2013 Press Releases
AGO unveils playful new works by Kim Adams, winner of the 2012 Gershon Iskowitz Prize
Inventive and irreverent Canadian sculptor and installation artist Kim Adams, winner of the 2012 Gershon Iskowitz Prize at the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO), makes his return to the Gallery on Feb. 20, 2013, with the opening of Kim Adams: Recent Works. The exhibition, which highlights Adams’ love of miniatures, will be located in both the Joey and Toby Tanenbaum Sculpture Atrium and the Thomson Collection of Ship Models, and runs to Aug. 11, 2013.
AGO transforms into KGO (Kids Gallery of Ontario) for Family Day 2013
The Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) celebrates Family Day 2013 by transforming for one special day into the Kids Gallery of Ontario (KGO). On Monday, Feb. 18, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., the Gallery will be bursting with family-friendly art activities. Exploring the theme of “art explosion,” the day’s programming will offer families plenty of hands-on opportunities to “blow up” and break down art.
AGO’s new artists-in-residence Life of a Craphead present retrospective of “all the work they will ever create”
Artist collective Life of a Craphead has joined the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) to shake things up as its newest artist-in-residence. Based in the AGO’s Weston Family Learning Centre, the 12-week residency will include a live evening of performance on Feb. 10, 2013 and a satirical exhibition — showcasing works from both the collective’s past and future — opening on March 27, 2013.
Patti Smith: Camera Solo opens this weekend at the Art Gallery of Ontario
Opening at the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) on Feb. 9, 2013, Patti Smith: Camera Solo marks the first showing of artist, musician and poet Patti Smith’s visual art in Canada. The exhibition, which features more than 75 works of photography, in addition to objects and film, will run to July 14, 2013.
AGO presents renowned Canadian artists Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller
Internationally celebrated artists Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller make their highly anticipated return to Toronto this spring with Lost in the Memory Palace, a selection of seven installations incorporating complex soundtracks, videos, objects and images that have never before been shown together in Canada. The exhibition, opening on April 6, 2013, and running to Aug. 18, 2013, will include the debut of a new as-yet-untitled work specially created by the duo for the AGO, as yet untitled.
AGO Exhibition Celebrates Internationally Renowned Toronto Artist Sorel Etrog
The Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) celebrates Toronto-based artist Sorel Etrog (b. 1933) with a career-spanning exhibition opening April 27, 2013. Internationally renowned for his public sculptures—more than a dozen of which can be seen in Toronto’s streetscape—this is the first comprehensive exhibition of Etrog’s work organized by a Canadian museum, offering visitors an opportunity to connect familiar works of civic art with the rich history of the artist. The exhibition runs to Sept. 29, 2013.
AGO takes it to the street with February’s 1st Thursday art party
On Feb. 7, 2013, the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) will hand over its keys to OCAD University curatorial graduate students to throw a 1st Thursday party featuring street-inspired art, music and food. This month’s programming includes street art workshops, pop-up installations and talks with local Toronto street artists, as well as a headlining performance by First Nations DJ collective A Tribe Called Red. Doors open to adults 19+ at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are now sold out, continuing a monthly trend that began when the series launched in October 2012.
Legendary Artist Patti Smith to Perform at the AGO in March 2013
In conjunction with its upcoming photography exhibition Patti Smith: Camera Solo, the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) is delighted to present two live performances by legendary artist Patti Smith on March 7, 2013. An Evening of Words and Song with Patti Smith will be part of the March lineup for the AGO’s popular 1st Thursdays program, with two separate performances at 7:30 p.m. and 9:45 p.m.
AGO Offers Art Day for Elementary Students in Case of School Closures on January 11
The Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) invites GTA students affected by possible school closures to spend a day with art. The AGO’s Weston Family Learning Centre will be offering an Art Day for grades JK to 6 in the event that Toronto District School Board elementary schools are closed as a result of a one-day public elementary teachers’ day of protest on Jan. 11, 2013.
AGO Extends Weekend Hours to give Visitors Last Chance to Spend Time With Frida & Diego
Only two weeks remain to see Frida & Diego: Passion, Politics & Painting in Toronto at the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) before it wraps up its only Canadian appearance on Jan. 20, 2013.