Posts by Penny Williams
P&D in May: The Photography of Arthur Goss
For the month of May, the Prints and Drawings Study Centre is featuring the photography of Arthur Goss. OPEN DOOR – Every Wednesday, 1- 8 p.m. This month, we will be featuring works by Arthur Goss. If you would like to see prints and drawings from the collection by other artists, works can be requested until […]
Into the Woods: Two Icons Revisited
Each year, the AGO Volunteer Executive (VE) has the happy task of choosing one AGO project to support with the interest earned by the Volunteer Endowment Trust (VET). For the last two years, the funds have been used to sponsor the Kids’ Activity Bags — with some 40,000 of them distributed each year, they are […]
P&D at the Aga Khan Museum
On March 27, Prints and Drawings volunteers paid a visit to the Aga Khan Museum. Just about everyone was there, except a few who were on duty in the P&D Centre that day. First, a tour of the collections … … which lived up to the Museum’s online Mission statement: to serve as a window […]
P&D in April: Drawings by the Group of Seven
For the month of April, P&D is featuring drawings by members of the Group of Seven. Arthur Lismer, Lawren Harris, 1920, charcoal on paper OPEN DOOR – Every Wednesday, 1- 8 p.m. This month, we will be featuring works by the Group of Seven. If you would like to see prints and drawings from the […]
P&D in March: Revolutionary Women Artists
In honour of International Women’s Day, P&D will be showing works by influential female artists from the 20th century. OPEN DOOR – Every Wednesday, 1- 8 pm This month, we will be featuring works by 20th century women artists. If you would like to see prints and drawings from the collection by other artists, works can […]
Trends to Watch For
How do art museums see their role in today’s world? What now shapes their thinking, their shows, and the way they present those shows and the museum itself? We explored the AGO’s approach in our February 18 post, Art Matters. In it, Judith Koke (Chief, Public Programming and Learning) discussed how recent, current and coming […]
“Art Matters”
Each exhibition tells a story. Collectively, our exhibitions now also tell us a lot about the AGO itself — who we are, how we want to connect with our public. Two big trends: we are moving to more projects (45 a year, up from 25), and we are approaching them in a different way. The […]
The Glove-Tree (Panddtsuga)
You could always just wash your art-handling white gloves. Or you could instead apply your bright, trained, curious and — above all — creative mind to the question of their hidden true nature. They appear to be an inert and humble object. But what are they really? We now have the answer, thanks to the […]
P&D in February: New York Artists
In conjunction with the exhibition Jean-Michel Basquiat: Now’s the Time, P&D will be showing works by influencers and contemporaries of Jean-Michel Basquiat. OPEN DOOR – Every Wednesday, 1- 8 pm This month, we will be featuring works by NYC artists. If you would like to see prints and drawings from the collection by other artists, works […]
What’s New at the AGO?
“What’s new at the AGO?” asks the big signboard on the west wall facing Walker Court. It could correctly answer: “I am!” This is just one of the three questions that the new signboard asks, and then answers with rotating screens of relevant information: What’s new at the AGO? This is my first visit — […]