TORONTO.- The Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) has hired Lloyd DeWitt as its new Curator, European Art. DeWitt, an Ontario native, joins the AGO’s curatorial team on June 6. Currently the Associate Curator of the John G. Johnson Collection at the Phi…
Canadian and Indian Photographers Compete for The Grange Prize
TORONTO.- Two Canadian and two Indian photographers will have the opportunity to win The Grange Prize, Canada’s largest cash prize for photography and the only major Canadian art prize whose winner is chosen by the public. Each year, The Grange Pr…
Historic Celebration of British Artist Henry Moore Begins at Leeds Art Gallery
LEEDS.- The display covers both the pre-war and post-war era concentrating on British loans as it challenges the familiar image of Henry Moore (1898-1986) as an artist. It features works loaned from Tate Britain, the Henry Moore Foundation, private col…
Photographer Discovered by Student Researching at the Art Gallery of Ontario
TORONTO.- A University of Toronto student completing an internship at the Art Gallery of Ontario last summer discovered that a series of 1,702 photographs auctioned at Christie’s in 1997 and acquired by the AGO in 2005 were taken by the previously…
Unknown Photographer Discovered by U of T Student Researching at the Art Gallery of Ontario
TORONTO.- A University of Toronto student completing an internship at the Art Gallery of Ontario last summer discovered that a series of 1,702 photographs auctioned at Christie’s in 1997 and acquired by the AGO in 2005 were taken by the previously…
In Time for the Holidays, Art Gallery of Ontario Opens Family-Friendly Exhibitions for Holidays
TORONTO.- Just in time for the holidays, the AGO has opened a group of intimate exhibitions that feature the work of two remarkable storytellers – Aesop and Walter Trier. Animal Tales: Beasts, Toys, and Fables from the AGO Collection opened Decemb…
AGO Partners with Centre Pompidou to Bring Masterworks by Chagall, Kandinsky to Toronto
TORONTO.- The Art Gallery of Ontario is bringing the magic, whimsy and wonder of Marc Chagall to Toronto next fall with a major exhibition organized by the Centre Pompidou. Chagall and the Russian Avant-Garde: Masterpieces from the Collection of the Ce…
AGO to Present Masterworks by Pollock, Rothko, and Others from The Museum of Modern Art
TORONTO.- Jackson Pollock. Mark Rothko. Robert Motherwell. Joan Mitchell. Arshile Gorky. Lee Krasner. Willem de Kooning. These are just a few of the legendary 20th-century artists whose artwork will be on view at the Art Gallery of Ontario in summer 20…
AGO to Present Masterworks by Pollock, Rothko, and Others from The Museum of Modern Art
TORONTO.- Jackson Pollock. Mark Rothko. Robert Motherwell. Joan Mitchell. Arshile Gorky. Lee Krasner. Willem de Kooning. These are just a few of the legendary 20th-century artists whose artwork will be on view at the Art Gallery of Ontario in summer 20…
AGO’s Toronto Now Series Continues with Laurel Woodcock Exhibition
TORONTO.- The fifth installment of the Art Gallery of Ontario’s ongoing Toronto Now series will feature an exhibition by local artist Laurel Woodcock. On view from December 4, 2010 to January 30, 2011 in the AGO’s free, street-front Young Gal…