Curator and writer Ray Cronin on how Colville made the ordinary profound Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, from Toronto to São Paulo, painters began rejecting figuration and perspective, embracing colour, scale and line, in pursuit of a more expressive and immediate experience. Exploring this impulse is the current exhibition Moments in Modernism, a unique conversation between artists […]

The AGO Library & Archives will be closing for annual collections maintenance starting today, Monday, August 18, until Friday, August 29. Library & Archives will resume regular service on Tuesday, September 2.   Questions? Please contact Adrienne Connelly, Access Services Librarian at [email protected] The Library & Archives team looks forward to welcoming you in September!

Our next Volunteer outing August 22nd 11:00am  Hello Volunteers! Hope you’re all well and enjoying the summer, albeit hot months! I’m delighted to announce our next Volunteer gathering will be a visit to the multi-disciplinary artist Michelle Peraza private studio, to meet her in person and take in her art. Most grateful for her generous […]

Opening Saturday August 9, a new exhibition at the Gallery brings together a selection of rarely seen sculptures by Toronto artists Frances Loring (1887–1968) and Florence Wyle (1881–1968).   Deer Panel (c. 1939-1941) will be exhibited for the first time since 1944 as part of the AGO exhibition Remade: Clay, Plaster, Stone.  (2nd Floor, Gallery 238) EXHIBITION OVERVIEWToronto artists Frances Loring […]

The Henry Moore Centre, Murray Frum Gallery, and Irina Moore West and East Galleries will be closed on Friday, August 8, from 6 am to 1 pm as EllisDon will be lifting the new Air Handling units for the Dani Reiss Modern and Contemporary Gallery (DRMCG) into position in the new building. Staff, volunteers, and […]

Hello Again, I was looking at my photos from the past week and I wanted to share three of them before signing off. On Wednesday, the community welcomed Thomas J Price’s sculpture Moments Contained (2022) to Toronto. Performances by singer Shakura S’Aida and a gospel choir led by Kiara Picart created a celebratory atmosphere for hundreds of […]

Hello Everyone, I mentioned last week that my mother would be my guest at the Thomas J. Price public unveiling this week. She actually enjoyed a number of AGO visits, and I got to experience the museum from her perspective. One surprise and delight that she shared with me more than once was the diversity […]

Join Georgiana Uhlyarik, Fredrik S. Eaton Curator, Canadian Art for a guided tour of a true passion project, Joyce Wieland: Heart On Bold, audacious, and colourful – are we talking about Georgiana, or Joyce? – it’s BOTH!  Join Georgiana Uhlyarik, Fredrik S. Eaton Curator, Canadian Art, for this special exhibition tour, organized exclusively for AGO […]

Hello Everyone, The public unveiling of the Thomas J. Price sculpture Moments Contained (2022) (photo below) is next Wednesday, July 30 at 6:30pm at Dundas and McCaul. The community will come together, the artist will say a few words, and live music will be played to celebrate. My mother will be my special guest! I hope to see […]

The acclaimed printmaker reflects on her 70-year career and new AGO exhibition “I aim to continue to find ways – through woodcut printmaking – to innovate.”  For Naoko Matsubara, it is crucial that her work be associated with the broader canon of modern art rather than pigeonholed as traditional Japanese printmaking. The multi-disciplinary artist has […]