As the Gallery prepares for the opening of Keith Haring: Art is for Everybody on November 8,we are excited to invite staff and volunteers to preview the exhibition.   The Staff and Volunteer Exhibition Preview will take place on Tuesday, November 7 from 3 pm to 5 pm on Level 4 of the Gallery. Staff […]

We are happy to share this link for Shelagh Barrington, Gallery Guide and National Docent Symposium Council Chair for Canada. Please see details, below: Discover how The Walters Art Museum Docent Corps (Baltimore, Maryland, USA) examined and updated their touring tools and approach to make all visitors feel more welcome. Learn how they used the […]

Think back with us a few months, AGO volunteers – to when you were asked to cast your vote to support a project for this year’s Volunteer Endowment Trust fund donation. You voted to support Making Her Mark: A History of Women Artists in Europe, 1400-1800, an exhibition and accompanying (gorgeous!) catalogue, edited by Alexa, […]

KAWS cut his teeth as a graffiti artist in the 1990s, “bombing” through the streets of Jersey City, then New York City with graffiti legends like Zephyr. He then graduated to guerilla-style public art interventions, painting his famed iconography and characters directly over top of corporate billboards and phone booth ads. After being introduced to […]

Gallery Guide Shelagh Barrington has been travelling through India, and shares the story of an artist’s work she first saw at the AGO back in 2007 … The National Gallery of Modern Art, Delhi, India   I first saw Subodh Gupta‘s work at the 2007 AGO exhibition Hungry god: Indian contemporary art (linked HERE).  Other […]

It’s a busy Fall of back-to-back exhibition openings here at the Gallery. Next up, Keith Haring: Art is for Everybody (exhibition launch video, linked below:) Click on this link to watch the video: https://artcloud.ago.ca/index.php/s/CzSMQ6RkatMzn8m You’ll be prompted for a password. Please enter:  Harin54AGO This is my personal favourite of the most recent exhibition launch videos […]

In this essay for Foyer, Renée van der Avoird, AGO Associate Curator, Canadian Art, writes about the vivid colours, floral patterns and compelling imagery found in Sarindar Dhaliwal’s works on paper. Like all of Dhaliwal’s work Triple Self Portrait with Persimmons and Pomegranates is characterized by saturated colour and compelling imagery. Deeply personal investigations into memory, identity and migration, […]

Hello Everyone, I am delighted to announce the appointment of Dr. Adam Welch to the position of Associate Curator, Modern Art. Adam will develop exhibitions, lead acquisitions, and help guide the installation of the AGO’s new Dani Reiss Modern and Contemporary Gallery. He will report to me as part of a newly independent Modern Art […]

Hello Everyone, Tomorrow I will be going with Sophie Hackett and Anastasia Hare to São Paulo, Brazil with a group of donors for a week to see the São Polo Biennial and art from South America. This morning, I had the opportunity to stop by and see the installation of Building Icons: Arnold Newman’s Magazine […]

Hello Volunteers, I’m happy to share below, a copy of the recording of our recent talk with Cian Knights, AGO Manager of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility. Cian’s presentation provided a structured roadmap of our DEIA program and how it is unfolding at the Gallery. The slides are full of facts and figures, and plainly […]