Hello Everyone, The AGO has received a monumental $35-million lead gift from Dani Reiss that will launch our museum’s expansion project – the Dani Reiss Modern and Contemporary Gallery. Today we are publicly announcing this exciting news. If you’d like to see more detail about the project and view the design renderings, they are up […]

Kent Monkman’s solo exhibition closes at the ROM next month. Read our October 2022 story before it does. On October 8, the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) unveiled a brand-new major exhibition conceived by acclaimed Cree artist Kent Monkman. Being Legendary places 35 new paintings by Monkman alongside fossils, meteorites and other select pieces from the […]

Hello everyone, Last weekend’s Family Day programming was phenomenal. The galleries were bustling with over 14,000 visitors — for context, 67% of our attendance last week came in on Friday, Saturday and Sunday! Thank you to all staff who not only worked over the weekend, but came together as a team to welcome our audiences […]

Saturday February 25, 11am – 4pm in the (WFLC) Weston Family Learning Centre To close out Black History Month, the AGO has partnered with Black Owned Toronto to host a marketplace. The market will feature 25 Black owned local businesses, with a range of products including candles, hair care, children’s books, scents and more. In this exciting […]

Keith Haring: Art Is for Everybody is making its only Canadian stop at the AGO in November 2023! Find out more on our website and stay tuned for more details. Keith Haring: Art Is for Everybody is organized by @TheBroad. Before travelling here, The Broad will present the first-ever museum exhibition in Los Angeles of Keith Haring’s expansive […]

“[As] a photographer … you try to obtain the best pose, the most advantageous profile, because photography is an art.” — Seydou Keïta By the 1950s African studio photographers had begun experimenting with lighting and composition techniques, resulting in flattering portraits of their subjects. These images carried an air of optimism during the post-independence era […]

Good afternoon, everyone. As many of you may have read in the Globe & Mail today, we have sad news to share. Gallery Guide Mary Rochon has passed away.  A most beautiful and insightful tribute to Mary and her life has been shared in her obituary, found here: https://www.legacy.com/ca/obituaries/theglobeandmail/name/mary-rochon-obituary?id=47926194 Mary volunteered as a Gallery Guide […]

Hello everyone, 2023 got off to a busy start for the AGO. It’s a good time for families and friends to re-charge and re-connect as we head towards the tail-end of the winter season. The sun is on the horizon… pretty soon it will be spring and we’ll have a new line-up of exhibitions and […]

Hello Everyone, As we head toward the end of this fiscal year, we are on track to end up pretty much where we projected. This took effort from everyone – such effort must continue as we plan for the 2023-24 budget and continue to re-build our operations. My main message is this: we need to […]

After 16 months at the AGO, Xiaoyu Weng has resigned from her role as the Carol & Morton Rapp Curator, Modern & Contemporary Art. As many of you know, Xiaoyu came to Toronto from New York, a city in which she has both professional and personal ties, and will be returning to spend more time […]