The November First Thursday: Roll Up The Sleeves

November’s AGO First Thursday is designed to make you think (and feel) while experiencing amazing art, dancing to infectious beats and eating and drinking the night away. 

Inspired by Anthropocene, our current major exhibition that explores the impacts humans have had on our planet, November’s AGO First Thursday artists delve into the important issues of our time. Grab your friends and prepare to be motivated to make a difference and have a great time. 

The October First Thursday: #myspace

The AGO’s new exhibition, Anthropocene by Edward Burtynsky, Jennifer Baichwal and Nicholas de Pencier, looks at human impact on our planet at a previously unregistered scale. The artists joining us for October’s First Thursday investigate similar territories, but in their own way, as spaces energized by the personal as much as the political.

Members' Preview: Anthropocene

AGO Members are invited to join us at our exclusive Member preview for Anthropocene. Be among the first to experience this major new contemporary art exhibition by world-renowned photographer Edward Burtynsky and multiple awarding-winning filmmakers Jennifer Baichwal and Nicholas de Pencier. FREE for Members and their guests.

Manufactured Landscapes

Dir. Jennifer Baichwal
2006　|　1 h 30 min

Watermark

Dir. Jennifer Baichwal, Edward Burtynsky
2013　|　1 h 32 min

Anthropocene: The Human Epoch

Dir. Jennifer Baichwal, Nicholas de Pencier, and Edward Burtynsky
2018 | 1 h 27 min
We have reached an unprecedented moment in planetary history. Humans now affect the Earth and its processes more than all other natural forces combined.

Nuit Blanche 2018

Jennifer Baichwal and Nicholas de Pencier: Ancient Forest Alliance

To celebrate the launch of the AGO’s major fall exhibition, Anthropocene, visitors during Nuit Blanche Toronto will be invited to contemplate how all of us (individually and collectively) are leaving a profound human signature on the planet.

Anthropocene Artist's Talk with Edward Burtynsky, Jennifer Baichwal and Nicholas de Pencier

Anthropocene Artist's Talk with Edward Burtynsky, Jennifer Baichwal and Nicholas de Pencier audi

Big Lonely Doug with Harley Rustad

Join Harley Rustad in conversation with Sarain Fox to launch his new book, Big Lonely Doug: the story of one of Canada's last great trees.  Big Lonely Doug, is the nickname given to a 226 foot tall Douglas Fir tree located in a clearcut in B.C.'s Gordon River Valley.  Around 39 feet in circumference, Big Lonely Doug is estimated to be about 1,000 years old.

Anthropocene Public Opening

Join us for the public opening of Anthropocene, the new exhibition by photographer Edward Burtynsky and filmmakers Jennifer Baichwal and Nicholas de Pencier. Celebrate with the artists and view the exhibition.

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