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Painting by Kathleen Munn, underdrawings shown though various lights
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Close Encounters: Kathleen Munn, Beneath the Surface

Wednesday September 18, 2019

Celebrated today as a pioneer of modern art in Canada, Kathleen Munn (1887-1974) sought inspiration beyond the conservative art scene of Toronto in the…

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The Goldfinch

Thursday September 19, 7 pm

Dir. John Crowley
2019　|　2h 29 min

With an introduction by AGO Deputy Director & Chief Curator, Julian Cox.

Join us for a special screening of The Goldfinch, the film adaptation of Donna Tartt’s globally acclaimed best-selling novel.

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Naomi Klein and book cover for The Burning Case for a Green New Deal
Talks

Naomi Klein

Friday September 20, 2019

Join Naomi Klein in conversation with journalist Ishmael N. Daro exploring the staggeringly high stakes of our immediate political and economic choices. In her new collection of essays, On Fire: The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal  Klein investigates the climate crisis not…

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Talks

Legal Intersections #3: Intro to Artist Contracts

Wednesday September 25, 5:30 - 7:00 pm

Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers, OCADU, 3rd Floor, Rosalie Sharp Pavilion, 115 McCaul.

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Diane Arbus: Photographs, 1956–1971
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Illusions: The Art of Magic
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Featuring ten new sculptural works that can be described as witty, subversive, dark and humorous, Valérie Blass’s Le parlement des invisibles is an exhibition to experience in person. Visitors who have been intrigued by Blass’s playful sculptural investigations of the human form will have the opportunity to join the artist tomorrow (September 11) for a […]

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In North America, the image of Indigenous people in art, entertainment and media has been shaped over the years by different entities – some empowering, many damaging. The subject of much controversy, Fritz Scholder’s bold and nuanced take on the Indigenous experience serves as a powerful reminder that identity is complex – as highlighted in […]

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