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Revisiting Black Pen
Keeping with the theme of poetry and writing, read Black Pen writer Adeola Egbeyemi’s essay response to the past AGO exhibition What Matters Most: Photographs of Black Life.
Anique Jordan resurrects a legacy
Toronto artist Anique Jordan enshrines a pivotal moment in African-Canadian history with Mas’ at 94 Chestnut.
Stories shared
The latest in a long line of groundbreaking women Inuit artists, we spoke with Gayle Uyagaqi Kabloona about her grandmother, Victoria Mamnguqsualuk, and her own journey into art.
ICYMI: A continual becoming
Ahead of their upcoming AGO talk in Jackman Hall, check out our July Q&A with celebrated experimental transgender artist Cassils.
L.A. Monumental
David Hockney’s Santa Monica Boulevard (1978–80) resurfaces in I AM HERE: Home Movies and Everyday Masterpieces. Read how this monumental, rarely seen painting made its way to the AGO.
ICYMI: Intuitive reflections
Jorian Charton: Out of Many closes August 7. Back in April, the Toronto-based portrait photographer gave us some candid reflections about four of her favourite photographs from her first AGO exhibition.
Ark of veneration
We spoke with Nigerian-Canadian artist Oluseye Ogunlesi about his towering work of public art and ancestral veneration, Black Ark – on view now in Ashbridges Bay Park.
ICYMI: Sanctuary gardens
In case you missed it in March, the AGO’s Arts of Global Africa and the Diaspora Department strengthened its collection with two paintings by Lagos-born, Toronto-based artist Emmanuel Osahor, on view on Level 4.