Georgia O'Keeffe, Oriental Poppies
Exhibition

Georgia O'Keeffe

On Now

“She can, and always will, make you look.” — Toronto Star

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Mark Lewis, Things Seen, 2017
Exhibition

Mark Lewis: Canada

On Now

Don’t miss the world premiere of this series of film works by artist and filmmaker Mark Lewis, specially commissioned by the AGO.

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Tintype, 1880-1900. Unidentified women, Niagara Falls backdrop
Exhibition

Free Black North

On Now

Rare portraits of Black Ontarians in the 19th century.

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AGO First Thursdays with Junglepussy
Art Parties

The June First Thursday: The Official Pride Month Launch Party

Thursday, June 1, 2017

The AGO celebrates a vision of Pride created by the programmers of Blockorama, its longest running stage, featuring a headlining performance by Junglepussy.

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Couple looking at objects in the Thomson Collection of Ship Models
AGO Collections

The Thomson Collection

Always On View

Find out more about the extraordinary art experience visitors can expect when they visit the Thomson Collection at the AGO.

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What's On

Film still from Putting the I in Trans
Screenings

Inside Out Screening – CFMDC Local Heroes Retrospective

Sunday, May 28th - 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm

Join us as Inside Out celebrates the Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre’s (CFMDC) 50th anniversary! CFMDC is proud to hold one of the largest collections of Canadian independent queer film and media art in the country. In celebration, they’re revisiting Inside Out’s past programming of…

Directors featured in the New Visions series: Seanpreet Chooti, Oksana Hohol & brooke lydbrooke, Marcel Grimard, Adri Almeida
Screenings

Inside Out Screening – New Visions

Wednesday, May 31st - 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm

BOYS
Director: Seanpreet Chooti, Canada | 2017 | 10:00
A colourful queer man explores life through the lens of technology.

In The Middle of Nowhere
Directors: Oksana Hohol, brooke lydbrooke, Canada | 2017 | 10:00
A lesbian in…

jes sachse
Performance

jes sachse: To be Frank

Wednesday, May 31st - 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm

In response to the invisible work of care that takes place inside a museum, Toronto artist jes sachse performs a conversation with any bodies who may move through the space.

For one hour each week, this physical intervention seizes a stage to ask a question that a public institution may…

couple under a cherry tree
Talks

Library & Archives Unshelved: The Toronto Art Scene 1970-1990

Wednesday, May 31st - 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm

This monthly drop in hosted by AGO librarians and archivists gives visitors a first-hand glimpse of highlights of the AGO Library & Archives collection. In May’s event, Amy Furness will host a display of material from the archives of Toronto artists including Colette Whiten, Robert Fones and…

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What's Next

Meryl McMaster, Edge of a Moment
Every. Now. Then: Reframing Nationhood
Opens June 29, 2017
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Foyer at Bleak House
Guillermo del Toro: At Home with Monsters
Coming September 2017
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Yayoi Kusama, All the Eternal Love I Have for the Pumpkins, 2016
Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors
Coming Spring 2018
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