Rebecca Belmore closes October 21, Join us TONIGHT for First Thursday featuring Madame Gandhi, Mickalene Thomas opens soon, and much more!

View this email in your browser FINAL WEEKS Rebecca Belmore: Facing the Monumental Don't miss the exhibition The Globe and Mail calls "Playful and defiant". Closes October 21. SEE IT TODAY WHAT TO SEE Anthropocene A revealing look at our planet by Edward Burtynsky, Jennifer Baichwal and Nicholas de Pencier. Storytelling Features the work of visual storyteller Nyle Miigizi Johnston.   June Clark June Clark's art explores the intersection of family history, recollection and identity. Photography: First World War, 1914 – 1918 A series of compelling photographs shows the first uses of aerial technology and photography in war. DISCOVER ALL EXHIBITIONS ON NOW FIRST THURSDAYS Get Your Tickets Now! Join us TONIGHT for the October First Thursday: #myspace Tonight's party features Gxxrls, DJ Jams, Sage Paul and headliner Madame Gandhi. And don't miss the official launch of Kaitlin Prest's new CBC podcast, The Shadows. WHAT TO DO Friday, October 5, 6 – 8:30 pm WORKSHOP | Art & Ideas: Drawing. Drinks. Social Saturday, October 6, 10:30 – 11:30 am & Noon – 1 pm WORKSHOP | Movement in the Galleries Wednesday, October 10, 9 am – 5 pm SYMPOSIUM | Conservation of Photographs on Glass Friday, October 12, 6 – 8:30 pm WORKSHOP | Writing Explorations: Drawing from the Personal Every Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday, 4 – 6 pm Free After Three Youth Programs – On Now until December 6 SEE A FULL LIST OF EVENTS MEMBERS' EXCLUSIVE Saturday, October 13 & Sunday, October 14 Ontario Science Centre - Reciprocal Discount Weekend Open the door to all sorts of wonder. For two days only, AGO Members will save 50%* off Science Centre General Admission. WHAT TO BOOK Friday, October 19, 7 – 8:30 pm Big Lonely Doug with Harley Rustad Join Harley Rustad in conversation with Sarain Fox to launch his new book, Big Lonely Doug: The Story of One of Canada's Last Great Trees. Wednesday, October 24, 7 – 8:30 pm Rapp Lecture on Contemporary Art: Adam Weinberg Join Adam D. Weinberg, the Whitney Museum of American Art's Alice Pratt Brown Director, for a talk exploring the history of the Whitney Biennial. Thursday, October 25, 6:30 – 9 pm FOOD & DRINK | Curated Dinner: The Americas: West Coast Crawl As we take a journey along North America's West Coast, we'll be pairing wines with regional and coastal flavours.  Wednesday, October 31, 2 – 5 pm WORKSHOP | Digital Pinhole Camera Discover the creative potential of pinhole photography. Learn how pinhole cameras work, and how to convert a digital single lens reflex (DSLR) camera for use as a pinhole camera.  Wednesday, November 14, 7 – 8:30 pm Käthe Kollwitz: Facing the Truth Brenda Rix, curator of Käthe Kollwitz: Artist of the People, explores Kollwitz's art through the lens of self-portraiture. SCREENINGS Select dates October 6 – November 24 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. Select dates October 6 – November 24 Manufactured Landscapes Follows artist Edward Burtynsky's photographic essay of the industrial revolution in China.   Select dates October 6 – November 24 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 Members' Preview 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. *Discount is only valid when valid AGO membership cards and photo ID are presented October 13 & 14, 2018 during regular operating hours. Discount applies to general admission only. Discount does not apply to guest privileges, parking or IMAX films.  Discount cannot be combined with any other discount offer. IMAGE CREDITS: [1] 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 [2] 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. [3] Nyle Miigizi Johnston. Diiyah Muh'gaanag (Our First Family), 2018. Oil on vinyl, cut vinyl. Commissioned by the Art Gallery of Ontario, 2018 © Nyle Miigizi Johnston [4] June Clark, pur laine, 2004, mixed media, 27.3 × 22.9 cm (10 3/4 × 9 in.) Collection of Peter Caldwell + Stephen Mader, Toronto. © June Clark [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 [8] Photo by the Ontario Science Centre [9] Elephant Tusk Burn, Nairobi National Park, Kenya, Courtesy of Anthropocene Films Inc. © 2018 [10] Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. Photo by Edward Burtynsky [11] Colorado River Delta #2, Near San Felipe, Baja, Mexico 2011. ©Edward Burtynsky, courtesy Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto / Howard Greenberg & Bryce Wolkowitz, New York. Add enews@ago.net to your Safe Sender list Copyright © 2018 Art Gallery of Ontario, All rights reserved. You have shown interest in the AGO. Art Gallery of Ontario 317 Dundas St W Toronto, ON M5T 1G4 Canada Add us to your address book Main Line: 416.979.6648 or Membership Line: 416.979.6620 (M-F, 9-5), AGO.ca You are receiving this email because of your interest in the AGO. You can update your preferences or unsubscribe. To receive no further emails from the AGO, unsubscribe from all.