AGO Art Talks and Tours

Born in 1970 in Fort St. John, British Columbia, to a Swiss father and a Dunne-za mother, Jungen has risen to prominence over the last decade by creating artwork that recasts traditional Indian symbology using ordinary objects such as plastic lawn chairs, golf bags, and Nike Air Jordans.

Stephanie Dickey (PhD, NYU, 1994) holds the Bader Chair in Northern Baroque Art at Queen's University. She is the author of numerous publications on portraiture and printmaking in the Dutch Golden Age, including the books Rembrandt: Portraits in Print (2004) and Rembrandt Face to Face (2006).

Starr Figura is the Phyllis Ann and Walter Borten Associate Curator of Prints and Illustrated Books at The Museum of Modern Art, New York. In 2007, she organized the exhibition, Lucian Freud: The Painter's Etchings, and wrote the accompanying catalogue.

Working from the concept of ekphrasis, one art form paying homage to another, poet Alayna Munce created and presents a new poem in response to a sculpture by Giuseppe Penone.

Working from the concept of ekphrasis, one art form paying homage to another, poet Kelley Aitken created and presents a new poem in response to a sculpture by Käthe Kollwitz from the AGO's collection.

Working from the concept of ekphrasis, one art form paying homage to another, poet Sheila Stewart created and presents a new poem in response to an ivory carving of a female figure from the AGO's collection.

Working from the concept of ekphrasis, one art form paying homage to another, poet Maureen Hynes created and presents a new poem in response to an artwork by Rebecca Belmore from the AGO's collection.

Working from the concept of ekphrasis, one art form paying homage to another, poet Maureen Scott Harris created and presents a new poem in response to an 19th century ship model from the AGO's collection.

Working from the concept of ekphrasis, one art form paying homage to another, poet Patria Rivera created and presents a new poem in response a painting by Camille Pissarro from the AGO's collection.

Working from the concept of ekphrasis, one art form paying homage to another, poet Ruth Pierson created and presents a new poem in response to a sculpture by Louise Nevelson from the AGO's collection.

Working from the concept of ekphrasis, one art form paying homage to another, Ontario poet Barry Dempster created and presents a new poem in response to a painting by Paterson Ewen from the AGO's collection.

With full access to Richter and his archives, Elger offers unprecedented insight into Richter's life and work. Elger explores Richter's childhood in Nazi Germany; his years as a student and mural painter in communist East Germany; his time in the West during the turbulent 1960s and '70s, when student protests, political strife, and violence tore the Federal Republic of Germany apart; and, his rise to international acclaim during the 1980s and beyond.

AGO's Michelle Jacques discusses the Toronto Now exhibition on CBC Radio's Here and Now with host Robin Brown.

Giuseppe Penone was born in Garessio, Italy in 1947. He belonged to Italy's Arte Povera movement of the 1960s. Like many in the group, Penone uses simple materials from daily life to point out the interdependence among all organic life forms. For his installation in Galleria Italia, Penone has carved out the wood to reveal its past, showing the tree that grew inside so that it may "live" in the present. Rather than imposing a form, the artist - in contrast to the architect of this space - draws out an existing form.

The exhibition celebrating the 2008 winner of the Gershon Iskowitz prize at the AGO, Francoise Sullivan, opened February 10, 2010. Sullivan was a member of the avant-garde group the Automatistes, led by Paul-Emile Borduas, and was a signatory of the 1948 manifesto, Refus Global. Long recognized for her work as a dancer and choreographer, Sullivan's practice has also embraced sculpture, conceptual work, and painting.

Was Tutankhamun murdered? Was his tomb cursed? We review the physical evidence revealed by medical science and recent scholarship to determine what did happen to the young man, and consider what his bones reveal about his life.

A remarkable archaeological record of clothing, cosmetics and, above all, fabulous jewelry allows us to recreate high fashion "looks" over some three millennia.

Featuring Dr. Mary-Ann Pouls Wegner, Associate Professor of Egyptian Archaeology at the University of Toronto

Dr. David Silverman is the National Curator, Advisor and Academic Content Creator for Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs

Carol Off speaks with AGO Assistant Curator Brenda Rix about the upcoming exhibition Rembrandt/Freud: Etchings from Life. An excerpt from As It Happens on CBC Radio One.