Defiantly beautiful

Two sculptural works by Anishinaabe artist Maria Hupfield join the AGO Collection, with support from the 2021 York Wilson Endowment Award.

The sound of brushstrokes

Multi-instrumentalist musician and producer Memory Pearl made an album inspired by seven works of abstract expressionism – one of which is held in the AGO Collection.

ICYMI: Resurrecting a legacy

In case you missed it, in May of 2021 we shared how Anique Jordan’s Mas’ at 94 Chestnut unearths and enshrines an important moment in African-Canadian history.

True blue

How well do you know your blues? We chart the shifting history of the colour blue in art with the latest entry in the Material Explorations series.

Art of the matter

Diabetes Canada, in partnership with the AGO, celebrates the lesser-known artist side of Sir Frederick Banting, the Canadian doctor and Nobel Prize winner who co-discovered insulin.

ICYMI: Portraits of Remembrance

In case you missed it last November, take a look a the First World War through the eyes of one who bravely nursed and photographed it - Emily Maxwell-Stuart.

Of Hals and men

A familiar face heads to a reunion in London, England as The Wallace Collection presents Frans Hals: The Male Portrait.

Shapes of land and mind

A new installation of contemporary works at the AGO explores how landscapes, from coastal shores to skyscrapers, inspire and inform various artistic visions.

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