What's On: Join us over the Holiday Weekend

Open on Monday, July 1 - View our Holiday Hours View this email in your browser Spend the Holiday Weekend at the AGO Not quite ready to let go of the Raptors' victory brought to Toronto? This major summer exhibition features a new work by Brian Jungen resembling a life-sized basketball court, inspired by the Friendship Centres of the artist's youth. Other highlights include sculptures made using Nike Air Jordan sneakers and a collection of blankets woven from professional sports jerseys. It's the perfect moment for art and sports to intersect.   LEARN MORE WHAT TO SEE Vija Celmins: To Fix the Image in Memory First major North American retrospective of the celebrated artist's work in over two decades. 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  Inspired by the visual motifs of modern art, Blass translates that pictorial language into intricate sculptural compositions. Photography 1920s–1940s: Women in Focus Presented in collaboration with the Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival. DISCOVER ALL EXHIBITIONS ON NOW WHAT TO DO Tuesday, July 2, 10:30 am FAMILY EVENTS | Strolling the Galleries  Friday, July 5, 6 pm WORKSHOPS | Art & Ideas: Drawing. Drinks. Social. Sunday, July 7, 11 am FAMILY EVENT | Family Flashlight Tours SEE A FULL LIST OF EVENTS WHAT TO BOOK On Now: FOOD & BEVERAGE | Brian Jungen Menu Come and experience our Brian Jungen exhibition-inspired menu at the Bistro. Members always save 10%!  Wednesday, July 17, 7 pm PERFORMANCE | AGO Live: Kollwitz-Konnex... im Frieden Seiner Hände Join soprano Anne Harley and guitarist Steve Thachuk for the Canadian premiere of this powerful multifaceted song-cycle composed by Ralf Yusuf Gawlick in 2013. 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. ART TORONTO OPENING NIGHT Join us at Art Toronto! 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.  Learn More WHAT'S NEXT 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. Members' Previews: October 9, 10 & 11 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. 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. Add enews@ago.ca to your Safe Sender list Copyright © 2019 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.