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Art Gallery of Ontario reopens with other Canadian museums to follow this month
Institutions across the country are cautiously welcoming back visitors
PreviewDiane Arbus
Capitalising on its acquisition, Art Gallery of Ontario unfurls a Diane Arbus retrospective
Exhibition is the first that Canada has devoted to the photographer in almost three decades
NewsAcquisitions
Highlighting a shift, Art Gallery of Ontario acquires works by prominent women artists
With works by Judy Chicago, Tacita Dean, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster and Silke Otto-Knapp, the museum is one of many prioritizing acquisitions of art by women
PreviewBiennials & festivals
The first Toronto Biennial takes a long view of human relations
Among the highlights of the city-wide exhibition is a “panoramic pantomime” of Cook’s Pacific expeditions by the New Zealand artist Lisa Reihana
PreviewMuseums & Heritage
Blue on Blue: Picasso blockbuster comes to Toronto in 2020
An exhibition focusing on the artist’s Blue Period came together after high-tech examinations of the work revealed hidden surprises
NewsMuseums
Art Gallery of Ontario acquires a Caillebotte after long legal struggle
A government grant for works of importance helps to block departure of the painting from the country
NewsMuseums & Heritage
The kids are alright: Art Gallery of Ontario offers free admission for visitors 25 and under, and reduced yearly passes for all
The Canadian institution aims to double its membership and expand its audience with one-year pilot programme
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Indigenous art comes first in Art Gallery of Ontario's new Canadian galleries
Museum has made more space for First Nations and Inuit artists and labels are now written in indigenous languages
Analysis
The top ten museum acquisitions of 2017
We look back at some of most important purchases and donations that entered public collections this year
ArchiveExhibitions
The score for “turner, whistler, monet”
This show originated last year at the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto under the curatorial leadership of Catharine Lochnan, before touring in 2005 to the Grand Palais in Paris and Tate Modern, London. It attracted very large numbers of visitors at all three venues.