Toronto School of Art declared bankruptcy on Friday, November 30th
The main reasons for bankruptcy were declining enrolment and the monthly challenge of paying the expensive rent
Toronto School of Art closes after 44 years
Category: News Archive
1st Thursdays
Thursday, October 4, 2012,
6:30 – 11 p.m.
ART GALLERY OF ONTARIO
We want to give people the opportunity to see and make and do and hear as much art as they can every month
Luis Jacob “Spirits of the Grotto”
Opening Launch: May 18, 2012, 5:30 pm
DUFFERIN UNDERPASS
The Dufferin Underpass is to be the envy of other areas of Toronto with underpasses.
Heffel’s 2012 Spring Auction
April 26 – May 17, 2012
Toronto Preview May 3-5
HEFFEL GALLERY
2012 Spring Auction of rare and extraordinary Canadian masterpieces reached 14.6 million in sales
Open Studio National Printmaking Awards, 2012
Open Studio National Printmaking Awards
Open Studio National Printmaking Awards, presented on May 17, at Open Studio’s 27th annual 100 Prints fundraising event at the Palais Royale.
Kim Adams won the 2012 Gershon Iskowitz Prize
“Kim Adams is a vibrant and innovative contributor to the Canadian art world, and his energy and vision have rightfully earned him a space on the international stage,” says Matthew Teitelbaum, AGO Director and CEO. “The Art Gallery of Ontario is pleased to collaborate with the Gershon Iskowitz Foundation to present this prize to a truly deserving Canadian artist.”
The Grange Prize 2011
The shortlist for 2011:
Gauri Gill and Nandini Valli from India; Elaine Stocki and Athea Thauberger from Canada
The Grange Prize ($50 000) recognizes that contemporary photography includes a broad range of diverse practices and places no limitations on approach, subject matter, technology, or presentation.
Chagall and the Russian Avant-Garde
October 18, 2011 – January 15, 2012
Art Gallery of Ontario
Drawn from the collection of the Centre Pompidou, the exhibition examines how Chagall’s Russian heritage influenced and informed his artistic practice, illustrating how he at turns embraced and rejected broader movements in art history as he developed his widely beloved style
David Hockney’s Fresh Flowers: Drawings on iPhones and iPads
October 8, 2011 – January 1, 2012
ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM
Hockney began working with the iPhone in 2008. Since then, he has created hundreds of finger-drawn images, ranging in subject matter from flowers and self-portraits to landscapes and still life. More than 20 Hockney drawings in the exhibition will feature playback animations, allowing viewers insight into the artist’s creative process as they view the works being drawn from start to finish.
Picasso: Masterpieces from the Musée National Picasso, Paris
April 28 – August 26, 2012
ART GALLERY OF ONTARIO
The collection of the Musée National Picasso, Paris comprises more than 5,000 works that Picasso kept for himself and his family over the course of his career, ranging from informal sketchbooks to iconic masterpieces. Picasso: Masterpieces from the Musée National Picasso, Paris features is touring the world while the Musée undergoes a multi-year renovation, scheduled for completion in 2012.
Junction Arts Festival 2011
Junction Arts Festival 2011
Sadly, the Junction Arts Festival will not be happening this year due to difficult challenges and obstacles created by the certain unworkable situations and Associations.We feel that the community deserves the best festival possible, but the roadblocks have left us with little time to plan the festival that we want to give you.
We are greatly disappointed from this turn of events”
Please let artoronto.ca know what you think
Michael Snow Wins the 2011 Iskowitz Prize at the AGO
(TORONTO – June 6, 2011) Michael Snow, one of Canada’s most internationally celebrated artists, is the winner of the 2011 Gershon Iskowitz Prize at the AGO for his remarkable contribution to the visual arts in Canada. The AGO and the…