The AGO Library & Archives will be operating with reduced service over the holidays from Monday, December 22, to Wednesday, January 7.   The Library & Archives team wishes you a happy New Year and looks forward to seeing you in January!  Questions?  Reach out to Adrienne Connelly, Access Services Librarian, at [email protected]  

Season’s Greetings, Volunteers! We’re excited to invite you to our first Holiday Bake & Share! From Tuesday, December 16 to Sunday, December 21, you’re welcome to contribute homemade (or store-bought, no judgement!) treats to the Volunteer Lounge to share with your fellow volunteers. Cookies, brownies, cupcakes, bars, breads… all winter delights are welcome! A few friendly […]

Ranbir Sidhu fully embraces challenge. For the artist and sculptor, boundaries are merely an open invitation to make the impossible possible.  Sidhu brings this mindset to his aptly named exhibition, Ranbir Sidhu: No Limits, (opened December 11). In his museum debut, futuristic vision is realized at the AGO through three monumental works created for the exhibition: Asteroid 3033 […]

Hello everyone, Now it is starting to feel like the holidays are coming. I am in the midst of personalizing the holiday cards I send annually. There are many folks who make the AGO successful, and a holiday card is one opportunity to thank them. This year, there are nearly 1000 holiday cards, and they […]

Good afternoon, I am writing to let you know that – after 7 years of extraordinary achievement – Kate Halpenny, Chief Development Officer, has decided to leave the AGO. Her last day is February 5th. I say this with some sadness, as I have personally enjoyed working with Kate, but at the same time I […]

Hello everyone, I was giving a tour of the AGO to guests new to the museum when I learned that Frank Gehry passed away. A tour of this type usually starts with the architecture of the building and inevitably highlights the ways in which Gehry literally transformed the AGO into the architectural masterpiece it is […]

An upcoming performance on January 4 (free with Gallery admission/ no tickets required) imagines the late artist experiencing her own retrospective  What would it be like for the late artist Joyce Wieland (1930–1998) to experience the first retrospective of her work in almost 40 years?   This is the question at the centre of a performance […]

Toronto collectors Carol and Morton Rapp generously donate more than 450 artworks to the Gallery The AGO has announced a landmark gift from the late Carol and Morton Rapp: more than 450 artworks by 203 artists. This gift, including artworks by esteemed artists such as Jasper Johns, David Hockney, William Kentridge, Robert Rauschenberg, Kara Walker, Andy Warhol and Rachel […]

Hello everyone, There is nothing like the brain fog and fatigue of jet lag to humble you during a busy week. It is good to be back in Toronto after a successful AGO trip to Seoul. A highlight of this week was celebrating the 5th anniversary of the Department of the Arts of Global Africa […]

In 1995, artist Faye HeavyShield first exhibited her multimedia installation Venus as Torpedo (1995/2025). 30 years later, HeavyShield returns to this work, which has both evolved and stayed the same.  Venus as Torpedo has been restaged as part of the artist’s solo exhibition at the AGO, Faye HeavyShield: Issokawo’taan. The three works featured in this exhibition draw from HeavyShield’s personal […]