Hello everyone, Summer weather has arrived early with the heat and thunderstorms. Torrential downpours don’t usually happen so soon in the summer (yes, global climate change is creating more extreme weather events). I bring this up because I want to thank our staff who have been helping react to leaks in Zacks. Our conservators, our […]

Hello everyone, Today and over the weekend we welcome AGO Members to the Moments in Modernism exhibition, which is beautifully installed on the 4th floor. Big thanks to co-curator Debbie Johnsen, Project Manager Hillary Taylor and those involved with the installation. Thank you also to AJ Wilson and the Comms team for a successful and well attended […]

Hello volunteers! Our weekend Gallery Guide, Aisling Joe, also works at the legislature (what a great job!). Aisling has passed along some information about an upcoming wine & cheese-paired tour in Parliament, read on below! This post is also shared on the AGO Volunteers Facebook Group. Volunteer President Barbara Glaser will be going, so you […]

Hello everyone, This week was particularly buzzy in the galleries as we welcomed many school groups at the end of the school year, as well as lots of visitors who came to see Miles Greenberg’s performance on Wednesday. Soon we will have AGO summer campers onsite, which is exciting. In the last few weeks, we […]

Hello volunteers, As you may be aware, the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) is currently in labour negotiations and workers could strike as early as 12:01 a.m. on Friday, June 7, 2024.  As a TTC strike will impact all of us who use the transit system and will result in an increase in traffic. I know as volunteers you […]

Hello everyone, I am very much looking forward to next week’s performance by Miles Greenberg It will unfold over several hours on Wednesday June 5, (12-9pm) and if you are here on Wednesday, I encourage you to take a few moments to head to Walker Court and take it in. The Globe & Mail featured […]

Volunteers, I’m thrilled to share this post from Barbara Glaser, your Volunteer President. Read on to find out which project the volunteers voted to support with this year’s funds – Holly Dear fellow Volunteers, Every year I look forward to the Volunteer Endowment Trust (VET) process and the collaboration with fellow Volunteers, leadership and what […]

Happy to pass along this good news from the AGO Group Sales/ Visitor Experience team. It is FREE for AGO staff and volunteers to visit The Art of Banksy exhibition. It is now part of the Ontario Attractions reciprocal program. Staff and volunteers can get tickets depending on capacity per time slot: As always, if […]

We are very happy to have Alexa Greist, Curator and R. Fraser Elliott Chair, Prints & Drawings, walk us through Making Her Mark: A History of Women Artists in Europe, 1400 – 1800. Alexa will be joining us in thanks for the volunteers’ financial support of the exhibition (through the 2023 Volunteer Endowment Trust). We […]

Hello everyone, Many of you have observed activity on the east side of the AGO. The Dani Reiss Modern & Contemporary Gallery has achieved City approvals and contracts have been confirmed with EllisDon, the construction company responsible for building the expansion. I took a photo earlier this week – you can see they are starting […]