Research Library & Archives
Recent Acquisitions:
Diaghilev and the golden age of the Ballets Russes, 1909-1929. Pritchard, Jane (ed.) Diaghilev and the golden age of the Ballets Russes, 1909-1929 London : Victoria and Albert Museum, 2010.
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Fotografie in het Stedelijk : de geschiedenis van een collective. Visser, Hripsimé, and Rik Suermondt Fotografie in het Stedelijk : de geschiedenis van een collective Amsterdam : Stedelijk Museum, 2009.
"Samson and Delilah" : a Rubens painting returns. Liechtenstein Museum (Vienna, Austria). "Samson and Delilah" : a Rubens painting returns Milan : Skira, 2007.
Gemaltes Licht : die Stilleben von Willem Kalf, 1619-1693. Böhmer, Sylvia Gemaltes Licht : die Stilleben von Willem Kalf, 1619-1693 München : Deutscher Kunstverlag, 2007.
The Warhol economy : how fashion, art, and music drive New York City. Currid-Halkett, Elizabeth The Warhol economy : how fashion, art, and music drive New York City Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2007.
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About the AGO's Edward P. Taylor Research Library and Archives
Opening Hours:
Wednesday: 1:00 - 8:00pm (Sept. 2011 – June 2012; except Wednesday, December 28, 2011)
Thursday: 1:00 - 4.45pm
Friday: 1:00 - 4:45pm
The AGO’s library is a major Canadian resource for the advanced study of art history. In addition to supporting the Gallery’s art collections and programs, it is also used by art historians and curators, art dealers, auction houses, artists, journalists and post secondary students. Through an affiliation partnership, it is also the adjunct library for graduate students at OCAD University.
The library’s growing collection of approximately 200,000 volumes includes books, exhibition catalogues and museum publications; magazines, scholarly journals and museum bulletins; files on more than 55,000 artists, including at least 30,000 Canadian artists; catalogues from auction houses around the world; calendars, annual reports and other information from art museums worldwide, as well as online databases and resources. Its rare book holdings include art historical sources and illustrated books from the 1400s to the present.
The library’s holdings of Canadian art archives encompass the personal and professional papers of many leading Canadian artists, and the business papers of Toronto-based arts organizations such as A Space. Growing rapidly in scope and significance, these holdings include the papers of modern artists such as Barbara Astman, Iain Baxter&, Jack Bush, Jack Chambers, Greg Curnoe, Betty Goodwin, Suzy Lake, Robert Markle, David Milne, Christiane Pflug and Michael Snow. Important historical figures such as C.W. Jefferys, Lucius R. O’Brien and George A. Reid, as well as influential organizations from the early 20th century such as the Canadian Art Club, are also represented in the holdings. The AGO’s archives also document the history of the institution since 1900 in textual records, architectural plans, photographs and other media.
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Overview of the E.P. Taylor Research Library & Archives
Access information about library and archives services and collections freely available to the public, including the online catalogue, research pathfinders, descriptions of Canadian artists’ archives and more
Reading Room Rules
All researchers must register, and are required to comply with the Reading Room Rules.
Orientation Guide for OCAD Library Affiliates
Find out how OCAD faculty and graduate students can access the library's archives, plus view regulations, resources and contact information