A new installation in our Weston Family Learning Centre’s Community Gallery maps out all public artwork in Toronto. Visitors to The Artful City: Mapping Toronto’s Public Art Landscape 1967–2015 are invited to answer the questions, What does public art mean to you?, and What can it look like in the future? Be sure to check […]

Hello Everyone, At the mid-winter meeting for museum directors this week, I spent a lot of time listening and observing. With the political situation in the US, there was a lot of anxiety. I think that leadership demands that we listen to one another and look carefully, then act. I believe great art can frame […]

Want to participate in an art show featuring staff and volunteers of the AGO? Get your submission in by Friday February 10 and join your colleagues in showing your stuff! This show will be held February 16 – 26 at the #Hashtag Gallery, 2nd floor, 830 Dundas Street West, in the Trinity Bellwoods Neighbourhood. To […]

Meet our Public Affairs and Communications intern as she shares what she learned on her first week on the job. You can also read about what’s in store for Family Day and Winterlicious in this week’s AGOinsider. Sign up here to subscribe and enjoy a behind-the-scenes look at news in and around the AGO each […]

Hello Everyone, I never imagined Baillie Court could turn into an après ski lounge! With a skating rink! Thank you to the Events Committee for organizing our annual winter party and to everyone who came to celebrate. Being at the party reminded me that there are a great number of people who work and volunteer […]

Dear Colleagues, What is happening? Thank you to everyone who attended last night’s Après-ski Staff and Volunteer Winter Party, we hope you had a wonderful time! We’d love to hear your thoughts on the party, so please fill out the confidential Winter Party survey below. Please let us know what you liked and share your […]

We hope you had a wonderful time at last night’s Après-ski Winter Party. More than 300 AGO staff and volunteers came out to the AGO Ski Lodge for a night of dancing, skating, delicious food and more! We couldn’t have turned Baillie Court into a winter wonderland without the teamwork provided by many AGO helpers. […]

  Walter Scott, a recent Artist-in-Residence at the AGO, presents an installation that opens today and runs to February 20. The Red Spills Inside Me is a collection of poems printed on silk, written and fabricated during Walter Scott’s residency at the Gallery. These works have been installed in various locations throughout the AGO, including […]

Hello Everyone, Mystical Landscapes – and the mix of other shows like Francis Alÿs, Small Wonders and Tributes + Tributaries – continued to draw in crowds during the busy holiday season. On Dec. 28th, more than 11,000 people visited the AGO! Thank you to all the staff and volunteers who helped make our visitors’ experiences […]

You are Invited to a Private Adidas Sale All AGO staff, volunteers and interns – and their friends and families – are invited by the Adidas Group to a private sale at its corporate store, which is not open to the public. Enjoy an exclusive 50% discount on Adidas, Reebok and TaylorMade products •January 20 […]