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YOUR SOURCE FOR ART NEWS View this email in your browser Reimagining the totem Hear Brian Jungen discuss the meaning behind his totems, on view now in Brian Jungen Friendship Centre. It's not that scary Get an insider look at an AGO art course as one of our AGOInsider writers tries her hand at Abstract Painting  5 in 35: travel edition With the new AGO Annual Pass, quick trips to the AGO are easier than ever! You can take a 35-minute tour around the world with these five works from the AGO Collection. Mosquitoes not included Cabin, cottage or houseboat? No matter where you're headed this summer, shopAGO has the perfect artful gift to delight your host – and get you invited back. Art pick of the week: INFINITY MIRRORED ROOM - LET'S SURVIVE FOREVER 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, INFINITY MIRRORED ROOM - LET'S SURVIVE FOREVER by Yayoi Kusama. CLICK HERE FOR MORE AGO EVENTS, REMINDERS AND KEY DATES PHOTO CREDITS: [1] Brian Jungen, left to right, 1980, 1970, 1960 (2007). Polyester, metal, painted wood on paper sonotube, 396 x 122 x 91 cm each. Courtesy of the artist. Collection of the Art Gallery of Ontario.  Purchased with the assistance of The David Yuile and Mary Elizabeth Hodgson Fund, 2007; Promised Gift of Rosamond Ivey; Gift of Michael and Sonja Koerner, 2018, Toronto.© Brian Jungen [2] Image courtesy of the AGO [3] Aelbert Cuyp. View of Dordrecht, c. 1655. Oil on wood, Panel: 40.6 × 61.9 cm. Bequest of W. Redelmeier, 1956. © Art Gallery of Ontario 56/22 [4] Image courtesy of the AGO [5] Yayoi Kusama. INFINITY MIRRORED ROOM - LET'S SURVIVE FOREVER (detail), 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: Dean Tomlinson/ Art Gallery of Ontario 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.