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A monumental moment

Utterly transforming the Art Gallery of Ontario, Frank Gehry has created an exhilarating work of architecture that honours the art it houses, gives new life to Toronto's downtown, and confirms Gehry's stature as one of the world's great creative geniuses


Unmasking art's dazzling pleasures
– and its dirty secrets, too

The Globe's visual-arts critic gets an early look at the resdesigned Art Gallery of Ontario and comes away impressed. Director Matthew Teitelbaum and the curators, she writes, have taken the AGO off auto-pilot, and the gamble has paid off.


Finished AGO puts Gehry's fears to rest

Open to the public today, revamped gallery gets nod of approval from its architect, despite his desire to 'go back and do a few things' if the money was there

AGO a Guided Tour

  • Audio Podcast: Download Lisa Rochon's audio tour of the gallery
  • Video: The Thomson collection at the Art Gallery of Ontario
  • Photo Gallery: Art Gallery of Ontario throughout the years

Other news 

Prized collection unveiled after AGO privately canvassed donors

Prominent collectors agree to each donate a single rare treasure

A gift to the AGO that keeps on giving

What's makes donation special is that the naming rights it acquires are time-limited

AGO bullish on attendance

Revamped gallery, which reopens to the general public on Friday, hopes to avoid ROM missteps

A new look, a new bond with residents

Toronto's Art Gallery of Ontario unveils its revamped home in a state of happy detente with the neighbourhood

Society: AGO Artists’ preview party Popup

Art Gallery opening a picture


Globe Editorial 

Restrained masterpiece

Frank Gehry's overhaul of the Art Gallery of Ontario is a reminder of the power of architecture to reinvent ideas, institutions and cities


In Pictures 

The AGO through the years Popup

The AGO through the years

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