AGO - Art Gallery of Ontario

AGO - Art Gallery of Ontario Explore the gallery that explores every side of who we are. Our Mission: We bring art and people together and boldly declare that Art Matters.
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The Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) (French: Musée des beaux-arts de l'Ontario) is an art museum in Toronto's Downtown Grange Park district, on Dundas Street West between McCaul Street and Beverley Street. Our collection includes more than 80,000 works spanning the 1st century to the present-day. The gallery has 45,000 square metres (480,000 sq ft) of physical space, making it one of the largest gall

eries in North America. Significant collections include the largest collection of Canadian art, an expansive body of works from the Renaissance and the Baroque eras, European art, African and Oceanic art, and a modern and contemporary collection. The photography collection is a large part of the collection, as well as an extensive drawing and prints collection. The museum contains many significant sculptures, such as in the Henry Moore sculpture centre, and represents other forms of art like historic objects, miniatures, frames, books and medieval illuminations, film and video art, graphic art, installations, architecture, and ship models. During the AGO's history, it has hosted and organized some of the world's most renowned and significant exhibitions, and continues to do so, to this day. Over the last three decades, the gallery has seen four major expansions and renovations, typically considered a high amount and unseen by most galleries of the world, and continues to add spaces today. The gallery recently built the Weston Family Learning Centre, and is building a David Milne Research Centre, designed by Hariri Pontarini Architects. It's last major renovations have seen architects like John C. Parkin, Barton Myers, KPMB Architects, and most recently, Frank Gehry.

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Angus Trudeau’s Nautical Passion || A nautical piece of Manitoulin Island history is now on view at the AGO.https://tiny...
06/19/2026

Angus Trudeau’s Nautical Passion || A nautical piece of Manitoulin Island history is now on view at the AGO.

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Angus Trudeau. Red Sailboat, unknown. Wood, plastic, acrylic paint, Overall: 86.4 × 139.7 × 33 cm, 9.1 kg. Art Gallery of Ontario. Gift of Barbara Hinds, 2018. © Estate of Angus Trudeau, courtesy Gallery Gevik. Photo: AGO. 2018/3746

This fall, we’re serving looks. The exhibition Sunday Best will explore the historical roots and enduring power of Black...
06/18/2026

This fall, we’re serving looks. The exhibition Sunday Best will explore the historical roots and enduring power of Black style through a dazzling display of more than 70 garments, in dialogue with artworks. Charting self-fashioning across the African Diaspora from the 1880s to the present, Sunday Best features historical and haut couture garments, contemporary art, ephemera, accessories and time-based media.

Mirroring fashion’s own dynamic interplay of past and present, local and global, the artists and objects on view speak to each other across time and place, bound by threads that stretch from the church pew to the runway.
The exhibition will open at the AGO on October 7, 2026.

With thanks to Lead Sponsor TD for their support of this exhibition.
Sunday Best is organized by the Art Gallery of Ontario and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

https://ago.ca/exhibitions/sunday-best

Melodie McDaniel. Photograph 1, from Sunday Best Series, 1995, Harlem, NY. © Melodie McDaniel

06/18/2026

✨July’s First Wednesday Night Free will take place on July 8, with FREE admission from 6-9 pm. We anticipate it will be a *busy* night, so we recommend packing light to avoid having to use coat check. Bags larger than a small purse, including backpacks and totes must be left at coat check for a fee. ✨ 
 
First Wednesday Night Free is made possible by Lead Access Partner BMO and Media Partner blogTO.

Library & Archives Open Hours || Did you know that the Edward P. Taylor Library & Archives reading room is open to every...
06/16/2026

Library & Archives Open Hours || Did you know that the Edward P. Taylor Library & Archives reading room is open to everyone, every Wednesday afternoon between 1 to 5 pm? Join us to explore our collections, browse new arrivals, or simply spend some quiet time with our materials.

During open hours, you’re welcome to:

📚Browse books, magazines, files, and pamphlets from our main library collections
📚Discover a rotating selection of new acquisitions on display
📚Ask questions and get help from staff with finding materials or beginning your research
You’ll find us on the Concourse Level of the gallery.

https://ago.ca/events/library-archives-open-hours

Image: AGO Library staff, 1986. AGO Archives.

🥐✏️ Breakfast Club is a relaxed social art class that blends creativity with a light morning nosh. The morning begins wi...
06/15/2026

🥐✏️ Breakfast Club is a relaxed social art class that blends creativity with a light morning nosh. The morning begins with coffee or tea and a pastry, offering time to connect and unwind before our artist-instructor leads participants through engaging and accessible drawing demonstrations and creative exercises in the galleries.

Saturday June 20 | 10:30 - 1 pm

https://ago.ca/events/breakfast-club

AGO Friday Night: Drag Bingo || Join us for Drag Bingo, co-hosted by the incredible Toronto queens Messy Margaret and Ma...
06/14/2026

AGO Friday Night: Drag Bingo || Join us for Drag Bingo, co-hosted by the incredible Toronto queens Messy Margaret and Madee Lovegood. This is bingo with a twist: four lively rounds, dazzling drag performances, fantastic prizes, and plenty of surprises.

Start your night at the Atrium Espresso Bar, then bring your drink into Walker Court and settle in for the show. Cash tips for the queens are welcomed and encouraged!

June 19, 7-9 pm

https://ago.ca/events/ago-friday-night-drag-bingo-0

Diego Marcon’s The Bubble Boy at the AGO || Executive Director of The Vega Foundation and curator Julia Paoli interviews...
06/13/2026

Diego Marcon’s The Bubble Boy at the AGO || Executive Director of The Vega Foundation and curator Julia Paoli interviews the Italian artist.

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Diego Marcon. Dolle, 2023 [still]. Digital video transferred from 35mm film, CGI animation, colour, sound, Running Time: 29 Minutes, 32 Seconds © Diego Marcon. Courtesy the Artist and Sadie Coles HQ, London. Produced by Centro per l’arte contemporanea Luigi Pecci, thanks to PAC2021 – Piano per l’Arte Contemporanea. Promoted by Direzione Generale Creatività Contemporanea del Ministero della Cultura.

Marchesa is gearing up to cheer on Canada today and keeping as cool as possible  with a very fitting fan 🪭⚽︎ Let's (A)GO...
06/12/2026

Marchesa is gearing up to cheer on Canada today and keeping as cool as possible with a very fitting fan 🪭
⚽︎ Let's (A)GOOOOO ⚽︎

https://shop.ago.ca/99397/soccer-ball-paper-fan/

Augustus Edwin John. The Marchesa Casati, 1919. Oil on canvas, 96.5 x 68.6 cm. Art Gallery of Ontario. Purchase, 1934. © Art Gallery of Ontario. 2164

"Colour is a joyful thing. I want my art to be joyful." - David Hockney The art world has lost a giant with the death of...
06/12/2026

"Colour is a joyful thing. I want my art to be joyful." - David Hockney

The art world has lost a giant with the death of David Hockney at the age of 88 (July 9, 1937 – June 11, 2026). Known for his unforgettable portraits, vibrant colours, collages and, of course his shimmering depictions of pools, you may remember seeing his monumental (20 feet long monumental) Santa Monica Boulevard (1978-80) painting on view as part of I AM HERE: Home Movies and Everyday Masterpieces in 2022. Conservators in both Los Angeles and the AGO worked to mount the work on a stretcher, so it might make its North America debut here in Toronto.

We also love this portrait from 1978 by Arnold Newman.

Our thoughts are with his family and friends.

1 | Arnold Newman. David Hockney, 1978. Colour instant print (Polaroid Type 808), Overall: 27.6 × 21.5 cm. Art Gallery of Ontario. Anonymous Gift, 2012. © Arnold Newman Properties/Getty Images [2026]. 2015/4115. Commissioned by the National Portrait Gallery and Sunday Times.

2 | David Hockney. Santa Monica Boulevard, 1978–80. Acrylic on canvas, 218.44 x 609.6 cm. Collection The David Hockney Foundation. © David Hockney. Installation view, I AM HERE: Home Movies and Everyday Masterpieces, April 16 - August 14, 2022. Art Gallery of Ontario. Photo: Sean Weaver / AGO

3 | David Hockney. I Saw in Louisiana a Live-Oak Growing, 1963. Oil, ink, graphite, transferred printing ink on canvas, Overall: 122 × 122 × 2.4 cm. Art Gallery of Ontario. Gift from the Volunteer Committee Fund, 1984. © David Hockney. Photo: AGO 84/83

06/10/2026

Quick note: Soccer fans are always welcome at the AGO—just leave the soccer balls at home!
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Address

317 Dundas Street West
Toronto, ON
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Opening Hours

Tuesday 10:30am - 5pm
Wednesday 10:30am - 9pm
Thursday 10:30am - 5pm
Friday 10:30am - 9pm
Saturday 10:30am - 5:30pm
Sunday 10:30am - 5:30pm

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