Art Hangs || Bring your friends or make some new ones, as we explore a handful of the AGO Collection’s iconic works with games, insights, and conversation. Free to join, Art Hangs meets in Walker Court, at 6 p.m., 7 p.m. and 8 p.m. For visitors of all ages.
April 24.
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I finally saw Faye HeavyShield's show before it closed yesterday @agotoronto.bsky.social ✨
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TONIGHT || CCO x AGO Friday Night Series. Join us tonight as the COC transforms Walker Court into a vibrant, living soundscape where art, architecture, and exhilarating live music collide for an unforgettable concert experience.
Set Times: 6:15pm & 7:15pm
Free with admission.
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"In her day, abstract artist Edna Taçon was so well regarded she showed at the... museum that later became the Guggenheim and mounted exhibitions in Toronto with Lawren Harris.
Today, she is all but forgotten."
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Afternoon Tea inspired by Paul McCartney's photographs || With an all-vegetarian menu of American and British classics, this experience celebrates the energy, intimacy, and cultural shift captured through McCartney’s lens.
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Installation view, Faye HeavyShield: Issokawotaan, August 16, 2025 - February 1, 2026, Art Gallery of Ontario. Work shown: Venus as Torpedo, 1995. © Faye HeavyShield. Photo: AGO.
It's the last week to see Faye HeavyShield: Issokawo'taan. Come see the exhibition, which includes a restaging of the artist’s acclaimed multimedia installation, Venus as Torpedo. The last day to see the exhibition is Sunday, April 12.
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Alma Holsteinson. Portrait of Pierre Louis Alexandre (1844-1905), c. 1879-80. Oil on canvas, Overall: 92 × 74 cm. Art Gallery of Ontario. Purchase, with funds by exchange from the R. Fraser Elliott Estate, 2025. Photo © AGO. 2025/1061
Pierre Louis Alexandre, 19th Century Top Model || A newly acquired portrait at the AGO illuminates the story of a 19th-century life model. Come see it, on view now on Level 1.
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TONIGHT || AV Live: Machine / Nature / Human. Join us for an immersive audiovisual performance exploring humanity's relationship with technology, nature, and identity in the age of the attention economy.
6:30pm: Doors Open to Walker Court
7pm: Performance
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April showers? Nah, more like, April art-making, music and art talks! This month’s update is brought to you by Signature Partner, RBC.
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Edna Taçon. Improvisation No. 2, 1946. Watercolour and ink on paper, Overall: 38.8 × 27.6 cm. Art Gallery of Ontario. Purchase, 1947. © Estate of Edna Taçon. Photo: AGO. 2879
Improvisation No.2 || Edna Taçon captures sound with colour, line and shapes in this non-objective composition, this month’s RBC Art Pick.
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Spring into art with AGO Adult Art Courses, starting April 8!
Register today.
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Postcard: CN Tower and front facade SkyDome with Michael Snow's, The Audience, 1989. Michael Snow fonds, Edward P. Taylor Library & Archives, Art Gallery of Ontario. Gift of the Estate of Michael Snow, 2024. © Estate of Michael Snow. Photo: AGO.
Happy home-opener to the @torontobluejays.bsky.social! Here's our Foyer article from the fall that talks about Michael Snow's The Audience, one of the public artworks on view at the Rogers Centre.
We'll be tuning in at 7:07 tonight, and cheering for our team ⚾🧢
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Maurice Cullen. Early Spring, Ste. Marguerite, 1931. Pastel on prepared (?) paperboard, Overall: 60.5 x 80.6 cm. Art Gallery of Ontario. Gift from the Estate of R. Fraser Elliott, 2005. Photo: AGO. 2005/151
Almost a week into spring, and loving the lighting in this Maurice Cullen. 🏔🌄
Has spring sprung in your neck of the woods?
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Experience an iconic time in music history. See Paul McCartney Photographs 1963–64: Eyes of the Storm on view now for AGO Members and Annual Passholders.
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1 | Christina McLean Al-Saidi working on Pegi Nicol MacLeod's Main Street, Fredericton (1941). Photo by Justina Yu.
2 | Pegi Nicol MacLeod. Untitled, c. 1940. oil on canvas, Overall: 40 x 37.2 cm. Art Gallery of Ontario. Gift of Elizabeth and Tony Comper, 2011. Photo © AGO. 2011/325
Conserving Pegi Nicol MacLeod || A conservation project at the AGO gives some TLC to three works by the Canadian artist.
Funding for the conservation of this artwork was generously provided through a grant from the Bank of America #ArtConservationProject.
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A reminder if you are coming to today’s sold out Melissa Auf der Maur book launch: to get your book signed you have to have bought it from the AGO bookshop.
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Jeremias Schultz. Portrait of Eleonora Susette, 1775. Oil on canvas. Overall: 80 × 56.2 cm. Art Gallery of Ontario. Purchase, with funds from the European Curatorial Committee, 2020. Photo © AGO. 2019/2437
Meet Eleonora Susette || The previously unknown sitter of Portrait of a Lady Holding an Orange Blossom has been identified.
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Last chance for Children and Youth Courses that start March 28. Courses are open to all skill levels and interests. Choose from cartooning, life drawing, animation and more! PLUS all materials are included. Win-win 😀
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Paul McCartney, Beatlemania and Photography || Rarely seen photographs by McCartney on view now at the AGO. See them on your next visit.
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The Beatles with clay portrait busts by David Wynne, 1964 © 1964 Paul McCartney under exclusive license to MPL Archive LLP
Join us this week for programming, every day from 10:30-4 pm! Collective drawing in Walker Court, make cosmic constellations and explore the museum with AGO PLAY activity booklets.
As always, kids visit FREE! (As do AGO Members, Annual Passholders, and Ontarians under 25).
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No plans? No problem! Starting Saturday we have daily March Break programming daily from 10:30-4pm, until March 22.
All activities are included with General Admission.
😎 AGO Members, Annual Passholders, and visitors 24 and under (yes, including kids!) always visit for FREE 😎
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Band of Brothers || Toronto tween garage rockers Lego Money get set to play Walker Court, as part of March Break at the AGO. In addition to these rockers, we've got programming daily, from 10:30-4pm, every day from March 14-22. Discover. Create. Play!
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Speakeasy: A '60s Cultural Revolution || Step beyond the wooden doors of the Grange House and into a 1960s-inspired speakeasy where rebellion meets refinement.
Book your table today 🥃 🤫
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