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.

A Q&A with Native Art Department International

Toronto-based contemporary artists Maria Hupfield and Jason Lujan discuss new works and collaboration during their Incite Residency and culminating exhibition, Tokens of Appreciation, on view at Hamilton’s Centre[3].

Of tableware and empire

A new exhibition at the Gardiner Museum explores how the artisans and potters of Renaissance Venice took inspiration from around the world and made it their own.

The structure of art

We put together a list of some of the most impressive museum designs around the world, from Winnipeg to Cape Town.

Campbellscapes

A Q&A with Jamaican-born, Victoria-based artist Charles Campbell, whose sculptural and sonic landscapes are currently featured in Fragments of Epic Memory.

Picasso’s modernista influences

An essay by Kenneth Brummel, AGO Associate Curator, Modern Art, highlights the young Picasso’s reverence for Golden Age master El Greco.

Roots and culture

In celebration of Fragments of Epic Memory, AGO’s Sonic Saturdays is bringing the music of the Caribbean to Walker Court every weekend this month. We spoke with DJ Kevin Hood to learn more.

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.

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