turn the Guillermo del Toro exhibition into an otherworldly place. Find out what an exhibition designer really does, and why this exhibition is different than most. Plus: see Peaches at next month’s First Thursdays, find out what’s happening at […]

L’Oreal Canada invites AGO staff, volunteers and interns to its Fall 2017 Private Sale, which starts September 21st! If you have registered for the last sale, you will get your tickets directly from your email. If this is your first time participating, Register here to get your e-tickets now and Enjoy access to a broad variety of […]

TTC discount Metropasses for October are now available for staff and volunteers for $131.75 (regular price $146.25). Passes can be purchased at the ticket stations in GG Hall (cash or debit only) during Gallery hours. Staff and volunteers must present their I.D. badge (one purchase per person). Get yours early to avoid disappointment. Passes will be on sale […]

Hello Everyone, It’s hard to believe the time has come, but after 34 years at the AGO, Bev Carret, Manager, Government Relations, is retiring to spend more time with family, especially her beloved granddaughters. Starting at the AGO as the Executive Assistant to Director Bill Withrow, Bev has spent most of her career focused on […]

The full online exhibition experience launched yesterday, featuring the four international finalists for the 2017 AIMIA | AGO Photography Prize: Liz Johnson Artur, Raymond Boisjoly, Hank Willis Thomas and Taisuke Koyama. We’d love to get your perspective on which one of these extraordinary artists should receive this year’s $50,000 Prize. Which artist’s work moves you most? […]

Toronto’s Fan Expo—the ultimate fan experience for all things fantasy, comics and sci-fi—is not the AGO’s usual haunt, but with Guillermo del Toro: At Home with Monsters opening on September 30, we couldn’t pass up the opportunity to meet some of del Toro’s biggest fans before the exhibition opens. This issue of AGOinsider takes a look at convention-goers at the AGO […]

Hello Everyone, I have to confess it is only now occurring to me to write the weekly message. This morning I dropped Monique off to her first day of Grade 1 and I think I’ve been rather distracted. A couple of quick points. The news of Andrew’s departure has impacted a lot of us. We […]

This Monday, September 11, Special Events is hosting a large private event. Women in the World Toronto Summit will take place from 12 noon until 11 pm in Walker Court, the Joey and Toby Tanenbaum Sculpture Atrium, and Baillie Court. Please avoid using the main entrance and the areas listed throughout the day so that […]

Curious to see what our Installation Team is up to in the Sam & Ayala Zacks Pavilion – future home of the Guillermo del Toro: At Home with Monsters exhibition? Take a sneak peek of what is going on this week! Just a reminder that only those who are working in the space are allowed in Zacks during […]

Meet Stephanie Burdzy, Assistant Registrar, TMS Collections Information Specialist, Collection Information. __________________________________________________________________________________________________ What do you do at the AGO? I contribute to the building, maintenance, and preservation of records in The Museum System (TMS). When I am not collaborating with my colleagues in Collections Management, Photo Resources, Curatorial, Conservation, and Exhibitions, I am busy cataloging works […]