| INFLUENCES 05.06.09 9:30 AM |
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New A.G.O. Exhibit Explores the Impact of Surrealism
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 | Salvador Dali's "Ruby Lips" brooch
© Salvador Dalí, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí/SODRAC (2009) |
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On Saturday, the Art Gallery of Ontario unveils a new show entitled "Surreal Things"—an exhibit organized by London's Victoria and Albert Museum that examines the influence of Surrealism on the fields of design, fashion, advertising, architecture, film, and theatre. The exhibition, which includes more than 180 items and features the work of artists such as Salvador Dali and Meret Oppenheim, is divided into five themes—Protest: the Ballet, Surrealism and the Object, the Illusory Interior, Nature Made Strange, and Displaying the Body. The show, which makes its only Canadian stop at the A.G.O., includes various mediums such as painting, sculpture, architecture, works on paper, jewelry, ceramics, textiles, furniture, fashion, film, and photography. Admission for corporate groups (of 15 or more) is $14.40 per person, which includes access to the entire gallery. Guided audio tours of the show are available at an additional cost of $5 each. The exhibit runs through August 30.
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| EVENT REPORT 04.03.09 1:36 PM |
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A.G.O. Adopts "Massive Uprising" Theme With Mock Protests, Riot Police
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The redesigned Art Gallery of Ontario played host to its fifth annual Massive Party benefit Thursday with a sold-out crowd of 1,600 guests. "We've held it off site at Muzik for the past few years, and we are thrilled to come back to the A.G.O.," said Geoffrey Chown, its manager of development and special events, who planned the event in conjunction with a committee co-chaired by Gillian Hewitt and Som Seif.
Songs like “We’re Not Gonna Take It” by Twisted Sister played as guests arrived for the party, which was dubbed "Massive Uprising" this year. Riot police wielding billy clubs greeted attendees as they entered Walker Court, where a group of models dressed as hippies conducted a sit-in in the middle of the floor. Placards with logos like “Fight for Your Right to Party” and “Join the Up Rising” were placed in black metal bins around the venue, and black linens and camouflage netting topped bars throughout the space.
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| THE WALKTHROUGH 12.02.08 11:55 AM |
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Contemporary Design, Wood Accents Fill A.G.O.'s New Event Space, Restaurant
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 | The A.G.O.'s Baillie Court
Photo: BizBash |
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In addition to providing a new home for more than 4,300 works of art, the highly anticipated re-opening of the Art Gallery of Ontario in mid-November brought with it the arrival of a new event space with views overlooking Grange Park, Walker Court, and the gallery's new spiral staircase. Known as Baillie Court, the venue is a 7,000-square-foot facility designed by Frank Gehry—the architect behind the A.G.O.'s new look.
Two glass walls run the length of the room, which holds 450 for receptions and seats 300. The third-floor space can be accessed by three guest elevators and can be partitioned into three smaller rooms using retractable walls of perforated Douglas fir panels.
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| NEWS 11.11.08 9:58 AM |
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A.G.O. Reopening Festivities Focus on Donors, Artists—and Public
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 | The newly expanded Art Gallery of Ontario
Photo: Courtesy of the Art Gallery of Ontario |
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Several public and private events will take place this week to celebrate the anticipated—and prompt—reopening of the Art Gallery of Ontario. Transformed by Toronto-born architect Frank Gehry, the building will feature 110 galleries, as well as an event space and restaurant. (More details are here and here.)
On Wednesday night, the gallery will host a cocktail reception for donors who have contributed more than $500,000 to the $464 millon expansion. The guest list for the evening includes photographer Edward Burtynsky and MoMA director Glen Lowry. A decidedly less corporate gathering will take place Thursday as artists such as Frank Stella and Marion Goodman are honored with a cocktail reception followed by a party in Baillie Court.
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| TREND SPOTTED 08.04.08 12:56 PM |
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Events Get Tagged With Graffiti
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 | A muralist at Angeleno magazine's summer release party.
Photo: BizBash |
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Whether it’s as entertainment, decor, an activity, or an art installation, graffiti has added an edgy vibe to several recent events.
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Angeleno Magazine, The Dark Knight, Warner Brothers, Kidrobot, Mini Cooper, Nickelodeon, Watermill Center, Sundance Institute, Art Gallery of Ontario |
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| TOP 100 EVENTS 05.16.08 12:23 PM |
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Toronto's Top Benefits 2008
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 | The 2007 Look Good, Feel Better ball
Photo: Courtesy of Look Good Feel Better |
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1. Bloor Street Entertains
With 23 exclusive boutiques in the Bloor-Yorkville neighbourhood hosting gourmet dinners, this annual fund-raiser for Canfar is the most prestigious benefit in the city. The 2007 event, which attracted 848 people, was marred by a bomb threat outside the Royal Ontario Museum, which led to the last-minute cancellation of the venue’s after-party. (Canfar staged an online auction in early December in an effort to raise additional funds.) The 2008 event will be held at the ROM on November 26.
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Toronto's Top 100 Events, Canfar, H2O Africa, HealthyKids International, Right to Play, SickKids Foundation, Make-A-Wish Foundation, Toronto Public Library Foundation, Design Exchange, Princess Margaret Hospital Foundation, Art Gallery of Ontario, Jeanne Lottie, Campbell Family Institute for Breast Cancer Research, Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, Canadian Opera Company, Children's Aid Foundation, Reach for the Rainbow Foundation, Grocery Foundation, Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of Canada, Villa Charities Foundation, Mount Sinai Hospital, Yee Hong Centre for Geriatric Care |
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| EVENT REPORT 04.14.08 2:19 PM |
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Interactive Installations Bring Buzz to A.G.O.'s Massive Party
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 | Dan Bergeron's graffiti project outside Muzik
Photo: Gary Beechey for BizBash |
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The 1,500 guests attending the Art Gallery of Ontario's Massive Party fund-raiser at Muzik on Thursday got a taste of the night's Vanities and Vandals theme before even entering the venue. Outside the nightclub, spotlights drew attention to artist Dan Bergeron's graffiti art installation, which gave a dramatically different look to the typical red carpet entrance. Later in the evening, Bergeron and a troupe of graffiti artists went outside to work on the project in front of onlookers.
Inside Musik, seven other contemporary artists showed off interactive installation projects (while two sold their merchandise) amid rotating coloured lights, dry ice, and music spun by DJ Efsharp and DJ Whitney. "Each year, it's the artist projects that are fresh, new, and exciting," said Geoffrey Chown, A.G.O.'s manager of development and special events. "It's all about the contemporary art." Many of the artists, like Bergeron, participated in their installations.
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| NEWS 02.22.08 5:41 PM |
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Luminato Receives Funding Boost
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Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty handed out $2.7 million in pre-election grants to several local arts groups yesterday, including a $1 million gift to Luminato, a 10-day arts festival that will take place this June for its second year. But there was no money for institutions like the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Royal Ontario Museum, or the Canadian Opera Company in yesterday's announcement, The Toronto Star reports.
"It's great to have a down payment for Luminato, but there are other outstanding requests from other national institutions in Toronto that are waiting for their cheques," Toronto Councillor Kyle Rae said, noting that the federal government was expected to address some of the $50 million shortfall facing the AGO, ROM, and COC due to recent capital expansions at each of the facilities. —Susan O'Neill
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