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Announcing the Aimia | AGO Photography Prize 2013 short list… 27 Aug 2013 | 07:15 pm
Today, four extraordinary international photographers were selected as finalists for the 2013 Aimia | AGO Photography Prize, Canada’s leading award for contemporary photography and the first major art...
Conservation Notes: Photo-storage tips from a conservator 26 Aug 2013 | 07:00 pm
By Katharine Whitman, AGO Conservator of Photographs Photographs are often a family’s most precious objects. Whether they are of your great-great-grandfather or your daughter, they act as a record of...
Stand by Ai Weiwei at First Thursdays in Solidarity Buzz: Shaving for Free Expression 24 Aug 2013 | 01:48 am
Ai Weiwei, 2010, Photo credit: Gao Yuan Sean Martindale Solidarity Buzz: Shaving for Free Expression at AGO First Thursdays September 5, 2013 7 to 11:30 p.m. Join in a performance by artist Sean ...
Heavy lifting: How we installed Ai Weiwei’s Straight 16 Aug 2013 | 08:17 pm
Each exhibition at the AGO presents special challenges for our installation team. Hanging valuable paintings can be complicated, but some pieces demand a whole other level of planning, on-the-spot pro...
Ai Weiwei’s feline friends 8 Aug 2013 | 08:00 pm
Besides being one of the world’s most influential and most talked-about contemporary artists, Ai Weiwei is a cat lover. The artist lives with about 40 of them in his Beijing studio home, and they have...
Conservation Notes: Robot parts on the GO 31 Jul 2013 | 07:35 pm
In May our conservator of Contemporary and Inuit Art, Sherry Phillips, introduced you to Max Dean’s As Yet Untitled and described the work being done to restore and upgrade its parts. Last month, she ...
Bee a part of Nuit Blanche 2013 at the AGO 26 Jul 2013 | 12:24 am
From Your Temper My Weather, Diane Borsato, 2013. Thank you to members of the Toronto Beekeeper’s Co-op and the Toronto Botanical Gardens for participation. We’re looking for 100 bee enthusiasts to p...
Conservation Notes: So you want to be a conservator… 24 Jul 2013 | 07:00 pm
Art conservation is rewarding but challenging work. Conservators have a broad range of skills and knowledge — and a whole lot of patience! Below, read how staff members on our Conservation team made t...
Relaunching AGO Art Rental & Sales, with friends! 22 Jul 2013 | 08:34 pm
On July 11, 2013, the who’s-who of the Toronto art scene gathered to celebrate the relaunch of AGO Art Rental & Sales. It was a celebration of both its new space within the AGO and its expanded collec...
Announcing the Aimia | AGO Photography Prize long list! 18 Jul 2013 | 06:15 pm
Today, the Aimia | AGO Photography Prize announced its first-ever long list of 14 finalists from around the world, including photographers from North and South America, Asia, Africa and Europe. The $5...
