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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We cannot let August 24 pass without sharing an Alex Colville. The artist, one of Canada's most celebrated realists, was...
08/24/2026

We cannot let August 24 pass without sharing an Alex Colville. The artist, one of Canada's most celebrated realists, was born on this day (August 24, 1920 - July 16, 2013). This beloved work often starts conversations: is the soldier returning and embracing his beloved after being away? Or are they catching one last moment together before he leaves on the train? What do you think?

Come see it for yourself on your next visit, it's on view on Level 2 of the AGO.
And learn more about Colville's modernism in this Foyer story:

https://readfoyer.com/article/alex-colvilles-compelling-modernism

Alex Colville. Soldier and Girl at Station, 1953. Glazed tempera on hardboard, Unframed: 40.6 × 61 cm. The Thomson Collection at the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto. © A.C. Fine Art Inc. Photo: Michael Cullen. AGOID.103

We’re excited to share that as part of a proud partnership with the Town of Newmarket beginning September 18, 2026, sele...
08/24/2026

We’re excited to share that as part of a proud partnership with the Town of Newmarket beginning September 18, 2026, select artworks from the AGO’s collections of Indigenous and Canadian Art can be seen at historic Mulock House.

These curated exhibitions are part of the AGO’s commitment to reaching audiences outside its walls and to making the museum’s collection even more accessible.

Mulock House was built in 1871 and is located within Mulock Park, a 16-acre green space in Newmarket, just north of the GTA. Designated under the Ontario Heritage Act, the Town of Newmarket has preserved, updated, and reimagined the home and its park, transforming it into a community hub with a café, restored lounge in Sir William Mulock’s library, gathering spaces, and a 2,000-sq.-foot art gallery.

Admission to Mulock House is free for the public. We can’t wait to see you there!

https://ago.ca/mulock-house

Artist’s concept of southeast view of the revitalized Historic Mulock House which will feature lounge space, a café and a second-floor gallery in partnership with the Art Gallery of Ontario

Artist’s concept © Plus VG Architects

Malvern to Monet, in under an hour.https://ago.ca/Claude Monet. Vétheuil en été, 1879. Oil on canvas, Overall: 67.7 x 90...
08/23/2026

Malvern to Monet, in under an hour.

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Claude Monet. Vétheuil en été, 1879. Oil on canvas, Overall: 67.7 x 90.5 cm. Art Gallery of Ontario. Purchase, 1929. Photo © AGO. 135

We’re channeling the DIY spirit and sonic rebellion of Canadian alternative icon Melissa Auf der Maur, whose intimate ph...
08/22/2026

We’re channeling the DIY spirit and sonic rebellion of Canadian alternative icon Melissa Auf der Maur, whose intimate photography and raw sound came straight from the gut. Moody lighting, curated drinks, food that nods to dive bars—each course and every detail pays homage to the last analogue decade and its underground sound.

Book your table today.
Sept 2 - Oct 30

https://ago.ca/events/grunge-grange-speakeasy

📢 You asked, we answered. On August 25, the AGO shop welcomes art lovers and sports fans to bring home Dylan Cease’s lov...
08/21/2026

📢 You asked, we answered. On August 25, the AGO shop welcomes art lovers and sports fans to bring home Dylan Cease’s love letter to Toronto, with the launch of AGO x Cease, a limited-edition capsule collection featuring the pitcher’s vibrant painting Eve of Toronto (2026). Beginning that day at 10:30 a.m., totes, sweatshirts, t-shirts, prints and postcards will be available at AGO shop, and online.

To celebrate the launch, we’re inviting the public to see Cease’s artwork for themselves, at a first come, first serve photo op in Walker Court. Grab your camera and be among the first to see the capsule collection, take your own photo with the man himself and see his painting.

https://ago.ca/events/ago-x-cease-photo-opportunity-dylan-cease

Dylan Cease. Photo Craig Boyko © AGO.

Y'all can't lock me in the frame, I'm movin', yeahI'm still life. - Still Life by RM, from BTSThe BTS Army has taken ove...
08/20/2026

Y'all can't lock me in the frame, I'm movin', yeah
I'm still life. - Still Life by RM, from BTS

The BTS Army has taken over Toronto and the excitement for this weekend's concerts is palpable.
Putting it out there that if RM (or any of the guys!) wants to see some Impressionist still lifes IRL - we've got quite a few on view, just sayin'.

https://ago.ca/exhibitions/impressionist-revolution-monet-matisse-dallas-museum-art

Henri Matisse. Still Life: Bouquet and Compotier, 1924. Oil on canvas, unframed: 74.2 x 92.7 cm. Dallas Museum of Art, The Eugene and Margaret McDermott Art Fund, Inc., in honor of Dr. Bryan Williams, 2002.19.McD

08/20/2026

Who is The Bubble Boy? 🫧

Hear artist Diego Marcon discuss his exhibition, The Bubble Boy, on view now at the Art Gallery of Ontario. Marcon shares the inspiration behind his work, The Parents Room (2021), and why he chose to include Paul Peel’s beloved painting from 1884 in his first solo exhibition in Canada.

See the exhibition now, until 4 October, 2026!

The exhibition is organized by the Art Gallery of Ontario and The Vega Foundation. Video by Julia Hendrickson.

https://ago.ca/exhibitions/diego-marcon-bubble-boy

Mark your calendars. 08.25.26
08/19/2026

Mark your calendars. 08.25.26

Today, for  , we’re welcoming Melissa Auf der Maur, who's just arrived to install her exhibition Melissa Auf der Maur: M...
08/19/2026

Today, for , we’re welcoming Melissa Auf der Maur, who's just arrived to install her exhibition Melissa Auf der Maur: My ‘90s Rock Photographs, which opens in September at the AGO.
Made up of intimate photographs that celebrate the independent spirit of the ‘90s, it offers an insider's view of the decade before smartphones and digital recording.
Through a selection of more than 200 photographs, the show explores a moving self-portrait of a young artist living through the ‘90s music scene, a time capsule of Generation X and a reference for future generations.
Come see the '90s through Melissa Auf der Maur's lens.

📸 Members’ Access: Sept 2–7
📸Annual Pass Access: Sept 5–7
📸 Public Access: Sept 8

https://ago.ca/exhibitions/melissa-auf-der-maur-my-90s-rock-photographs

Edna Taçon was born on this day (Aug 18, 1905 - 1980). A prominent figure in the Toronto and New York City art worlds th...
08/18/2026

Edna Taçon was born on this day (Aug 18, 1905 - 1980). A prominent figure in the Toronto and New York City art worlds throughout the 1940s, Taçon had a crucial impact on the development of abstract painting in Canada. Taçon was a trained violinist and considered music and abstraction as similarly intuitive and creative pursuits.
Experience Tacon’s musicality on paper and come see Edna Taçon: Verve and Decorum, but don't delay, it's only on view until August 30!

https://tinyurl.com/ejc5dzcz

Edna Taçon. Untitled, 1946 - 1947. Oil on canvas, Overall: 91 × 101.5 cm. Collection of Paul and Susan Taçon. © Estate of Edna Taçon

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