The Flora Danica: What can you learn from pictures of flowers?
While we are in deep freeze here in Toronto, Alexa Greist, Associate Curator and R. Fraser Elliot Chair, Prints & Drawings, will explore nine hand-coloured engravings of flowers, fungi and lichens that were gifted to the AGO in 2019. All the engravings come from the ambitious Flora Danica, a series of books documenting the plants of Denmark and neighbouring countries.
Art in the Spotlight: Martha Rosler
Join artist Martha Rosler in conversation with the AGO’s Sophie Hackett about Rosler’s five decades-long practice, including the foundational The Bowery in two inadequate descriptive systems (1974–75), currently on view at the AGO.
Talking Art and Food
Toronto artist Meech Boakye shares a recipe for New Year's Eve Nanaimo bars!
Do The Hustle
Learn the Hustle with T.O. Hustle Sessions and dance your way through New Year's Eve!
Close Looking: Gustave Caillebotte
Join Caroline Shields, Associate Curator and Head of European Art, as she discusses a 2019 acquisition by French Impressionist painter Gustave Caillebotte. We will take a close look at his painting Blue Irises, Garden at Petit Gennevilliers, and explore what Caillebotte and fellow artist Claude Monet saw as the interconnectedness of art, life, and gardening.
Colouring Card: Inspired by Willian Kurelek
We invite you to the launch of a colouring card and conversation about William Kurelek's Reminiscence of Youth. Renée van der Avoird, Assistant Curator of Canadian and Indigenous Art, and Paola Poletto, Director of Engagement and Learning, share their perspectives on this winter dream scene.
Distance Dress-Up: Party of 1
Distance Dress Up invites everyone to dress up in their favourite party outfit, take a selfie of themselves and post on IG using #distancedressup!