Dear Fellow Volunteers, Wishing you all a Happy Holiday season, a peaceful time with family and friends, and dear loved ones. With thanks for all you do, the gallery and visitors are so fortunate to have you on the front line as Information Guides, Gallery Guides, Prints and Drawing volunteers, and others. You are the […]

Hello Everyone, As you know, at the end of each week I send out a message to all staff. Doing this allows me to take a moment and reflect and communicate with everyone. Sometimes my message contains major news – sometimes it contains something more personal – but I do try to keep it real […]

Hello Everyone, Last week was a banner week with opening events for The Culture on Wednesday and Friday evenings. The exhibition looks great and was beautifully launched. It gives me optimism for the holiday season – typically the busiest period of the year. Make sure you zip up to the 5th Floor and see the show. As […]

In 1958, music photographer Art Kane brought together 57 prominent jazz musicians on the stoop of a Harlem brownstone to create one of the most important photographs in jazz history. That year, A Great Day in Harlem was published in Esquire magazine, earning Kane numerous accolades for his work. It was so influential that in […]

EXHIBITION OVERVIEW Exploring the many ways that the French artist James Tissot represented modern women and envisioned their relationship to time during the last decades of the nineteenth century, this exhibition presents two of the AGO’s most beloved Tissot paintings alongside a selection of more than 40 works on paper donated by Allan and Sondra […]

Hello Volunteers, On November 20th we launched the Volunteer Artist Collective, which was most exciting! Our first featured artist was Janne Reuss, engaging on Zoom with a group of volunteers on her exquisite work, her back story, personal anecdotes, and creative process. Janne has been a Gallery Guide at the AGO for ten years and […]

Opening this week, The Culture: Hip Hop and Contemporary Art in the 21st Century, with access as follows: Exhibition Overview Immersing viewers in the world of hip-hop through contemporary art and fashion, The Culture: Hip Hop and Contemporary Art in the 21st Century brings together contemporary artists, musicians, designers and stylists to tell the story of the […]

Join us: Wednesday December 11, 6pm This presentation has been organized as a recognition event for all volunteers, to come together and enjoy a favourite show, before the holidays. Learn more about these vibrant works, and the life of this daring and charismatic Artist who travelled the world! An expressive painter and master of the […]

Hello everyone, It is nearly the start of a new month. This is a busy time at the AGO and I am really proud of the content we will be sharing with our public this holiday season. Next week, I go on my final business trip of the calendar year. I will be in Lyon […]

Hello Volunteers! Last week we were happy to have Artist and AGO Gallery Guide Janne Reuss join us for the launch of the AGO Volunteer Artist Collective – an opportunity for all artists across the volunteer program to share their work with each other. We recorded this session for those that couldn’t attend but wanted […]