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The municipal observance comes 50 years after the city’s leading art museum launched an art centre devoted to Moore
Philip B. Lind left the Toronto museum a trove of works by Stan Douglas, Jeff Wall, Ai Weiwei, William Kentridge, Laurie Simmons and others
The New York-born artist, who has lived in Canada for more than half a century, explains how she bypassed sexism in the 1970s to teach herself photography, and why she will always be connected to the US
The Toronto museum had been closed since 26 March, when members of a union representing more than 400 employees went on strike
The strike comes after a breakdown in negotiations between the workers’ union and museum administrators, and as the institution pursues a C$100m expansion
Pro-Palestine activists rallied outside the museum in protest of Justin Trudeau’s response to the Israel-Hamas war
Taqralik Partridge, an associate curator of Indigenous art since 2022, has stepped down while the Toronto institution is still reeling from the sudden ouster of Wanda Nanibush
Wanda Nanibush left the institution after a letter accusing her of “hate speech” was circulated by the group Israel Museums and Arts, Canada
Wanda Nanibush's departure has been linked to a leaked letter accusing her of “posting inflammatory, inaccurate rants against Israel”
Construction of the 40,000 sq. ft space, dubbed the Dani Reiss Modern and Contemporary Gallery, is expected to begin in early 2024, with an opening scheduled in 2027
“Leonard Cohen: Everybody Knows” chronicles the late, multi-hyphenate artist’s life and many creative careers
The artist’s enormous abstract compositions are the focus of a major exhibition at the Art Gallery of Ontario
The massive sculpture, five years in the making, depicts a tragic circus elephant recreated out of trashed leather furniture
The 50,000 sq. ft showplace, dubbed AGO Global Contemporary, is set to launch in 2026-27
The 24ft wide canvas is one of the treasures in ‘I Am Here’, a thematic exhibition of artists’ collections, lists and depictions of everyday scenes
The much-honoured artist created bold public works in Toronto and had a major retrospective at the Art Gallery of Ontario in 2017
The show, delayed because of Covid, focuses on three works painted by the “insanely ambitious” artist during a low point in his early career
Institutions across the country are cautiously welcoming back visitors
Our pick of the latest gifts and purchases to enter international museum collections—from £1m flower pyramids to an enigmatic portrait of a young black woman
Exhibition is the first that Canada has devoted to the photographer in almost three decades
With works by Judy Chicago, Tacita Dean, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster and Silke Otto-Knapp, the museum is one of many prioritizing acquisitions of art by women
Among the highlights of the city-wide exhibition is a “panoramic pantomime” of Cook’s Pacific expeditions by the New Zealand artist Lisa Reihana
An exhibition focusing on the artist’s Blue Period came together after high-tech examinations of the work revealed hidden surprises
A government grant for works of importance helps to block departure of the painting from the country
The Canadian institution aims to double its membership and expand its audience with one-year pilot programme
A new show at the Legion of Honor is the first to focus on the artist's post-Italy years
Museum has made more space for First Nations and Inuit artists and labels are now written in indigenous languages
We look back at some of most important purchases and donations that entered public collections this year
This show originated last year at the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto under the curatorial leadership of Catharine Lochnan, before touring in 2005 to the Grand Palais in Paris and Tate Modern, London. It attracted very large numbers of visitors at all three venues.