Following the public unveiling ofMoments Contained in front of the main entrance of the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO), join acclaimed artist Thomas J Price and Dr. Julie Crooks, Curator, Arts of Global Africa and the Diaspora, for an engaging conversation in Baillie Court.

Together, they will explore the making and meaning of Moments Contained (2022), the first public artwork to be acquired by the AGO’s Department of Arts of Global Africa and the Diaspora. This intimate talk offers a rare opportunity to hear directly from one of today’s most celebrated contemporary artists, in dialogue with a leading curator.

About Thomas J Price
Born in 1981, Price lives and works in London. He studied at Chelsea College of Art and the Royal College of Art, London and has held solo exhibitions at institutions including: The Power Plant, Toronto, Canada; The National Portrait Gallery, London, UK; the Yorkshire Sculpture Park, West Bretton, UK; the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK; Kunsthalle Krems, Austria; and Kunsthal Rotterdam. Price’s work is held in collections such as the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada; Brooklyn Museum, New York, NY; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia; Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY; and The Legacy Museum, Montgomery, AL.

Price was commissioned by Hackney Council to create the first permanent public sculptures to celebrate the contribution of the Windrush generation and their descendants in the UK, unveiled in June 2022. His solo presentation, ‘Witness’, in collaboration with The Studio Museum in Harlem was on view in Marcus Garvey Park from 2021 – 2022.

In 2025, Price opened a multi-venue exhibition in Florence across Piazza della Signoria, Palazzo Vecchio and Museo Novecento, on view from March. In September the artist will unveil the inaugural Neil Balvanes Tallawoladah Lawn Commission at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney, Australia.

Dr. Julie Crooks curated exhibitions for many organizations, including BAND (Black Artists Networks in Dialogue) and the Royal Ontario Museum’s Of Africa project. She holds a PhD from the Department of History of Art and Archaeology at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, UK. Crooks’s area of specialty is vernacular photography of West Africa and the diaspora.

The AGO gratefully acknowledges the following donors for bringing this acquisition to life: 

David W. Binet
Chandaria Family
Kevin Jerome Crouch in honour of Kaliyana John
Tyrone & Life Edwards
The Gordon and Lorraine Gibson Family Foundation
The Haynes-Connell Foundation
Kevin, Nevaeh, Keenan & Cali Johnson in honour of Monica Johnson 
Steven & Lynda Latner 
Charles Lesaux, Aaron Nugent & Becky LeBlanc, Ella Nugent
Mascoll Family
Dr. Liza & Dr. Frederick Murrell 
Sekyi-Otu Family 
An Anonymous Family
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And a community of supporters who believe in the transformational power of art.