We know volunteers love checking out the new work in the Toronto Biennial of Art. Building on 2019’s theme of Waterways, What Water Knows, The Land Remembers, the second edition of the Toronto Biennial of Art opened on March 26, welcoming 37 artists, local and international, to nine different sites across the city.   Biennial sites […]

Our Arts of Global Africa and the Diaspora Department strengthens its collection with two paintings by Lagos-born, Toronto-based artist Emmanuel Osahor, on view on Level 4. With many of us itching to spend more time outdoors and tend to our gardens, it’s undeniable: spring is in the air. On Level 4 of the AGO, two […]

Sculptures about statues: spoke with London-based contemporary artist Thomas J Price about his nine-foot bronze cast sculpture outside the AGO, and his take on the meaning of monuments. Since July, the corner of Dundas and McCaul Streets outside the Jackman Hall entrance has been home to Within the Folds (Dialogue 1) – an original nine-foot […]

Tuesday March 29, 4pm via Zoom Join Julie Crooks, AGO Curator, Arts of Global Africa and the Diaspora, and catalogue contributors Christian Campbell, Emily Cluett, Dominique Fontaine, Andil Gosine, O’Neil Lawrence, Annie Paul, Marsha Pearce, Harclyde Walcott and Mary Wells for a conversation celebrating the publication,  Fragments of Epic Memory. This critical volume includes works by Caribbean artists […]

Voting closes March 31, 2022. Get your vote in! We are excited to share this year’s projects for funding consideration through the Volunteer Endowment Trust 2022-2023. As part of the Volunteer Council’s (VC) ongoing mission to demonstrate transparency in our decision making, Volunteer President Maya Kotlarenko has once again created an online voting process for the volunteer […]

Many of you will remember Florine Stettheimer Painting Poetry, a much loved exhibition back in 2017, the first major exhibition of her work in North America in 20 years, and the first ever in Canada. Art Historian Barbara Bloemink has written a new biography and the author is interviewed in this week’s AGOinsider, linked here.

Hello Everyone, Next week is March Break, which means that some of you will be on vacation and others will be busy working onsite greeting families visiting the AGO. It should be fairly busy at the museum as many people are venturing out more and health restrictions loosen. We have great art on view for […]

For more on these exhibitions, see this week’s AGOinsider

Dear Colleagues, I am pleased to share the news that Kenneth Brummel, Associate Curator, Modern Art, has been appointed to the position of Curator of 20th Century Art at the Joslyn Art Museum in Omaha, Nebraska. It is an exciting opportunity and truly reflects Kenneth’s curatorial and professional excellence. Kenneth joined the AGO in 2014 as […]

We’re excited to report that the Gallery’s Development and Philanthropy team has been working hard behind-the-scenes to offer three projects to choose from for this year’s Volunteer Endowment Trust support: 2 upcoming exhibitions, and a public programming and learning initiative. You’ll hear more in the coming weeks, with an opportunity to make your selection via […]