EVENTS AT THE AGO

There’s something new with every season!

Whether you're an art aficionado, new to the art scene, or a family looking for fun, we have a variety of events for all ages. Use the filters to find the event that's right for you, like family events, upcoming talks, artist openings, performances and more.

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Parents helping a young child sitting at a table making a craft with markers, paper and scissors.
Workshops
Making Together: Exploring Pacita Abad (Ages 6-10 with Adult)
Saturdays, starting in November
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Found object portrait on pastel background
Workshops
Art as Therapy: Found Object Portraits
Saturday, December 14, 10:30 am, 2024
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Member Exclusive
James Tissot. The Convalescent, 1872. Oil on wood, Overall: 37.5 x 45.7 cm. Art Gallery of Ontario. Gift of R.B.F. Barr, Esq., Q.C., 1966. Photo AGO. 65/28
Special Events
Members' Access: Tissot, Women and Time
Friday, December 20, 2024
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Youth in the gallery
Awkward Date Tours
Last Friday of the Month, 6 pm, 7 pm, and 8 pm, 2024
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Person in study room looking at print on easel
Special Events
Open Door Wednesdays
Every first Wednesday of the month
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photo of a person moving with hands overhead, refracted through different angles of lights
Performance
Blessyl Buan : Babaelan
Friday, January 10, 7 pm, 2025
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Printmaking
Workshops
Making Together: Exploring Andy Warhol (with Adult)
Starting in January
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Hank Willis Thomas, Black Power, 2008. Lightjet print, 62.2 x 100.3 cm. © Hank Willis Thomas. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.
Workshops
Teacher Workshops: Celebrating Black Creatives
Saturday, January 11, 2025, 10:30 am – 1:00 pm
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TBD Crew
Youth Events
MISEDUCATION: Hip-Hop Dance with TBD Crew
Wednesdays, January 15 – February 19, 4–6:30 pm
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Film still featuring white flower moving against blue sky
Openings
Louise Noguchi Public Opening
Saturday, January 18, 2 pm, 2025
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Mark Rothko. No. 1, White and Red
Talks
Mark Rothko and the Inner World
Sunday, January 19, 2 pm, 2025
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AGO Next
stairs
AGO Next
Exclusive | AGO Next Artmaking 101
Tuesday, January 21
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New!
Group of people sitting in gallery and drawing
Workshops
Brunch Club
Saturdays, January 25, February 22, March 29, April 26, May 24, June 28 11:30 am, 2025
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A photograph of Sonia Boyce's artwork. Polygonal, golden sculptures are on the ground, in front of a wall panels in a kaleidoscope-style pattern, with 4 centre coloured panels, with tinted photographs of four people.
Performance
Feeling Her Way: Dancer Responses
Wednesdays, February 5, March 5, April 2, 7 pm 2025
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Three people gathered a round a table with a drink
Workshops
Drawing. Drinks. Social.
First Friday of the month, 6 - 9 pm, 2025
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Colourful painting of two figures
Workshops
Teacher Workshop: Art and the Global Diaspora
Saturday, February 8, 2025 10:30 am – 1:00 pm
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Colourful painting of two figures
Workshops
Seniors Social: The Culture
Tuesday February 11, 1 pm, 2025
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Hank Willis Thomas. Black Power. 2006.
Youth Events
Youth Tour | THE CULTURE with Julie Crooks
Wednesday, February 12, 6:45-7:30 pm
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Photo of a large bronze Cowrie shell held in palm of hand
Openings
Oluseye: Merindinlogun Public Opening
Saturday, February 15, 2 pm, 2025
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TBD CREW
Youth Events
TogetherButDifferent: 2v2 Hip-Hop Dance Battle
Friday, February 21, 6–9 pm
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Member Exclusive
front entrance at the Royal Ontario Museum
Special Events
Members' Exclusive: Exchange Weekend With ROM
Saturday, February 22, - Sunday, February 23, 2025
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Woman with two long braids wearing patterned dress
Workshops
Seniors Social: The Culture
Tuesday, March 18, 1 pm, 2025
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Alleluia by K.M. Graham. Acrylic painting on canvas.
Special Events
Teacher Event - Teacher's Night Out
Wednesday, March 19 5:30 – 6:30 pm 2025
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Orange, silver and green lines on canvas
Talks
On Morrisseau and Letendre
Wednesday, March 19, 7 pm, 2025
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Impressionist painting of the Seine river with brush in the foreground, houses on the far side of the river, and a bright reflection of the sun in the water
Workshops
Maker Friday: Steam Collective Landscape
Friday, March 21, 6 pm, 2025
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image of three people watching rapcity on a television
Talks
Remembering RapCity: The Legacy of Canadian Hip Hop Television
Saturday, March 22, 1-4 pm, 2025
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Member Exclusive
Free standing sculpture of podium, atop of which is book whose pages are rocks
Special Events
Members' Access: Tim Whiten: A Little Bit of Light
Wednesday, March 26 - Friday, March 28, 2025
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Free standing sculpture of podium, atop of which is book whose pages are rocks
Openings
Tim Whiten: A Little Bit of Light Public Opening
Saturday, March 29, 2 pm, 2025
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Person looking at art
Special Events
Slow Art Day
Saturday, April 5, 10:30 am
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Alex Colville, Swimmer, 1962
Talks
Ray Cronin on Alex Colville
Wednesday, April 9, 7 pm 2025
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Group of adults drawing
Workshops
Maker Friday: Renaissance Life Drawing
Friday, April 12, 6 pm, 2025
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black and white people looking at a person of colour in colour
Workshops
Teacher Workshop: Indigenous Art and Artists
Saturday, April 12, 2025 10:30 am – 1:00 pm
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Free standing sculpture of podium, atop of which is book whose pages are rocks
Talks
Tim Whiten in Conversation
Sunday, April 13, 2 pm, 2025
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Black and white photograph of a man with shoulder-length hair, wearing reflective sunglasses, ruffled white shirt and suit with wide lapels,
Openings
Recuerdo: Latin American Photography opening
Saturday May 3, 2 pm, 2025
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stairs
Youth Events
Museum Skillz
May 28 – June 18, 4–5:30 pm
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Square work on paper featuring abstract white arches on orangey red paper
Openings
Naoko Matsubara Public Opening
Saturday, July 19, 2 pm, 2025
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