What's On: Buy a $35 Annual Pass and see Vija Celmins before it closes on August 5

Open on Monday, August 5 - View our Holiday Hours View this email in your browser CLOSING SOON Vija Celmins: To Fix the Image in Memory Closes August 5 Don't miss the first major North American retrospective of Vija Celmins' work in over two decades, featuring over 110 works including drawings, paintings and sculpture. Admission is FREE for AGO Members, AGO Annual Pass Holders & Visitors 25 and under. SEE IT TODAY WHAT TO SEE Brian Jungen Friendship Centre Our major summer exhibition features a new work by Brian Jungen resembling a life-sized basketball court.  Sandra Brewster: Blur A Canadian visual artist based in Toronto, Brewster explores layered experiences of identity. Valérie Blass: Le Parlement des invisibles 2017 Gershon Iskowitz Prize-winner Valérie Blass gives form to illusion in this new exhibition. Yayoi Kusama's INFINITY MIRRORED ROOM - LET'S SURVIVE FOREVER Experience Canada's first Infinity Mirrored Room. Now open to the public. DISCOVER ALL EXHIBITIONS ON NOW WHAT TO DO Monday, August 5 – open from 10:30 am – 4:30 pm Special hours for the Civic Holiday Friday, August 2, 6 pm WORKSHOPS | Drawing. Drinks. Social. Tuesday, August 6, 10:30 am FAMILY EVENT | Strolling the Galleries Visit Today  FOOD & DRINK | Kids 5 and Under Eat Free at caféAGO  SEE A FULL LIST OF EVENTS $35 ANNUAL PASS See all exhibitions, all year long The new AGO Annual Pass offers a full year of unlimited access to the AGO Collection and all special exhibitions for only $35 - buy your annual pass today!  BUY NOW WHAT TO BOOK On Now FOOD & DRINK | Brian Jungen Menu Inspired by the foods of western Canada, AGO Bistro has created a delicious seasonal menu and themed cocktails to accompany the exhibition Brian Jungen Friendship Centre. View the menu and book today. Friday, August 30, 6 pm WORKSHOPS | Writing Explorations: Photography 1920s – 1940s: Women in Focus Workshop participants will be encouraged to reflect, write and share their impressions of selected artwork inspired by the exhibition, Photography, 1920s–1940s: Women in Focus.  Sunday, September 1, 11 am & 12:30 pm FAMILY EVENT | Flashlight Tours Take a family-focused flashlight tour in the Thomson Collection of Ship Models! Ages 3+ 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   Not a Member? Join Today! Have an Annual Pass? Upgrade to become a Member today!  October 24, 2019 – February 23, 2020 Hito Steyerl: This is the future Enter the connected world of Hito Steyerl where fact, fiction, real and virtual collide. Members' Previews: October 22 & 23   Not a Member? Join Today! Have an Annual Pass? Upgrade to become a Member today!  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 - book your tickets to Opening Night now.   IMAGE CREDITS: [1] 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 [2] Brian Jungen Friendship Centre (detail), installation image, Art Gallery of Ontario © Brian Jungen.[3] Sandra Brewster. Blur 18, 2017. Photo-based gel transfer on archival paper,101.6 cm x 88.9 cm. Courtesy of the artist and Georgia Scherman Projects. © Sandra Brewster  [4] Installation view of 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. Image Art Gallery of Ontario. [5] 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  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. 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