When looking at a map of Rome, you’ll have a hard time finding a vantage point that would allow you to see the Pantheon, the baths of Diocletian and

Have you ever watched a Mean Tweets video? You know, the cringe-worthy yet highly entertaining segment on Jimmy Kimmel Live when celebrities targeted by online bad-mouthing read and react to what was said about them? We took inspiration from Jimmy and created our own (nicer) version, based on the amazing feedback about our new AGO Annual Pass.

Excitement is mounting as we inch closer to this weekend’s opening of the first-ever Toronto Biennial of Art. Featuring the work of 90+ participants over 72 days at more than 15 different sites across the GTA, the Biennial promises to deliver a full spectrum of unique art-going experiences.

Our new General Manager of shopAGO, Deepak Chopra doesn’t just want you to exit through the gift shop. He hopes you take a moment to connect with local artisans and spend some time discovering items that might remind you of your experience at the AGO once you get home – like art prints, art books, jewellery, home décor and much more.  

With a number of new retail partnerships and initiatives taking shape at shopAGO this fall, we connected with Deepak Chopra to get a better sense of his approach.

Have you seen any of the amazing sculptures that are part of the AGO Collection? If not, then now’s a great time to visit. From the monumental sculptural work of Henry Moore to the robust pieces by Auguste Rodin, some of the most interesting sculptural work from around the world, including this week’s Art Pick, Two Figures by Barbara Hepworth, is currently installed at the AGO.

Featuring ten new sculptural works that can be described as witty, subversive, dark and humorous, Valérie Blass’s Le parlement des invisibles is an exhibition to experience in person. Visitors who have been intrigued by Blass’s playful sculptural investigations of the human form will have the opportunity to join the artist tomorrow (September 11) for a conversation about the inspiration for the exhibition, and where her creativity will take her next.

The vibrant colours and dramatic lines of the Group of Seven co-founder Lawren S. Harris’s work have found a new home with the Toronto design brand, Jeanne Lottie. The newly released Harris Collection features a series of beautifully designed products printed with one of Harris’s most famous oil paintings: Lake and Mountains from the AGO Collection.

What do you get when you mix an education in chemistry with a passion for art and art history? An art conservator, of course! The AGO’s Art Conservation Department is not only one of the largest in North America, but also a key player in the development of art conservators.

Billy-Ray Belcourt is a name to know in the world of poetry. He made history as the youngest-ever winner of the Griffin Poetry Prize for his debut poetry collection, This Wound is a World. We spoke with Belcourt before his September 10 conversation at the AGO with Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, and learned about his genre-bending work, NDN Coping Mechanisms: Notes from the Field.