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World Theatre
Mohawk contemporary artist Alan Michelson’s Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (Theatre of the World) critiques the colonial archive and celebrates Haudenosaunee ways of knowing.
(Re)framing device
Shelley Niro’s This Land is Mime Land (1992) challenges colonial identities with her signature wit and humour. We take a closer look at Niro’s series of twelve triptychs, recently acquired and now on view in the J.S. McLean Centre for Indigenous & Canadian Art.
Art Pick of the Week: Curiosity
We’re sharing one of our favourite works of art from the AGO Collection for you to see on your next visit.
Banners of solidarity
Robert Houle: Red is Beautiful is on view now. Take a closer look at Houle’s Mohawk Summer, four banners inspired by a historic moment in the struggle for First Nation’s sovereignty.
Curated views on Picasso: Painting the Blue Period
Kenneth Brummel, AGO Associate Curator, Modern Art, shares his favourite moment from Picasso: Painting the Blue Period, on view now until January 2022.
Beneath the Blue Period
This Thursday, Senior Imaging Scientist John Delaney joins AGO curator Kenneth Brummel and AGO Conservator Emerita Sandra Webster-Cook for a conversation about their groundbreaking research on Pablo Picasso’s Blue Period. We connected with Delaney to find out more.
Toronto to Texas
It's a San Antonio switcheroo - The AGO welcomes back a beloved Picasso portrait from the esteemed McNay Art Museum, as our Monet takes centre stage in their exhibition Monet and Whistler in London.
![Greg Staats, untitled [1969], 2021](/sites/default/files/styles/image_medium/public/2021-11/AGOGregStaats19699.jpg?itok=WmrNzXFv)
In constant inquiry
Skarù:reˀ / Kanien’kehá:ka, Hodinöhsö:ni’ artist Greg Staats reflects on his latest exhibition, in constant return, on view at the AGO through May 2022.