I‘m excited about this one, volunteers! If you are a colour-lover, you may already be familiar with Beam Paints. This talk, with Artist Anong Migwans Beam, is being presented in partnership with AIC 2022: Sensing Colour, Midterm meeting of the International Colour Organization (AIC), organized by the Colour Research Society of Canada – Holly Join artist and […]

Hello Everyone, Earlier this week, Alain Graham shared the message below about employees returning to work on-site. I must say, I have seen the positive impact of people being together over the past couple of weeks and yesterday I met with the entire Education & Program team, who held their first in-person meeting in more […]

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our dear friend and colleague, Nancy Hunter, on May 27, 2022. A talented artist, Nancy was a graduate of OCAD and Toronto Metropolitan University. She was an employee of the Art Gallery of Ontario for over 30 years. Nancy graced the front line of the […]

Hello everyone, This past fiscal year (ending on March 31st), it is clear we all pulled together to help achieve a balanced financial position. Thank you to all for your efforts. Every year, the financial position of the AGO is reviewed by auditors. The AGO is a large and complex institution with an annual budget […]

Hello Volunteers! I hope you are all having a nice week. It has been so nice to chat with those of you that have been back in the gallery. Getting to know Gallery Guides and Info Guides alike! Thank you to everyone that tuned into our training session with Alexa Greist and Jim Shedden last […]

Ahead of her AGO talk and Smoke Sculpture™ set for Sugar Beach this June, AGOinsider connected with the trailblazing artist, educator and writer. This June, Toronto is in for a spectacle to be seen courtesy of Judy Chicago. In a much-anticipated return to the city, the renowned multi-hyphenate and champion of feminist art will transform […]

For the final week of Museum Month AGOinsider connected with first-time curator Tahnee Ann Macabali Pantig, who is making her debut with the AGO’s new exhibition Faith and Fortune: Art from Across the Spanish Empire.  Brooklyn-based artist and designer Tahnee Ann Macabali Pantig is digging deep into her Filipinx ancestry for her curatorial debut in the new […]

Dear Colleagues, What is happening? The AGO is poised to install a bold new sculpture by acclaimed contemporary artist Brian Jungen, after many years in development.  Site preparation will begin this week, and the sculpture will be installed in late June. This work is the AGO’s first-ever public art commission and will be situated at […]

Hello volunteers – In case you missed the live broadcast, Dr. Audrey Hudson’s conversation on How to Talk about Anti-Black Racism, a response to the continuing violence, and cross-border shooting in Buffalo last week, is now available online, to watch anytime, via the Gallery’s Youtube channel. See the link highlighted below. We encourage you to […]

Hello everyone, This past weekend there were three mass shootings in the US: one in Buffalo, one in Dallas, and one in Orange County. Hearing of targeted mass shootings is demoralizing. It is clear these acts were brought on by racism and hatred. Buffalo is quite literally our neighbour. The people murdered were our neighbours. […]