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…
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…
Art Gallery of Ontario Opens the Gates to India’s Royal Courts in New Exhibition
TORONTO.- The splendour, luxury, and legacy of India’s greatest kings is being experienced by visitors to the Art Gallery of Ontario with Maharaja: The Splendour of India’s Royal Courts. The Canadian exclusive, organized by London’s Victoria and Albert…
Art Gallery of Ontario Announces Toronto-Based Artist Kristan Horton Wins $50,000 Grange Prize
TORONTO.- After a forty-day public vote, the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) and Aeroplan announced that Toronto-based artist Kristan Horton is the winner of The Grange Prize 2010. The $50,000 prize is Canada’s largest photography prize, also grantin…
Art Gallery of Ontario Announces Toronto-Based Artist Kristan Horton Wins $50,000 Grange Prize
TORONTO.- After a forty-day public vote, the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) and Aeroplan announced that Toronto-based artist Kristan Horton is the winner of The Grange Prize 2010. The $50,000 prize is Canada’s largest photography prize, also grantin…
Toronto-Based Artist Kristan Horton Wins $50,000 Grange Prize
TORONTO.- After a forty-day public vote, the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) and Aeroplan announced that Toronto-based artist Kristan Horton is the winner of The Grange Prize 2010. The $50,000 prize is Canada’s largest photography prize, also granting $…
Never-Before-Seen Works at the AGO Reveal a Darker Side to Henry Moore
TORONTO, ON.- An exhibition heralded by the Guardian as “the most important exhibition of [Henry] Moore’s work for a generation” is coming to the Art Gallery of Ontario this fall. The Shape of Anxiety: Henry Moore in the 1930s is a dramatic recon…
Family Learning Centre Construction Under Way at the Art Gallery of Ontario
TORONTO.- The Honourable Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance and Member of Parliament for Whitby–Oshawa, Matthew Teitelbaum, CEO of the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO), and Geordie C. Dalglish, Chairman of The W. Garfield Weston Foundation, today cele…
AGO to Exhibit the Work of Eva Hesse, Betty Goodwin and Agnes Martin
TORONTO.- This fall, the fourth floor of the Vivian and David Campbell Centre for Contemporary Art at the Art Gallery of Ontario will feature AT WORK: Eva Hesse – Studiowork, Betty Goodwin – Work Notes, Agnes Martin – Work Ethic. From September 22, 20…
AGO to Exhibit the Work of Eva Hesse, Betty Goodwin and Agnes Martin
TORONTO.- This fall, the fourth floor of the Vivian and David Campbell Centre for Contemporary Art at the Art Gallery of Ontario will feature AT WORK: Eva Hesse – Studiowork, Betty Goodwin – Work Notes, Agnes Martin – Work Ethic. From September 22, 20…