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Inside the frame
The AGO is celebrating What Matters Most: Photographs of Black Life with a talk and a book launch September 9, 2022.
Beaded histories
We spoke with Jess Sanchez, the founder of jewellery company Santa Isla, about the importance of Embera Chami beadwork.
Nomenclature: New and Collected Poems
Renowned author, poet and filmmaker Dionne Brand brings together poems, both old and new, in her latest publication Nomenclature: New and Collected Poems. Learn more about it before the book’s launch at the AGO on September 14.
Cross-cultural artistic exchange
Get to know some of the artworks featured in Faith and Fortune: Art Across the Global Spanish Empire – on now at the AGO.
Lifting as we rise
As We Rise: Photography from the Black Atlantic brings the intersections of Black life into focus at the Art Museum at the University of Toronto. Ahead of the exhibition’s September 7 opening, we connected with Dr. Kenneth Montague to learn more.
Hand poked
We spoke with Toronto-based hand poke tattooist and artist Ilona Fiddy about ancestral tradition.
ICYMI: Inner selfie
A new interactive art project by artists Hanif Janmohamed and Maria Lantin takes over AGO’s Community Gallery on the Lower Level.
What Matters Most
A new AGO exhibition featuring classic Polaroids offers powerful glimpses into African-American life.