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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.