This AGOinsider story was written by Cassandra Engineer, AGO Communications Coordinator.
Picture this: you’re wandering through the AGO, making your way through beautifully detailed landscape paintings and lifelike portraits, when you’re met face-to-face with a large abstract work. You turn to your friend and say, “I can do that!”. This is the story of how I tried to prove it.
Who could forget our wildly popular spring 2018 exhibition Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors? We can’t!
So, you snagged an invite to that perfect cottage getaway – wahoo! What do you bring to say thanks to the host? Whether you’re houseboating in Gananoque or glamping in a yurt, shopAGO has artful gifts that will guarantee you a return invite – no matter who’s hosting. Need some inspiration? Kierin McNeill, assistant manager of shopAGO, has chosen her top picks for summer gift ideas.
For the host with little ones:
You may remember last month’s AGOinsider preview of the highly anticipated Montgomery Collection of Caribbean Photographs, recently acquired by the AGO. In keeping with the spirit of celebrating Caribbean culture, this Saturday, August 3 marks the 52nd annual Caribana grand parade.
You may think you know your Canadian painters, but do you know Marion Long (1882–1970)? This week’s Art Pick spotlights the work of this Canadian painter with her beautiful portrait of yet another talented Canadian artist, Florence McGillivray. On view now on Level 2 in the J.S. McLean Centre for Indigenous & Canadian Art, Portrait of Florence McGillivray offers a look at the Toronto art community in a different era.
The striking black and white photographs of legendary American photographer Diane Arbus (1923–1971) revolutionized portraiture through the range of subjects she captured and their distinctive style. Primarily made in and around New York City, Arbus selected her subjects for their uniqueness – including couples, children, nudists, suburban families, circus performers and celebrities, among others she encountered in public spaces.
Step back in time and prepare to be amazed as the Golden Age of Magic comes to life once again in Toronto through our upcoming exhibition, Illusions: The Art of Magic, opening in February 2020.
Time is running out to see Vija Celmins: To Fix the Image in Memory. As of August 5, the exhibition will say goodbye to the AGO as it heads off to the Metropolitan Museum of Art (the Met) in New York City. Seeing is believing. And you definitely want to take a trip to the AGO to see the beautifully rendered drawings of ocean waves and night skies.
Have you ever wondered what the emotionally charged works and words of German artist Käthe Kollwitz would sound like? Us too! On July 17, as part of our AGO Live series of performances by emerging and celebrated artists, you’ll hear the inspiration from pages of Kollwitz’s diary come to life.
