Members' Preview: Diane Arbus: Photographs, 1956–1971 and Illusions: The Art of Magic
AGO Members are invited to join the double Members' Preview of Diane Arbus: Photographs, 1956–1971 and Illusions: The Art of Magic.
Curator’s Talk - Illusions: The Art of Magic
Join AGO Deputy Director & Chief Curator Julian Cox for an illustrated talk about the colourful and stylized posters from the Golden Age of Magic featured in Illusions: The Art of Magic.
Houdini
This event has been postponed
Directed by George Marshall
1953, 106 min.
Real-life husband and wife Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh star as Harry and Bess Houdini in this dazzling film based upon the life of legendary magician and escape artist Harry Houdini.
The Man From Beyond
Directed by Harry Houdini
1922, 74 min.
Silent, with live piano accompaniment by Marilyn Lerner
With an introduction by Alicia Fletcher
Haldane of the Secret Service
Illusions: The Art of Magic Study Day
Magicians have long entertained us with their art. What appears as “magic” is based on fundamental aspects of human psychology: visual and auditory perception, decision making, logic, memory and verbal abilities. Join us for a discussion of the psychological basis of magic with Dirk Bernhardt-Walther and an exploration of magical tricks.
Julie Eng: A Life in Magic
Julie Eng was literally born into the world of magic. Her father, Tony Eng, a famed magician on the West Coast, also had a magic shop for many years in Victoria, BC, called Tony’s Trick and Joke Shop. Julie grew up learning and performing magic side-by-side with her father, behind the counter of the shop, and emerged from this family apprenticeship an accomplished magician in her own right. “I wasn’t delivered by a stork, I was pulled out of a hat,” she jokes now about this unusual artistic upbringing.