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McMichael Canadian Art Collection
Joe Fafard Exhibition
2-for-1 admission* offer for AGO Members! - www.mcmichael.com
Joe Fafard, Trudeau, 1984
Collection of the Mendel Art Gallery.
Purchased with funds from the Canada Council.
Special Purchase Assistance Program and monies raised by The Gallery Group 1984.
The McMichael is pleased to provide a special 2-for-1 admission* offer for AGO Members to attend the Joe Fafard exhibition. Please present your AGO membership card at the admission desk. Offer valid August 4-31.
This retrospective features Joe Fafard, one of Canada’s most beloved and nationally acclaimed artists. The exhibition focuses primarily on Fafard’s extraordinary sculptures, varying in size from small clay figures to large bronze and steel works.
For information, call 905-893-1121 or visit www.mcmichael.com.
*2-for-1 admission on regular individual admission for adults, seniors, and students (with an i.d. card if they are 18 years of age or older); children under the age of 5 receive free admission.
Cinematheque Ontario's Summer Season
Vengeance is Mine
Death in Venice
The Turning Point
AGO members receive up to a 40% discount on tickets upon presentation of your membership card - www.cinemathequeontario.ca
Cinematheque Ontario's summer season is on now through August 23, with a rich and varied selection of cinema's finest classics from around the world. Programs include:
- A tribute to the Kawakita Memorial Film Institute in Japan, comprised of 24 Japanese classics such as Shohei Imamura's Vengeance is Mine, Nagisa Oshima's Violence at Noon and Sumiko Haneda's Akiko – Portrait of a Dancer
- A retrospective of the films of Italian master Luchino Visconti, featuring the majestic family sagas of The Leopard (starring Burt Lancaster and Claudia Cardinale) and Rocco and His Brothers, the languid Death in Venice, Conversation Piece and The Innocent
- A series that compares the works of two geniuses of cinema, Alain Resnais and Alain Robbe-Grillet (collaborators on Last Year at Marienbad), including Mon Oncle d'Amérique (with Gérard Depardieu), L'Homme qui ment and Stavisky...
- Friday, August 22, 7 pm: An evening with Veronica Tennant, one of Canada's best and most versatile ballerinas, and Dame Antoinette Sibley. Join them at a special screening of The Turning Point (starring Shirley MacLaine, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Antoinette Sibley), after which Veronica will delve into the career and life of Dame Sibley before opening the floor to questions from the audience. All ages welcome.
All screenings are held at the Art Gallery of Ontario's Jackman Hall (enter from McCaul Street). For more information or to buy tickets, please call 416-968-FILM or visit www.cinemathequeontario.ca.
Design Exchange
FREE admission for AGO members - www.designexchange.org
Fringe Benefits: Cosmopolitan Dynamics of a Multicultural City
July 9 – September 23, 2008
This exhibition is curated by Ian Chodikoff, editor of Canadian Architect magazine and an architect and urban designer who is intent on presenting ideas and questions that will influence the future identity of our suburbs – a geography constantly evolving into something much more dynamic than big-box retail outlets and housing subdivisions. The exhibition will discuss the relationships between social networks, social capital, social exclusion, economic disparity and entrepreneurial activities found among the various built environments across the GTA.
The Art of Clairtone
continues to October 13
This exhibition pays tribute to the talented designers behind Clairtone and presents approximately 70 artifacts, including hi-fi consoles, furniture, fashion, archival photographs and original advertisements. The exhibit also includes a multimedia component featuring interviews with the founders and clips from Hollywood films.
Miss Canada 1966
In the 1960s Clairtone Sound Corporation captured the spirit of the times: sophisticated, cosmopolitan, liberated. Famously, Hugh Hefner owned a Project G. So did Frank Sinatra. Oscar Peterson affirmed that his music sounded as good on a G as it did live.
Textile Museum of Canada
FREE admission for AGO members! - www.textilemuseum.ca
Close to You: Contemporary Textiles, Intimacy and Popular Culture
Ai Kijima, Close to You (detail), 2007, machine quilted recycled materials, 101.6 x 406.4 cm. Photo: Steve Farmer
Continues to October 12
Curated by Sarah Quinton and featuring the artwork of Ai Kijima, Scott Kildall, Allyson Mitchell, Mark Newport and Michèle Provost, Close to You examines the use of idioms and images in popular culture. Through their material practices of knitting, appliqué, embroidery and crochet, the artists critique popular culture, mass-mediated ideals, scripted gender roles, sexuality and mass production. Call 416-599-5321 or visit www.textilemuseum.ca for more information.
Battleground: War Rugs from Afghanistan
April 23, 2008 - January 27, 2009
The terror of bombs falling from the sky and landmines exploding from the earth is revealed in Battleground: War Rugs from Afghanistan. Through three decades of international and civil war, Afghans have borne witness to disaster by weaving unprecedented images of battle and weaponry into their rugs. This exhibition presents 118 rugs that tell the story of the Afghan world turned upside down.
Gardiner Museum
AGO Members receive 2-for-1 admission and 10% off in the Gardiner Shop until September 30 - www.gardinermuseum.on.ca
Object Factory: The Art of Industrial Ceramics
Arman (French, 1928–2005), Demitasse,1990, porcelain, various dimensions
Continues to September 7
Object Factory is the first major museum exhibition devoted to state-of-the-art industrial ceramic production and the impact of contemporary industry on craft, art and design. Curator Marek Cecula emphasizes the new relationship between artists, designers and manufacturers that “has heralded a vitality and fresh orientation to ceramic material.” Featuring more than 200 objects from 18 countries, the exhibition includes works by numerous well-known artists
Independence & Ingenuity: Freelance Porcelain Decorators in 18th Century Europe
March 14 - August 17, 2008
Most porcelains in 18th century Europe were decorated in the factories where they were made. A small number, however, were decorated by independent artists often working in home-based studios. Concentrated in Germany and Austria, the first European countries to produce true porcelain, these freelance decorators frequently created designs inspired by contemporary prints and paintings. The Gardiner Museum possesses one of the best collections of independently decorated porcelains in the world, which will be featured in this exhibition.
Royal Botanical Gardens
AGO members enjoy 50% off regular admission fees! - www.rbg.ca
The Royal Botanical Gardens, Canada’s largest botanical garden, presents their popular summer music series of jazz, blues, classical and alternative music. This summer the RBG will launch a new art installation in Hendrie Park gardens, from July 18 through to October 13, 2008. Curated by world-renowned earth art expert, author and critic John Grande, the Earth Art Exhibit features ten celebrated international artists. Earth Art Exhibit continues through to October 13.
2008 Toronto Summer Music Festival
AGO members receive 25% admission discounts! - www.torontosummermusic.com
Toronto Summer Music presents its third annual festival of chamber music and opera from July 22 to August 17. Some of the world's finest interpretive artists are featured in an interrelated series of concerts programmed around the unifying theme “In the Fire of Conflict,” an exploration of the powerful outpourings of artistic expression inspired by social, political and religious conflicts worldwide. Come experience chamber music, lectures, workshops and a fully staged opera.
Soulpepper Theatre
AGO members receive 10% admission discounts! - www.soulpepper.ca
Call the box office at 416 866 8666 to redeem your AGO member’s discount. For more information, visit www.soulpepper.ca
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