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Picasso in blue
The landmark exhibition Picasso: Painting the Blue Period is finally opening at the AGO! Tickets are available now.
Contextualizing portraiture
Andy Warhol was paid nearly $1 million to produce a portrait series featuring Black and Latinx trans women and drag queens in 1975. What can this body of work tell us about the representation of transgender and racialized people in art?
Multisensory Monet
Until October 4 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Beyond Monet: The Immersive Experience invites audiences of all ages to experience Claude Monet’s seminal works in multisensory ways.
ICYMI: The secret life of Blue Irises
In case you missed it, in January we took a glimpse into the gardens of Gustave Caillebotte. AGO curator Dr. Caroline Shields led a Close Looking examining the master Impressionist's signature style.
Fall 2021 art preview
Canadian art and artists are everywhere this fall. For this special edition of AGOinsider, we went from coast to coast – and overseas – to round up a few things we can’t wait to see.
Uncovering Caribbean history
In 2019, a group of donors united to acquire a large collection of historical photographs of the Caribbean for the AGO. With Fragments of Epic Memory poised for its September 1 opening, select photographs from the Montgomery Collection will also make their AGO debut. Julie Crooks, the exhibition’s curator, describes the selection process.
Art focus: looking ahead to TIFF 2021
Here’s a round-up of films to watch at the 46th Toronto International Film Festival, all about art, culture and creative self-expression.
