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YOUR SOURCE FOR ART NEWS View this email in your browser Snapped up at Art Toronto Get the first look at three new works joining the AGO Collection, purchased at this year's Art Toronto Opening Night. Breeze into the AGO Check out the refresh of our main entrance, featuring a sculpture by James Carl made of Venetian blinds and an express admission area! Links we're loving: future tense Can we collect art forever? Can apples grow in the subarctic? Inspired by Hito Steyerl:This is the future, here's a round-up of forward-looking stories from the world of art and culture. Yes, Rubenesque Explore Rubens-inspired life drawing in Walker Court – that's right, with live models for you to sketch! Art Pick of the Week: Self Portrait from S.M.S. No. 6 Every week we're sharing one of our favourite artworks from the AGO Collection for you to see on your next visit.     CLICK HERE FOR MORE AGO EVENTS, REMINDERS AND KEY DATES PHOTO CREDITS: [1] Celia Perrin Sidarous, Assemblage en bleu (sphinx),2019. Inket print on matte paper, 48 x 61.4 inches. Purchased with funds from the Dr. Michael Braudo Canadian Contemporary Art Fund and the Art Toronto Opening night Preview. Courtesy of Parisian Laundry © Celia Perrin Sidarous [2] Installation view, James Carl, jalousie (pink), 2009. Venetian blinds, 82 x 60 x 64 inches. Gift of James Carl, 2019. © James Carl. Image © Art Gallery of Ontario [3] Peter Paul Rubens. Lot and His Daughters, c.1613-14. Oil on canvas, unframed: 190.0 x 225.0 cm. From the collection of an anonymous charitable foundation. [4] Hito Steyerl, The Tower, 2015. Three-channel high-definition video installation, environment and sound. Installation view. Courtesy of the artist, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York and Esther Schipper, Berlin. Image © Art Gallery of Ontario [5] Ed Bereal. Self-Portrait from SMS No.6 Portfolio, 1968. Offset photo lithograph printed in orange with a linear screen on paper, Sheet (flat): 40.8 × 34.2 cm. Gift of the Trier-Fodor Foundation, 1989.  89/39.2. © William N. Copley Estate 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.