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lionofchaeronea · 2 hours

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Young Country Girl Dancing, François Boucher, 1765-1770

#International Dance Day #art #art history #François Boucher #portrait #genre art #dancing #drawing #chalk drawing #chalk on paper #Rococo #French art #18th century art #Art Gallery of Ontario

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garadinervi · 4 months

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Jean-Michel Basquiat, A Panel of Experts, (acrylic and oil paintstick and paper collage on canvas with exposed wood supports and twine), 1982 [Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO), Toronto. Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal, Montréal. © The Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat / ADAGP, Paris / ARS, New York]

#art #mixed media #drawing #visual writing #exhibition #jean michel basquiat #art gallery of ontario #1980s #2010s

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life-imitates-art-far-more · 6 months

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Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) "Massacre of the Innocents" (1610) Oil on canvas Baroque Located in the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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caroldanver · 2 months

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Saw the Keith Haring exhibit at the AGO today and I’m absolutely fine, totally not an emotional wreck!!!

#keith haring #art gallery of Ontario

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neveragainfools · 1 month

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Some top tier signs from the Art Gallery of Ontario strike:

Anyway help these lovely people get a fair deal by emailing the CEO Stephan Jost ([email protected]) and telling him that the gallery needs to negotiate with OPSEU and get the gallery to reopen!

#art #art gallery of ontario #onpoli #labour #unions #union action #solidarity #description in alt text #topoli #strike #picket signs #funny

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virtie333 · 2 months

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Kids Will Be Kids... no matter who their parents are

#oscar isaac #elvira lind #art gallery of ontario

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hexeratii · 3 months

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Some observational drawings at the art gallery! Drawing in public can be one of the weirdest experiences, I sometimes get people trying to record me?? But if you can conquer the social anxiety it's such a fun way to push yourself as an artist.

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jackoshadows · 5 months

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The Art Gallery of Ontario, one of the biggest galleries in Canada has fired it's curator of indigenous arts, Wanda Nanibush over her comments about Gaza/Israel after a pro-Israel group complained

A Canadian art gallery has fired an indigenous person and curator for recognizing colonialism and the genocide of an indigenous population for what it is.

Arts and cultural workers in Canada are calling attention to the sudden departure of Indigenous curator Wanda Nanibush from Toronto’s Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO). Members of the local arts community began raising suspicions last week when they noticed that Nanibush, AGO’s inaugural curator of Canadian and Indigenous art, was no longer featured on the museum’s website.

Now, an anonymously leaked complaint sent by the organization Israel Museum and Arts, Canada (IMAAC) to the AGO on October 16 has spurred concerns that Nanibush’s public comments on the Israeli occupation and bombardment of Palestine may have played a role in the decision. Signed by the leadership of the Toronto-based group, including Art Canada Institute Founder and Executive Director Sara Angel, the email complaint alleges that Nanibush was “posting inflammatory, inaccurate rants against Israel.” The letter, verified by Hyperallergic, decries Nanibush’s social media posts referring to Israel’s role in genocide and colonialism, actions also decried by multiple human rights experts and organizations. Formerly known as Canadian Friends of the Israel Museum, the IMAAC supports Jerusalem’s Israel Museum and its programming, according to the organization’s website.

“It’s an appalling letter,” Ontario-based multidisciplinary artist and activist Jamelie Hassan told Hyperallergic. A recipient of the 2001 Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media Arts, Hassan pointed out that Nanibush’s departure now raises questions about who will continue to lead the museum’s Indigenous art exhibitions.

Hopkins noted that Nanibush has been a vocal critic of “the insidious nature of colonialism and the ongoing violences of settler colonialism.”

“What her departure implies is that this is no longer a comfortable conversation for large institutions and that the work that many of us have been doing to create more just institutions is now no longer stable and safe,” Hopkins continued. “When topics like decolonization are rendered taboo, the future for Native voices in this field is bleak.”

The leaked letter in question:

#Wanda Nanibush #First Nations #Indigenous rights #Palestine #Israel #Gaza #Art Gallery of Ontario #Colonialism #Genocide #Decolonization

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spilledgravy · 4 months

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#diary #jma #photos #photoset #canada life #life lately #museum #AGO #art gallery #art gallery of ontario #kaws #kawscollection #kaws exhibit

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dressupjohnnyk · 4 months

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I’m going to the Keith Haring exhibition at the Art Gallery of Ontario!

#menswear #sartorial #dapper #sprezzatura #mensweardaily #dapperstyle #sartorialsplendour #mensfashion #fashion #dandy #art gallery of ontario #keith haring

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garadinervi · 4 months

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Jean-Michel Basquiat, Now's the Time, (acrylic and oil stick on plywood), 1985 [Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO), Toronto. © The Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat / ADAGP, Paris / ARS, New York]

Exhibition: Jean-Michel Basquiat: Now's the Time, Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO), Toronto, February 2 – May 10, 2015

#art #mixed media #drawing #visual writing #geometry #exhibition #jean michel basquiat #art gallery of ontario #artforum #1980s #2010s

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thesandlorde · 1 year

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some drawings of pictures i took at the AGO of henry moore statues

#henry moore #sculpture drawing #art gallery of ontario #my art #these could make slick tattoos.....#i'm being so normal about shapes lately

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the-green-buck · 5 months

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Woman in black cloak at Art Gallery Of Ontario. Photo by the green buck. December 2023.

#art gallery of ontario #the green buck #black cloak #woman in a black cloak #mysterious #mysterious woman #ghost #apparition #haunting

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neveragainfools · 1 month

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The workers at my beloved Art Gallery of Ontario are on strike!

Despite rampant inflation in one of the most expensive cities in north america (Toronto), the management at the AGO hasn't adjusted pay for over 400 union members since before the pandemic. Most of them are part timers doing jobs that should be (and used to be) full time. Many are 'temporary' part timers despite being there for years.

These workers literally run the building. It's straight up closed because these people turn on the lights, hang the art, sell the tickets and clean the building.

The union negotiated with management for TEN MONTHS before management forced a piss poor final offer past the negotiating team to the membership.

The gallery is crying poor but yet they've taken on an expensive rebranding project and are working on a huge 10 storey addition to the building. Not to mention in 2020-2021 (during the peak pandemic struggle for most huge tourist attractions), the CEO Stephan Jost, took in almost $400,000 on TOP of his regular $400,000 salary in 'consulting fees' from the AGO foundation.

The Gallery workers' union, OPSEU, has asked the public to write Stephan Jost and let him know that we wanna see the Gallery actually negotiate with the union and get the gallery back open, and I just so happen to have found his email address on a convenient flyer: [email protected].

Idk about you, but I'm gonna go ahead and tell him to go sit his ass down at the negotiating table because I love art and I want the gallery to reopen. Considering this is the unions and communism website, I cordially invite you to get his ass too.

Tldr: Union workers at the AGO are striking so that they can literally afford rent. Email their greedy CEO and tell him that you want management to negotiate with the union and you want to see the gallery reopen. Email: [email protected]

#onpoli #art gallery of ontario #unions #labour #art #solidarity #do some praxis today yeah?#communism website #please please please reblog

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visualsofjm · 4 months

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