Dear Volunteers, We are thrilled to announce that thanks to the 101 volunteers who participated in our recent vote, the Volunteers of the AGO have chosen to financially support the Access Initiative in 2021/2022. By supporting this program, the volunteers are helping realize the AGO’s goals of bringing people together with art, reflecting the diversity of our […]

Tuesday, June 8, 1 pm EST Visit AGO.ca to view our event on June 8, 2021. (Talk will be broadcast live on the website – you cannot pre register for this talk: click on the link above on June 8 at 1pm to view) We want to honour and remember the 215 children of the Kamloops […]

Dear Everyone, I wanted to share a statement that will be posted on the AGO’s social media channels today. It acknowledges the deaths of 215 Indigenous children at the former Kamloops Residential School. The reality of this horrific finding is brutal. I ask all of us to consider how we use our mission – exhibitions, […]

Artist for social change and Art Educator Mahlikah Awe:ri Enml’ga’t Saqama’sgw chats Indigenous art education and its importance for generations to come. In light of our recent Diversity & Inclusion learning sessions, and the important conversations continuing in this time, in this Artist Spotlight, the AGO celebrates the work and contributions of one of our Indigenous […]

The AGO is hosting a free digital screening of the powerful short film It Can Be Anything, which features a young artist’s inspiring journey. “It can be anything” is the open-ended, all-encompassing mantra offered by artist Rachel Doucette as a description of her work. Doucette’s abstract drawings and inspiring journey as a creative person are […]

Hello Everyone, Earlier this week, we shared a message about Ontario’s Re-Opening Plan. Basically what this means for the AGO is that we will open likely later in July with Andy Warhol installed and ready for our public. The exact date is not known yet – it all depends on the speed of vaccinations and […]

Conservation science reveals the true colours and dynamism of one of Canada’s leading, but too long forgotten, modernist painters. Among the first artists in Canada to experiment with abstraction, Kathleen Munn was active in Toronto in the 1920s and ’30s; she was considered by some as one of the most advanced, if confounding, artists of […]

Hello Everyone, It’s the long weekend so I’m going to keep this short. Yesterday the province announced its re-opening plan. In terms of what this means for the AGO, Leadership Team will be assessing the 3-part plan for the next few days. I will be back in touch next week with more details. Basically, the […]

Hello volunteers, Though we don’t share all staffing announcements, we know Christy will be familiar to many of you, given her appearance at Town Halls, and in guiding our exhibition program. Such exciting news for Christy! A fresh start; we will miss her at the AGO – Holly Hello everyone, I’m writing to share the […]

For a second year in a row, the Volunteer Council (VC) and the AGO Development team are excited to present the Volunteers of the AGO with the opportunity to select a gallery project to financially support using funds from the Volunteer Endowment Trust (VET). The Volunteer Endowment Trust (VET) was established in 2001 with a […]