At the end of July, 16 AGO interns and summer students from departments across the Gallery were invited to attend a roundtable to meet Stephan Jost, our Director and CEO, and hear what he had to say. In the meeting, Stephan offered useful career advice and discussed his own career path, including his time as […]

Throughout the Look:Forward project we’ll be keeping you in the loop with regular updates so you know when galleries are closing and re-opening. Now open: FP Wood (123): European Art from the 1700s and 1800s Fodor (140) and Gallery 141: Rise of the Rock Poster Gelber Treasury (142): The Grange Trier Gallery (139): Music: Taste and Experience […]

The Library and Archives will be closed to the public for its annual collections maintenance from Monday, August 21 to Friday, September 1, re-opening on Tuesday, September 5. Gallery staff and volunteers may use the library during this time; however, library staff will not be available for assistance or retrieval of library materials, and there […]

The area where Henry Moore’s Large Two Forms used to live is now a lovely seating area for our visitors and passersby. We do plan to install some great art in that spot – but great art takes time!  In the meantime, enjoy the benches and greenery.

Hello Everyone, Lisa Clements has been promoted to the position of Chief, Communications & Brand. She will be leading a team that includes Visitor Experience (Herman Lo), Membership & Database Marketing (Nympha Patel), Marketing & Design (Steve Rayment), Communications (Caitlin Coull), and Digital (Mark McKay). The goal of this move is to help the team […]

To celebrate its upcoming opening, the new AGO BISTRO (formerly FRANK) will be holding two AGO Staff and Volunteer Appreciation Days. You are invited to make a reservation for August 22 or August 29 between 5:30 and 8:30pm and receive 50% off (excluding drinks). Call 416-979-6688 to reserve, or book online and indicate “Staff & Volunteer Appreciation” […]

We’re pleased to announce the four international finalists for the 2017 Aimia | AGO Photography Prize: Liz Johnson Artur (Ghana | Russia), Raymond Boisjoly (Haida Nation | Canada), Hank Willis Thomas (USA) and Taisuke Koyama (Japan). The Aimia | AGO Photography Prize is Canada’s most significant award for contemporary photography and has a total annual […]

In this week’s AGOinsider, hear from one of the AGO’s Protection Services officers about what changes he’s seen throughout his 28-year tenure at the Gallery. Plus – check out the shortlist for the AIMIA | AGO Photography Prize, make sure to see Georgia O’Keeffe before it closes this weekend, and find out Arthur Lismer’s connection to Grange Park […]

Thanks to everyone who came out to the first Staff & Volunteer Summer Social on Monday. Almost 300 staff and volunteers enjoyed a packed lunch in the park. If you weren’t able to attend, don’t miss the next one – our traditional All-Staff and Volunteer BBQ, on Wednesday, August 23, 4-6 pm in the Jackman […]

  It is with sadness that we share the news that Ben Portis, a previous employee of the AGO, passed away on July 20, 2017. Ben worked at the AGO from 2002 to 2009 as Assistant Curator, Contemporary Art, and recently was curator of the MacLaren Art Centre in Barrie. While at the AGO he […]