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Creative Minds: Art and Survival, Join us TOMORROW for Big Lonely Doug with Harley Rustad, Rebecca Belmore closes this weekend, and much more

Art Gallery of Ontario
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Creative Minds: Art and Survival

Join us December 3 at Koerner Hall

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Jennifer Baichwal and Brian Jungen, with musical guest Martha Wainwright, join AGO Creative Minds to explore how humans are changing the Earth and if art can inspire action.

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WHAT TO SEE

Rebecca Belmore: Facing the Monumental

See the exhibition The Globe and Mail calls "Playful and defiant." Final weekend! Closes October 21.

Anthropocene

A revealing look at our planet by Edward Burtynsky, Jennifer Baichwal and Nicholas de Pencier. On now until January 6.

Taus Makacheva: Tightrope

A solitary tightrope walker carefully conveys artworks between two rocky outcrops in a scenic and spellbinding video presentation.

Photography: First World War, 19141918

A series of compelling photographs shows the first uses of aerial technology and photography in war.
DISCOVER ALL EXHIBITIONS ON NOW

WHAT TO DO

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TOMORROW! Friday, October 19, 7 – 8:30 pm

TALK | Big Lonely Doug with Harley Rustad


Wednesday, October 24, 7 – 8:30 pm

Rapp Lecture on Contemporary Art: Adam Weinber - Limited tickets remaining!


Friday, October 26 – Sunday, October 29

SPECIAL EVENT | Art Toronto 2018


Wednesday, October 31, 2 – 5 pm

WORKSHOP | Digital Pinhole Camera


Every Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday, 4 – 6 pm

Free After Three – On Now until December 6

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CURATED DINNER

Thursday, October 25, 6:30 pm

The Americas: West Coast Crawl

As we take a journey along North America's West Coast we'll be pairing wines with some of the most regional and coastal flavours from the great and mighty West Coast.

Join us for a reception at 6:30 pm, followed by dinner with wine pairings at 7 pm. View the menu here.

WHAT TO BOOK

Thursday, November 1, 7 – 11:30 pm

The November First Thursday: Roll Up the Sleeves

New York-based producer and rapper LE1F headlines Toronto's biggest art party.
Friday, November 2, 6 – 8:30 pm

WORKSHOP | Writing Explorations: Drawing from the Personal

Express yourself in written and visual form, building on the personal experiences and narrative strategies of great artists.
Friday, November 2, 6 – 8:30 pm

WORKSHOP | Art and Ideas: Drawing, Drinks, Social

Learn to draw and enjoy a drink while doing it! Each class starts over drinks and conversation, then our artist-instructors will lead you through creative exercises which deepen your understanding of art.
Tuesday, November 6, 10:30 am – 1 pm

WORKSHOP | Strolling the Galleries

Come explore our greatest hits with your little one(s)! These relaxed one-hour tours allow for grown-up discussions, free of pressure, where no one minds a coo or a cry.☺️
Wednesday, November 14, 7 – 8:30 pm

TALK | Käthe Kollwitz: Facing the Truth

Brenda Rix, curator of Käthe Kollwitz: Voice of the People, explores Kollwitz's art through the lens of self-portraiture.
Wednesday, November 28, 7 - 8 pm 

ARTIST'S TALK  | Mickalene Thomas

Join artist Mickalene Thomas in a free talk to celebrate the opening of the exhibition Mickalene Thomas: Femmes Noires. 

SCREENINGS

Elephant Tusk Burn

On now until November 24 – select dates
ANTHROPOCENE: The Human Epoch

See the critically acclaimed documentary film from the award-winning team of Jennifer Baichwal and Nicholas de Pencier, and Edward Burtynsky.

ANTHROPOCENE: The Human Epoch is the third film in a trilogy that includes Manufactured Landscapes and Watermark, all of which will be screened at the AGO's Jackman Hall this fall.
Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
On now until November 24 – select dates

Manufactured Landscapes

Follows artist Edward Burtynsky's photographic essay of the industrial revolution in China.
 
Watermark
On now until November 24 – select dates

Watermark

Brings together diverse stories from around the globe about our relationship with water.

WHAT'S NEXT

Sunday, October 28, 1 – 4 pm

Family Sunday Kick Off!

Family Sundays are back! The AGO's weekly celebration of art for all ages launches with magical glow-in-the-dark artmaking and shadowy flashlight fun! Free with General Admission.
November 29, 2018  March 24, 2019

Mickalene Thomas: Femmes Noires

Explore powerful portraits of Black women through collage, paintings and video.
February 16  May 5, 2019
AGO Members' Previews February 13, 14 & 15, 2019

Impressionism in the Age of Industry: Monet, Pissarro and more

Discover how Impressionist artists reflected their changing city as Paris was transformed by the modern age.
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IMAGE CREDITS: [2] Rebecca Belmore, Fringe, 2008. Cibachrome transparency in fluorescent lightbox, 81.5 x 244.8 x 16.7 cm. National Gallery of Canada, Purchase, 2011. © Rebecca Belmore [3] Edward Burtynsky, Clearcut #1, Palm Oil Plantation, Borneo, Malaysia, 2016. Pigment inkjet print, 148.6 x 198.1 cm. Courtesy of the artist and Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto. © Edward Burtynsky, 2017. [4] Taus Makhacheva, Tightrope, 2015. 4k video, colour, sound, 58 mins, 10 secs. Art Gallery of Ontario. Purchased with the F.P. Wood Fund, 2018. © Taus Makhacheva. Photo: Courtesy of narrative projects, London. [5] J.A. Spencer, Starting on patrol. From the album Airships, Rigid and Non-Rigid, Howden, 1916-1919. Album: 30 gelatin silver prints and leather cover, 15.7 x 13.5 x 3.3 cm. Anonymous Gift, 2004. 2004/654.1.20 © 2018 Art Gallery of Ontario [6] Elephant Tusk Burn, Nairobi National Park, Kenya, Courtesy of Anthropocene Films Inc. © 2018 [7] Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. Photo by Edward Burtynsky [18] Colorado River Delta #2, Near San Felipe, Baja, Mexico 2011. ©Edward Burtynsky, courtesy Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto / Howard Greenberg & Bryce Wolkowitz, New York.
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