Hello Everyone, I hope you are enjoying the glorious weather! In the last years, the AGO has invested in new systems like Tessitura to help streamline processes, create efficiencies, and help gather and secure data. We have recently undergone another system upgrade with the launch of Workday – our new Finance and HR system. This […]

We are saddened to share the news that long time AGO volunteer, Gallery Guide Jean Crawford, recently passed away. Here at the Gallery, she will be remembered here for her liveliness and sense of verve. When I first started at the Gallery, I recall she was deeply involved in the National Docent Symposium as a […]

Hello Everyone, Last night we hosted over 1000 guests for Art Bash, our annual fundraising gala, and closed out our 125th birthday celebrations. A huge thank you to all of the departments that worked together to make the event a success. I am proud to share that we raised over $1.4M in support of the AGO – […]

A Message from Robert Durocher, Richard and Elizabeth Currie Chief, Education and Programming  September 30 marks Orange Shirt Day and National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. This day honours the experiences of Residential School Survivors and the children who never made it home, as well as their families and communities. This year, September 30 falls […]

Hello Everyone, Jesse Mockrin: Echo opened to Members on September 10 and has been met with nothing but praise since. Curated by Adam Harris Levine, Associate Curator of European Art, the show is Mockrin’s first solo museum exhibition and inspired by Baroque paintings, sculptures, and drawings at the AGO. It is a very beautiful exhibition. I hope you spend […]

Hello friends and lovers of AGO history!  This fall, the Library & Archives team is celebrating a major milestone. September 2025 marks 50 years since the AGO’s records were archived and made available to staff and the public.   Stewarded by Al Stanton-Hagan, AGO Archivist, the AGO Archives includes documentation of the Gallery’s exhibitions, building, programs, […]

Hello Everyone, This year as we acknowledge the AGO’s 125th anniversary there are other significant milestones to note. For example, opening in November, Collective Visions celebrates 25 years of photography at the AGO. And next week, we will celebrate the 40th anniversary of Curators’ Circle, the AGO’s community of our most avid and generous annual donors. A […]

For many of us, September signifies the start of something new; and here in the volunteer program, we are excited to announce that volunteer Ellen Miller begins her term as Volunteer Representative to the AGO Board of Trustees. In this role, Ellen and her fellow board members (27 voting trustees and up to two ex-officio, […]

Hello Everyone, This summer we have had healthy attendance. I really enjoy seeing people visiting us from all over the globe. Usually, our attendance is strongly linked to our exhibition schedule but this summer much of the visitor patterns reflect global political changes. It looks like we have had more Canadian and European visitors than […]

Hello Everyone, About 20 years ago, when I became the director of a very small museum in Oakland, California, above the door was an inscription in Latin that read, “Ars longa, vita brevis”: Art is long, life is short. It suggests that great art can transcend time and last for a long time, while human […]