Hello everyone,  What’s happening? On Friday, July 22 from 3 pm to 5 pm, AGO Staff and Volunteers are invited to preview Jónsi’s Hrafntinna (Obsidian) located on Level 2 in Signy Eaton Gallery. Please make sure to bring your badge with you for access. The installation opens to the public the following day on Saturday, July 23. Hrafntinna (Obsidian) is the world […]

Dear Everyone, I am sorry to send this message out over the weekend, but you may have seen a news report about a hateful act of graffiti that took place this week in front of  the AGO. The graffiti was sprayed on the pavement near the Jungen sculpture, not on it, and it was cleaned up […]

Hello Everyone, I am hearing anecdotally that there are more tourists visiting the AGO lately. It is clear that many people are travelling, which is wonderful. This partly explains an increase in single ticket admission revenue. What remains very clear – and is supported by statistical data – is that our audience has shifted in […]

Volunteer Resources is away for the next couple of weeks. You can expect a return to volunteer blog updates the week of July 18. As always, for exhibition and program listings – see AGOinsider (subscribe here to have AGOinsider emailed directly to you each week) or check the AGO.ca website.

Hello Everyone, Happy Canada Day! Stephan Detail of a painting by Kazuo Nakamura, Blue Reflections, 1962 recently installed in the McLean Centre for Indigenous & Canadian Art.

Last week, member of the Saugeen First Nation, Dr. Duke Redbird shared an original poem in honour of the unveiling of Brian Jungen’s Couch Monster: Sadzěʔ yaaghęhch’ill, at the corner of Dundas and McCaul. The AGO’s first-ever public art commission, Brian Jungen’s Couch Monster: Sadzěʔ yaaghęhch’ill, is now at the corner of Dundas and McCaul […]

We all really enjoyed our conversation with Caroline Shields, Associate Curator & Head of European Art, who took us through the recent re-installation of the European galleries, focusing on works from the 1700 and 1800s. For those that missed it, please find the zoom link recording (below). Up next – Watch for a session with […]

Hello Everyone, Today I would simply like to acknowledge everyone’s hard work and contributions to two significant milestones: Our first public art commission and installation – Brian Jungen’s Couch Monster: Sadzěʔ yaaghęhch’ill Faith and Fortune – an extraordinary summer show that is beautiful, has contemporary relevance and is part of a global conversation about colonization […]

Hello Everyone, With more staff back on site regularly, this summer is a moment for all of us to take some time to enjoy being in one another’s company, to say hi to old colleagues and welcome many new ones. As the school year ends, so too does our last Virtual School program for 2021/22. […]

Hello Everyone, This week we opened Faith and Fortune: Art Across the Global Spanish Empire. It is an exquisite exhibition that includes silverware, fine jewellery, sculpture, paintings, textiles and books from Spain, Latin America and the Philippines. In other words, there is an expansive array of works that have been carefully researched, installed and presented. […]