Up close with a three-dimensional being

Revisit the haunting beauty of  Kenyan-American artist Wangechi Mutu’s This You Call Civilization?, a collage acquired by the AGO in 2009.

A free bird

Meet muralist Jerry Rugg, aka birdO, who has built a thriving public art practice and a unique persona to go along with it.

Where the people dance

Before the AGO’s Nightclubbing: A Toronto History talk on March 25, DJ and journalist Denise Benson describes some of the people and places that moulded Toronto’s nightlife in an exclusive photo essay.

Amplifying slow moments

In a recent Art in the Spotlight, Canadian artists Leanne Betasamosake Simpson and Sandra Brewster discussed their new collaborative project – a music video for Simpson’s song, Viscosity.

Copper connections

Anishinaabe artist Michael Belmore shares critical insight about his self-titled AGO exhibition.

Liz Ikiriko

Artist, educator and curator Liz Ikiriko maps identity through photography 

Peter Owusu-Ansah

Deaf artist Peter Owusu-Ansah explores the beauty of life through coloured pixels

A living library

Feminist collective EMILIA-AMALIA dives into the archives to activate and broaden the AGO’s Artist Files Collection.

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