Hello everyone, I was giving a tour of the AGO to guests new to the museum when I learned that Frank Gehry passed away. A tour of this type usually starts with the architecture of the building and inevitably highlights the ways in which Gehry literally transformed the AGO into the architectural masterpiece it is […]

An upcoming performance on January 4 (free with Gallery admission/ no tickets required) imagines the late artist experiencing her own retrospective  What would it be like for the late artist Joyce Wieland (1930–1998) to experience the first retrospective of her work in almost 40 years?   This is the question at the centre of a performance […]

Toronto collectors Carol and Morton Rapp generously donate more than 450 artworks to the Gallery The AGO has announced a landmark gift from the late Carol and Morton Rapp: more than 450 artworks by 203 artists. This gift, including artworks by esteemed artists such as Jasper Johns, David Hockney, William Kentridge, Robert Rauschenberg, Kara Walker, Andy Warhol and Rachel […]

Hello everyone, There is nothing like the brain fog and fatigue of jet lag to humble you during a busy week. It is good to be back in Toronto after a successful AGO trip to Seoul. A highlight of this week was celebrating the 5th anniversary of the Department of the Arts of Global Africa […]

In 1995, artist Faye HeavyShield first exhibited her multimedia installation Venus as Torpedo (1995/2025). 30 years later, HeavyShield returns to this work, which has both evolved and stayed the same.  Venus as Torpedo has been restaged as part of the artist’s solo exhibition at the AGO, Faye HeavyShield: Issokawo’taan. The three works featured in this exhibition draw from HeavyShield’s personal […]

Hello everyone, This week has been dynamic. On Monday, a small group of leadership team members, trustees and I visited Woodland Cultural Centre to continue our discussions and partnership with Six Nations of the Grand River. We toured the newly unveiled Interpretive Historic Site in the former Mohawk Institute Residential School. I highly encourage you to visit. It […]

Hello everyone, A unique exhibition curated with input from over 80 artists, collectors, donors, curators, community leaders, and scholars opens to Members today. Collective Visions is a celebration of our growing photography collection which now accounts for approximately 70,000 of the AGO’s 120,000 artworks. It took a community to build both the collection and the exhibition that […]

Reimagining a Baroque artwork at the AGO  Fracture (2024) by Jesse Mockrin is a reimagination of Nicolas Tournier’s The Judgement of Solomon (c.1625), a Baroque painting also on view at the Gallery. Fracture marks the first work by Mockrin acquired by the AGO. Fracture is on view outside the main exhibition space in the E.R. Wood Gallery (121).      Mockrin re-envisions works by European […]

Hello everyone, It is the Friday before the Thanksgiving long weekend. It is a good moment to reflect on what we are grateful for. For me, sometimes it is a small thing – like a bright red leaf that falls from a tree. Other times it is about looking forward to seeing friends and/or family. One thing […]

Hello Everyone, I hope you are enjoying the glorious weather! In the last years, the AGO has invested in new systems like Tessitura to help streamline processes, create efficiencies, and help gather and secure data. We have recently undergone another system upgrade with the launch of Workday – our new Finance and HR system. This […]