Between 1492 and 1898, Spain established a vast empire that spanned both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. During that time, artists travelled extensively within the Americas and Southeast Asia, producing a rich and complex visual culture that transcended borders. Art, books and religious imagery were seen as powerful unifying tools which propelled artistic and material exchanges between different cultures.
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On view now at the AGO, Faith and Fortune: Art Across the Global Spanish Empire brings together more than 200 works of art from Latin America, the Philippines and Spain made between 149
The AGO’s Community Gallery has reopened with a new interactive art project that invites everyone to look at their #innerselfie! In this new installation by Vancouver-based artists Hanif Janmohamed and Maria Lantin, people of all ages can imagine and express their inner selves in Inner Selfies, on view now in the Community Gallery in the Weston Family Learning Centre on the Lower Level (Concourse).
This fall, the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) presents the first exhibition devoted to Fade Resistance, a recently acquired collection of more than 4,000 found Polaroids and instant images dating from the 1950s to the early 2000s. Collected by Toronto artist and educator Zun Lee, these lost, discarded or abandoned images of birthdays, graduations and family reunions contain powerful glimpses of African- American life and community.
On Wednesday, August 31, the AGO welcomes back live music to Walker Court in a big way – with an exclusive performance by Toronto-based R&B sensation, Desiire.
When historical artifacts are removed from their place and period of origin in an act of colonial violence, is there still room for speculation and wonder? What worlds, rituals and powers can these objects embody and signify?
Canadian contemporary artist Zachari Logan often draws self-portraits. In them, his body blends with intricately detailed botanical elements, creating a hybrid form best described as a queer embodiment of nature. Remembrance, his new solo exhibition at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts, invites visitors to reflect on the power of loss and the healing potential of grief.
As Canada’s longest continuing art society since 1872, the Ontario Society of Artists (OSA) is celebrating 150 years with a special members’ exhibition at the Orillia Museum of Art and History.
Among the many who have originated from and been involved with Hamilton’s arts community, Bryce Kanbara is perhaps one of the best known.
