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 […]

Hello Everyone, Last night we celebrated the 5th anniversary of the AGO’s Women’s Art Initiative (WAI) (linked HERE). This is a group of 58 women who support major exhibitions by women artists developed by our curators. They have raised over $1M in five years and it is impressive to look back at the exhibitions they […]

Hello Everyone, Today is Rocco’s last day at the museum after years of extraordinary contributions and service. What I have learned about Rocco is that everything he does is motivated by his desire to see the AGO thrive and reach its potential. His thoughtful and steady approach has helped the AGO remain financially viable during […]

We are so sad to share news that longtime AGO volunteer Harriet Ades, with 20+ years of service, passed away on Friday January 20. It is hard to imagine her gone. A former teacher of Visual Arts and English at the senior secondary school level, Harriet became a volunteer in retirement. As a teacher, she […]

Sharing the sad news that Bernie Gelfand, a beloved, long time member of the Wednesday evening crew of Information Guides, passed away in mid-December. A Memorial service has been set:  Bernard’s wife, Dorothy, has requested that anyone wishing to attend Bernie’s Memorial service send her their RSVP/share their email address with her so she can […]

Hello everyone,  We are very pleased to welcome Taqralik Partridge to the AGO’s Indigenous + Canadian Art Department as Associate Curator, Indigenous Art – Inuit Art focus. Many of you will remember Taqralik as a co-curator of Tunirrusiangit: Kenojouak Ashevak + Tim Pitsiulak in 2018.   Taqralik Partridge is a curator, artist, performer, writer and spoken-word poet originally from Kuujjuaq, […]

This week, we are saddened to hear of the recent passing of Millie Gotlib, a member of our Information Guide team for nearly 10 years, before she took leave in 2018. Millie was a warm & elegant presence in our volunteer lounge. I thought of her as a kind of “grand dame,” with a distinctive […]