Hello everyone, This week I spent 3 days in New York City visiting with the AGO Global Contemporary architect team as well as a few museum directors. It is always energizing to see great art and talk to peers. Things are proceeding well with the design process for our new expansion. It was very HOT […]

From 2021 Sobey Art Award-winner ᓛᒃᑯᓗᒃ Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory comes Naak silavit qeqqa?, a multimedia installation exploring the Inuit concept of sila – the life forces of the land (knowledge of the land, water, ice and environment). The title of the exhibition, which translated to English from Kalaallisut (Greenlandic Inuktitut) means ‘Where is the middle […]

Hello everyone, If you are here onsite today, be sure to head to the Signy Eaton Gallery and check out JÓNSI: HRAFNTINNA (OBSIDIAN). AGO staff and volunteers can enjoy it right now through till 5pm, before it opens to our Members tonight and then to the public this weekend. Xiaoyu Weng introduced this work to […]

AGOinsider spoke to Matt Ryle, a project manager at Walla Walla Foundry, about the intricacies of casting artist Brian Jungen’s massive public artwork, Couch Monster: Sadzěʔ yaaghęhch’ill, in bronze. Since its installation a month ago, renowned contemporary artist Brian Jungen’s massive public artwork – Couch Monster: Sadzěʔ yaaghęhch’ill – has dramatically changed the corner of […]

Hello everyone,  What’s happening? On Friday, July 22 from 3 pm to 5 pm, AGO Staff and Volunteers are invited to preview Jónsi’s Hrafntinna (Obsidian) located on Level 2 in Signy Eaton Gallery. Please make sure to bring your badge with you for access. The installation opens to the public the following day on Saturday, July 23. Hrafntinna (Obsidian) is the world […]

Dear Everyone, I am sorry to send this message out over the weekend, but you may have seen a news report about a hateful act of graffiti that took place this week in front of  the AGO. The graffiti was sprayed on the pavement near the Jungen sculpture, not on it, and it was cleaned up […]

Hello Everyone, I am hearing anecdotally that there are more tourists visiting the AGO lately. It is clear that many people are travelling, which is wonderful. This partly explains an increase in single ticket admission revenue. What remains very clear – and is supported by statistical data – is that our audience has shifted in […]

Volunteer Resources is away for the next couple of weeks. You can expect a return to volunteer blog updates the week of July 18. As always, for exhibition and program listings – see AGOinsider (subscribe here to have AGOinsider emailed directly to you each week) or check the AGO.ca website.

Hello Everyone, Happy Canada Day! Stephan Detail of a painting by Kazuo Nakamura, Blue Reflections, 1962 recently installed in the McLean Centre for Indigenous & Canadian Art.

Last week, member of the Saugeen First Nation, Dr. Duke Redbird shared an original poem in honour of the unveiling of Brian Jungen’s Couch Monster: Sadzěʔ yaaghęhch’ill, at the corner of Dundas and McCaul. The AGO’s first-ever public art commission, Brian Jungen’s Couch Monster: Sadzěʔ yaaghęhch’ill, is now at the corner of Dundas and McCaul […]