Sculptures about statues: spoke with London-based contemporary artist Thomas J Price about his nine-foot bronze cast sculpture outside the AGO, and his take on the meaning of monuments. Since July, the corner of Dundas and McCaul Streets outside the Jackman Hall entrance has been home to Within the Folds (Dialogue 1) – an original nine-foot […]

Tuesday March 29, 4pm via Zoom Join Julie Crooks, AGO Curator, Arts of Global Africa and the Diaspora, and catalogue contributors Christian Campbell, Emily Cluett, Dominique Fontaine, Andil Gosine, O’Neil Lawrence, Annie Paul, Marsha Pearce, Harclyde Walcott and Mary Wells for a conversation celebrating the publication,  Fragments of Epic Memory. This critical volume includes works by Caribbean artists […]

Voting closes March 31, 2022. Get your vote in! We are excited to share this year’s projects for funding consideration through the Volunteer Endowment Trust 2022-2023. As part of the Volunteer Council’s (VC) ongoing mission to demonstrate transparency in our decision making, Volunteer President Maya Kotlarenko has once again created an online voting process for the volunteer […]

Many of you will remember Florine Stettheimer Painting Poetry, a much loved exhibition back in 2017, the first major exhibition of her work in North America in 20 years, and the first ever in Canada. Art Historian Barbara Bloemink has written a new biography and the author is interviewed in this week’s AGOinsider, linked here.

Hello Everyone, Next week is March Break, which means that some of you will be on vacation and others will be busy working onsite greeting families visiting the AGO. It should be fairly busy at the museum as many people are venturing out more and health restrictions loosen. We have great art on view for […]

For more on these exhibitions, see this week’s AGOinsider

Dear Colleagues, I am pleased to share the news that Kenneth Brummel, Associate Curator, Modern Art, has been appointed to the position of Curator of 20th Century Art at the Joslyn Art Museum in Omaha, Nebraska. It is an exciting opportunity and truly reflects Kenneth’s curatorial and professional excellence. Kenneth joined the AGO in 2014 as […]

We’re excited to report that the Gallery’s Development and Philanthropy team has been working hard behind-the-scenes to offer three projects to choose from for this year’s Volunteer Endowment Trust support: 2 upcoming exhibitions, and a public programming and learning initiative. You’ll hear more in the coming weeks, with an opportunity to make your selection via […]

Hello Everyone, It is really wonderful to see so many more of you onsite this week. Combined with good attendance and several new installations, the galleries are feeling alive, fresh and full of energy. We are deeply fortunate to live and work in this city. I know you join me in thinking about artists and […]

For over 50 years, Anishnabe Saulteaux contemporary artist Robert Houle has been trailblazing. Since the Canadian Museum of History’s 1970 acquisition of his painting Red Is Beautiful, Houle’s influential work as an artist, curator, writer and educator has profoundly impacted the world of contemporary First Nations art in Canada – and globally.  On view now, […]