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AGO Welcomes Margaux Williamson as Next Artist-in-Residence
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The Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) is delighted to announce Margaux Williamson as its next artist-in-residence. The Toronto-based contemporary artist will be based in the Gallery’s Weston Family Learning Centre through the end of March 2012.
AGO to Present Major Kahlo/Rivera Exhibition in Fall 2012
Press Release
This fall, the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) will present a major survey of masterworks by Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, two renowned and prolific early 20th-century painters whose work continues to resonate with viewers around the world. Frida & Diego: Passion, Politics and Painting features 75 works by the artists, drawn primarily from the collection of Mexico’s Museo Dolores Olmedo.
From the Collections
born and died Venice, Italy, 1675-1575
Portrait of a Woman
pastel on blue laid paper, 31.0 x 25.0 cm
Purchased as a gift from Mrs. Walter Gordon, 1995 Cornelius Krieghoff
born Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1815;
died Chicago, Illinois, United States, 1872
After the Ball, Chez Jolifou, 1856
oil on canvas, 61.4 x 92.2 cm
The Thomson Collection © Art Gallery of Ontario Paul Peel
born London, Canada West (now Ontario), 1860; died Paris, France, 1892
The Young Gleaner or The Butterflies, 1888
oil on canvas, 124.2 x 93.2 cm
The Thomson Collection © Art Gallery of Ontario Pierre-Auguste Renoir
born Limoges, France, 1841; died Cagnes-sur-Mer, France, 1919
The Concert, 1918-1919
oil on canvas, 75.6 x 92.7 cm
Gift of Reuben Wells Leonard Estate, 1954 Shamans Amulet
Tsimshian, Northern British Columbia, around 1840
marine mammal ivory, abalone shell, 7.8 x 3.3 x 1.2 cm
The Thomson Collection © Art Gallery of Ontario Joseph Legare
born Quebec City, Lower Canada (now Quebec), 1795; died Quebec City, Canada East (now Quebec), 1855
The Fire in the Saint-Jean Quarter, Seen Looking Westward, 1848
oil on canvas, 151.1 x 220.3 cm
Purchase, with assistance from Wintario, 1976 Michel Mann
born Augsburg, Germany, 1560/70; died Wohrd, Germany, after 1630
Miniature Field Cannon, around 1620
steel, gilded copper alloy, 10.0 x 3.8 x 5.3 cm
The Thomson Collection © Art Gallery of Ontario Laura Muntz Lyall
born Radford, England, 1860; died Toronto, Ontario, 1930
Oriental Poppies, around 1915
oil on canvas, 96.8 x 72.1 cm
Gift from the Reuben and Kate Leonard Canadian Fund, 1926 Snuff Bottle with Carved Sage and Attendant
Chinese, around 1821 - 1850
hornbill, 7.7 x 5.6 x 1.8 cm
The Thomson Collection © Art Gallery of Ontario Linneaus Tripe
born Plymouth Deck (now Devonport), England, 1822;
died Devonport, England, 1902
Amerapoora. Street in the Suburbs
plate 57 of Burma Views, 1857, 1855
albumen print from waxed paper negative, 45.0 x 58.8 cm
Gift of Dr. Shashi Dewan and Janet Dewan, 2008
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