By now, you’ve all saved-the-date for our special 125th Birthday Town Hall As part of this occasion, we’re shining the spotlight on some of the many artworks you know and love from the AGO Collection, using some of those featured on the AGO 125 Iconic Works list as our pool of options.  Here’s how you […]

The Gallery’s hours around the upcoming July 1 statutory holiday look a little different this year. Read below for more details on the statutory holiday and which days the Gallery will be open: Statutory Holiday  Gallery Hours   In addition, in celebration of Ontario’s first-ever Group of Seven Day on Monday, July 7, 2025, the […]

Hello Everyone, This past Wednesday, we had over 5,000 visitors, with lines back to Queen Street West. The galleries were alive with people engaging with the art, lining up (again!) to experience Kusama’s Infinity Mirrored Room, and enjoying the breath-taking soundscapes performed by Maria Chavez in Walker Court as part of the Luminato Festival. And […]

Hello Volunteers, I’m happy to share this invite with you! – please see details below and make sure you RSVP your attendance (this helps ensure we have set-up and refreshments, for all! HERE: https://forms.gle/9RNTfsHrvALqvGvK7 – Holly Please join us for our June 2025 Town Hall celebrating the Gallery’s 125th Birthday on: All staff and volunteers […]

Hello Volunteers, Our in house I.T. team has been working hard, since the Fall cyberattack, to restore AGO systems and data, while strengthening security. The link below leads to a folder called Launch Videos that includes both the recent 1) AGO Values: Working Together Town Hall, and 2) the Joyce Wieland: Heart-On exhibition launch video […]

This past weekend, AGO volunteers came together to attend a private celebration of life for AGO volunteer Karen Pai (1945 – 2025) who passed away on vacation in Phuket, Thailand, earlier this year. Karen joined our volunteer program in 1991, with nearly 35 years of service as an AGO volunteer, first joining as a historical […]

Hello everyone, Last week I attended the Association of Art Museum Directors (AAMD) Spring Summit in St. Louis, MO. Just over 200 museum directors from Mexico, Canada, and the US are members. In the US there are serious issues as the current administration has cut all three federal agencies that fund museums, including the National […]

Hello Volunteers, The Gallery is busily preparing to celebrate the AGO’s 125th birthday over the coming months, with much programming launching over the summer season. A reminder, we are all invited to attend the staff & volunteer celebration, on Monday June 23, at 10:00am, in Baillie Court (our third floor event space) with details and […]

The Marketing team is looking for staff, volunteers and their family members or friends to volunteer for a retail photoshoot highlighting new AGO brand products available at Shop AGO.  The photoshoot will take place on Monday, May 26, with exact timing to be confirmed. Each volunteer will receive a $40 gift card to Shop AGO for participating. The Marketing […]

Hello Everyone, This is a monumental week at the AGO. Yesterday, to kick off our 6 months of 125th anniversary celebrations, we hosted a big birthday party and gave a number of TV and radio interviews about who we are and our history. Our birthday party was a major effort as hundreds of people came to enjoy the […]