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Holman Hunt: “Branding” a Vision (Audio)
May 6th, 2009
Join Brenda Rix, assistant curator of Prints and Drawings at the AGO, for a talk highlighting some of Hunt’s marketing strategies to make his images and message accessible to the widest possible audience.
Recorded: February 25 2009
Duration: 55:55
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Art and Ideas: The New Canadian Installations (Audio)
May 6th, 2009
Gerald McMaster, AGO curator of Canadian Art, discusses the new approach to the Canadian galleries in the transformed AGO.
Recorded: February 18, 2009
Duration: 01:16:58
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Holman Hunt: Pre-Raphaelite Passion (Audio)
May 6th, 2009
This talk by Holman Hunt scholar Carol Jacobi presents the artist’s life and inspirations as well as the development of his approach to art.
Recorded: February 11, 2009
Duration: 59:10
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Behind the Scenes: Designing the Transformed AGO (Audio)
May 6th, 2009
Join Linda Milrod, Transformation AGO senior project manager and program and installation director, for a talk about the extraordinary process of working with Gehry International to transform the AGO.
Recorded: January 14 2009
Duration: 57:53
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Peggy Baker: The Disappearance of Right and Left (Video)
May 4th, 2009
Acclaimed Canadian dance artist Peggy Baker takes you behind one of her company’s most successful commissions, The Disappearance of Right and Left, choreographed and directed by Sarah Chase, with text by Peggy Baker. Filmed February 5 2009 at the Art Gallery of Ontario.
Canadian Citizenship Ceremony at the AGO (Video)
May 2nd, 2009
This short video captures highlights of the AGO’s first hosting of a Canadian citizenship ceremony – held November 14, 2009 on the opening day of the newly expanded AGO, designed by celebrated architect Frank Gehry. These new citizens, representing more than 30 countries, were the first people to walk through the newly opened AGO.
Find out more about the New Canadians Program
Yarymowich Goes Gold
May 1st, 2009
(Image: Anne Yarymowich and the Honourable J. Charles Grieco. Photo courtesy OHI.)
AGO executive chef Anne Yarymowich received the Chef of the Year award from the Ontario Hostelry Institute at its Gold Awards Dinner on April 16.
Focusing on Canada's premier culinary professionals, the Gold Awards celebrate excellence and success in the hostelry industry, from both industry leaders and rising-start members of the industry.
Executive chef Anne Yarymowich collaborates with chef de cuisine Martha Wright to create contemporary comfort cuisine that is honest and direct yet made lovingly and with gusto.
For more information on the awards, visit www.theohi.ca
AGO Youth Council: Kenneth & Jamie
May 1st, 2009
It is our pleasure to introduce the members of the AGO Youth Council.
Week 5: Kenneth Koo and Jamie Kwan.
Kenneth Koo
Born in Hong Kong and raised in Toronto, Kenneth Koo is currently a high school student attending Earl Haig Secondary School. With a strong interest in graphic design and typography, Kenneth is also a member of the AGO Youth Council. Kenneth’s favorite font at the moment is Geneva Now. Concerned with social issues such as animal rights and the alleviation of poverty, Kenneth aids in organizing and running the Global Affairs Conference and “Me to We” week annually at his school.
Jamie Kwan
Jamie Kwan is currently a grade 11 student at Harbord Collegiate Institute, moving along in pursuing a career in architecture. He absolutely loves the visual arts course at his school, even though his high school is mostly known for academics. He is also a competitive swimmer with the Toronto Swim Club, taking in chlorine almost 15 hours a week. Outside of school and in his “tons” of spare time, he enjoys reading, drawing, and just playing some video games to relax. Although he doesn’t have tons of time for the arts, he tries his best to get involved at school by submitting work to exhibitions. He loves working with clay, painting, and just drawing with other mediums. By becoming involved with the AGO Youth Council, he hopes to expand his interests in visual arts all over the community.
Find out about Youth Council projects and activities and how to get involved.
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Edward Steichen Exhibition Microsite
This online exhibition features galleries of high-quality images, audio guides, and in-depth analysis.
Image: Actress Joan Bennett, 1928 (detail). Gelatin silver print. Courtesy Condé Nast Archive, New York. © 1928 Condé Nast Publications.
Beautiful Fictions Audio Tour
See the late 1960s to the present through the lens of 60 Canadian and international photographers. Bring this podcast along on your next AGO visit!
Image: Axel Hutte, Audubon Swamp, 2005, chromogenic print. © Axel Hutte and Schirmer/Mosel, 2009
The Thomson Collection of Ship Models Audio Tour
Join Simon Stephens, curator at the National Maritime Museum in London, England, as he guides listeners through the world of British ship models spanning 350 years.
Image: Troop Landing Craft, Georgian Model; made in Great Britain; around 1755 - 1760; wood, painted and varnished; metal (including iron and copper), painted; 16.0 x 36.0 x 42.0 cm; The Thomson Collection © Art Gallery of Ontario
Director's Highlights Audio Tour
Join Matthew Teitelbaum as he talks about the art and architecture that he finds the most interesting and engaging.
Image: AGO Photographer Sean Weaver © 2008 Art Gallery of Ontario
Collection X: Indian Church
This online exhibition examines the Indian Church as a symbol for the rapid encroachment of Western modernity on First Nations.
Image: Arthur Renwick, Canadian, born 1965, Nlaka'pamux BC (left), Git'ksan BC (right), 2005, archival inkjet print, edition 1/5, Collection of the artist, courtesy of Leo Kamen Gallery © 2007 Arthur Renwick
Collection X: Come Away With Me: Japan, China and Hong Kong, 1890s
Through this selection of images, you will encounter a typical travel album of its day, at a particular moment of cultural upheaval and exchange.
Unknown photographer (active China, 1890s), From the album Views of Japan, China and Hong Kong, 1870s–1890s, albumen print, 21.3 x 26.5 cm, [2007/275.46], Art Gallery of Ontario, Gift of Neil B. Cole, 2007, © 2009 Art Gallery of Ontario
Collection X: Come Away With Me: European Travels
This exhibition explores a personal travel album, which charts a trip through several European cities during the spring and summer of 1936.
German photographer, Album: European Travels (detail), around 1936, 16 gelatin silver prints in a 48-page cloth- and paper-bound album, album: 12.7 x 15.8 x 2.3 cm; prints: 8.8 x 11.8 cm, [103545.a03], Art Gallery of Ontario, Gift of David Moore and Ross Winter / Camera Lucida, 2007 © 2009 Art Gallery of Ontario
Collection X: The Art of Collection Building
This exhibition explores the evolution of the print and drawing collection through the personalities, artworks and stories that make it unique.
Image: François Boucher (French, 1703 - 1770), Young Country Girl Dancing (Detail), c1765 - 70, black, red and white chalks and stump on buff laid paper, 46.2 x 29.2 cm. Art Gallery of Ontario, Purchased as a gift of The Salamander Foundation and the Marvin Gelber Fund with a generous grant from the Department of canadian heritage on the recommendation of the canadian Cultural property Export review Board under the terms of the Cultural property Export and Import Act, 1998 © 2009 Art Gallery of Ontario
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Slideshow: Childhood to Old Age
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