Opening September 19, 2024 Recipient of the prestigious Golden Lion prize at the 2022 Venice Biennale, acclaimed British artist Sonia Boyce makes her Canadian debut with an installation combining video, collage, music and sculpture. Feeling Her Way centers the vocal performances of four Black female musicians: Jacqui Dankworth, Poppy Ajudha, Sofia Jernberg, Tanita Tikaram in a […]

Hello everyone, AGO campers are here! It gives me great joy to see so many children creating art and having fun together. I’d like to thank Education & Programming staff, camp leaders and volunteers for all their hard work to make the camps safe and organized. It is also wonderful to see new acquisitions on […]

Hello everyone, please see the following invitation from Alain Graham, Chief, People Division (Human Resources). An interesting opportunity to engage with the Gallery – Holly  Hello Volunteers,  We are excited to announce the next phase of our work on developing the AGO’s organizational values;  a project of the Gallery’s Joint Working Committee (JWC) – a […]

Hello volunteers, Hope you’re all well and enjoying these glorious summer days and everything the city has to offer with the abundance of art and cultural activities. We have exciting news and are writing with these updates. One, premiering in the fall we will be starting an AGO Volunteers Artist collective, this will take the […]

Calling all Artists! We know there is a pool of so many talented artists within our volunteer community, and this new program aims to provide everyone with an opportunity to show and share your work, with our larger goal of supporting and connecting AGO volunteers.  Here’s How It Works:  The goal here is to enlighten, […]

Jinny Yu makes her AGO debut with an exhibition of new works, including oil on aluminum paintings and works on paper. Born in Korea and now based in Ottawa and Berlin, for the past twenty years, she has been an active professional artist and educator,  using abstract and geometric forms to consider the implications of mass […]

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Hello Everyone, It has been wonderful to see the crowds in Making Her Mark these final few days of the exhibition. Although we will be saying goodbye to the show, the beautiful catalogue serves as an important record of scholarship and partnership with the Baltimore Museum of Art. Last Saturday we hosted an Art and […]

On Tuesday, July 2 from 3 pm to 5 pm, staff and volunteers are invited to preview Bright Signs: Spotlight on Video Art located on the 5th Floor. Curated by Debbie Johnsen, Manager, Modern and Contemporary Collections, get a chance to experience works by artists Kahlil Joseph, Theaster Gates, and many more before Bright Signs opens to the public, […]

The end of the school year brings the beginning of summer art camp at the AGO. This program is one of the gallery’s top priorities and important revenue generators each year. We are happy to play a part in recruiting almost 200 high school volunteers joining us throughout the summer, in specially designed placements that […]