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YOUR SOURCE FOR ART NEWS View this email in your browser Step inside Caillebotte's garden  See Blue Irises, a rare masterpiece by Impressionist artist Gustave Caillebotte (1848-1893), on view now after being recently acquired. Ways of caring AGOinsider recently sat down with artist Zun Lee to get a deeper understanding of the ideas behind his highly anticipated roundtable conversation, Ways of Caring.   The spirit of whalebone The extraordinary whalebone carvings of Inuit sculptor Karoo Ashevak are on view now in the Samuel & Esther Sarick Gallery. Exciting news about the Dundas/McCaul corner  Public art alert! The AGO has commissioned Brian Jungen to create a new sculpture for the corner of Dundas and McCaul Streets. Art Pick of the week: African Appeal Every week we're sharing one of our favourite artworks for you to see on your next visit to the AGO. Check out this week's art pick, African Appeal by photographer Violet Keene Perinchief. CLICK HERE FOR MORE AGO EVENTS, REMINDERS AND KEY DATES PHOTO CREDITS: [1] Gustave Caillebotte. Iris bleus, jardin du Petit Gennevilliers, c. 1892. Oil on canvas, Overall: 55.2 × 46.4 cm. Purchase, with funds by exchange from the R. Fraser Elliott Estate and the Bequest of F.W.G. Fitzgerald. Purchased with the assistance of a Moveable Cultural Property grant accorded by the Department of Canadian Heritage under the terms of the Cultural Property Export and Import Act; Acheté avec l'aide d'un subvention des biens culturels mobiliers accordée par le Ministère du Patrimoine canadien en vertu de la Loi sur l'exportation et l'importation des biens culturels, 2019. © Art Gallery of Ontario 2019/2268 [2] Unknown photographer, [Looking at Polaroids], around 1970s. Colour instant print (Polaroid SX-70), 10.8 x 8.8 cm. Purchase, with funds donated by Martha LA McCain, 2018. © Art Gallery of Ontario 2018/1113  [3] Karoo Ashevak, Mother and Child with Pulled Tooth, c. 1972. Whalebone, antler, grey stone, ivory, sinew, 50.9 × 40.7 × 33.6 cm. Gift of Samuel and Esther Sarick, 1996. © Public Trustee for Nunavut, Estate of Karoo Ashevak  96/745. [4] Brian Jungen. Photo by Tyler Hagan   [5] Violet Keene Perinchief, African Appeal, around 1935. Gelatin silver print, Overall (sheet): 64.45 x 50.80 cm. Courtesy Stephen Bulger Gallery © The Estate of Violet Keene Perinchief Add AGOinsider@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), www.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.