What's On: Brian Jungen opens June 20

View this email in your browser OPENING SOON Brian Jungen Friendship Centre This solo exhibition presents over 80 of Brian Jungen's most iconic works, including new headdresses, masks, an epic film installation and more. Admission is free for visitors 25 and under, AGO Annual Pass holders and AGO Members.  AGO Members and their guests see it FIRST at our exclusive Members' Previews on June 18 & 19. LEARN MORE WHAT TO SEE Vija Celmins: To Fix the Image in Memory Take a moment to slow down and contemplate the captivating beauty of Vija Celmins's delicate and subtle artworks. Photography 1920s-1940s: Women in Focus Presented in collaboration with the Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival. Yayoi Kusama's INFINITY MIRRORED ROOM - LET'S SURVIVE FOREVER Experience Canada's first Infinity Mirrored Room. Now open to the public. Valérie Blass: Le parlement des invisibles New work from the 2017 recipient of the Gershon Iskowitz Prize. DISCOVER ALL EXHIBITIONS ON NOW WHAT TO DO Tuesday, June 18 & Wednesday, June 19 MEMBER EXCLUSIVE | Members' Preview: Brian Jungen Friendship Centre Wednesday, June 19, 6 pm SPECIAL EVENT | Free Public Opening: Brian Jungen Friendship Centre Friday, June 21, 6 pm WORKSHOPS | Writing Explorations Inspired by Kara Hamilton Friday, June 21, 6 pm WORKSHOPS | Art & Ideas: Drawing. Drinks. Social. SEE A FULL LIST OF EVENTS WHAT TO BOOK Select dates starting on June 14 SCREENINGS | There Are No Fakes A painting, thought to be the work of an iconic artist Norval Morrisseau, leads the rock star who buys it into the tragic and brutal world of an art forgery ring in Northern Ontario. Every Saturday & Sunday FOOD & BEVERAGE | Brunch at AGO Bistro Treat Dad to brunch this Father's Day at AGO Bistro. Members always save 10%! View the menu and book today. Wednesday, July 17, 7 pm TALKS | Colson Whitehead: The Nickel Boys Join Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Colson Whitehead for the launch of his latest book, The Nickel Boys. Friday, July 26, 6 pm WORKSHOPS | Writing Explorations Inspired by Vija Celmins This session will encourage participants to reflect, write and share their impressions of selected artwork inspired by the exhibition Vija Celmins: To Fix the Image in Memory. GIFT OF MEMBERSHIP The Perfect Gift for Dad this Father's Day This year give Dad the gift that lasts all year - AGO Membership offers free unlimited admission to the Gallery to see our incredible exhibitions PLUS a host of exclusive Member benefits. GIVE THE GIFT OF MEMBERSHIP NOW WHAT'S NEXT Thursday, October 24, 2019  Art Toronto Opening Night Art Toronto is Canada's leading international contemporary and modern art fair and one of the most important annual art events in the country. Art Toronto Opening Night is the not-to-be-missed kick-off benefit for the AGO.  October 12, 2019 – January 5, 2020 Early Rubens A revealing exhibition of works the Flemish painter master produced between 1609 and 1621, a crucial time that marks Rubens's rise to prominence on the world stage. October 24, 2019 – February 23, 2020 Hito Steyerl Enter the connected world of Hito Steyerl where fact, fiction, real and virtual collide. IMAGE CREDITS: [1] Brian Jungen, Friendship Centre sketch (detail), 2019. Watercolour on card, 45.7 X 61 cm. Courtesy of the artist © Brian Jungen.[2] Vija Celmins, Untitled (Ocean), 1977. Graphite on acrylic ground on paper, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, bequest of Alfred M. Esberg ©Vija Celmins, photo: Don Ross, courtesy San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. [3] Lotte Jacobi, Portrait of Claire Bauroff, Berlin, around 1928; printed 1979. Gelatin silver print, Overall (sheet): 22.8 x 16.5 cm. Gift of Sandra Ball and Marcia Reid, 1987. © The University of New Hampshire. Used with Permission 87/335.1 [4] Yayoi Kusama. INFINITY MIRRORED ROOM - LET'S SURVIVE FOREVER, 2017. Wood, metal, glass mirrors, LED lighting system, monofilament, stainless steel balls and carpet, Installed: 312.4 × 624.8 × 622.9 cm (123 × 246 × 245 1/4 in.). Purchased with funds from the David Yuile & Mary Elizabeth Hodgson Fund, Michelle Koerner & Kevin Doyle, Robert Dorrance & Gail Drummond, The Schulich Foundation, Soichiro & Junko Yamamoto, Diane Bald & Michael Budman, Don & Denyse Green, DH Gales Foundation, Maxine Granovsky Gluskin & Ira Gluskin, Barry Appleton & Magaly Bianchini, Emmanuelle Gattuso, Sheryle & David Saunders, Robin & David Young, Laura E. Baldini, Diana Billes, Edison Chai, Julian Chan & Yi Hyun Park, The Francis and Denise Connolly Family, Creeds, Eileen Farrow, Ivan Fecan & Sandra Faire, Hallisey Family, Victoria Jackman, Val Koziol, David Kozman & Kristin Blakely-Kozman, Charles & Jane Kucey Foundation, Jämes Lee & the Julie Institute, Chelsea Longaphy & Bernie Li, Martha LA McCain, Abby, Perry & Jordan Minuk, Carolyn D. Mullin, Samuel & Alice Peralta, In Memory of Pierrette & Abel Rancourt, Heather & Aaron Regent, Shevlen Family, Mary Sinclair, Jay Smith & Laura Rapp, J. Kenneth & Margaret Syer-Torrance, and the generosity of thousands of art lovers, 2018.  © Yayoi Kusama, Courtesy David Zwirner, New York; Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo/Singapore/Shanghai; Victoria Miro, London/Venice. Photo: Dan Bradica. 2018/28 [5] Valérie Blass, The Mime, the Model and the Dupe, 2019, acrylic gesso, paint, plaster, copper, empty chip bag, jumpsuit, resin, epoxy and fiberglass. Courtesy of the artist and Catriona Jeffries, Vancouver. 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