The museum was founded in 1900 by a group of private citizens as the Art Museum of Toronto. In 1919 the museum moved to its current location and changed its name to The Art Gallery of Toronto. In 1966 it changed its name to the Art Gallery of Ontario.
The building has been expanded and renovated over the years, the latest expansion being completed in 2008 with an innovative design by architect Frank Gehry.
Nearly half the collection documents the development of Canada’s art heritage since pre-Confederation, including one of the largest Inuit art collections in the world.
The AGO currently has more than 68,000 works in its collection, spanning from 100 AD to the present.
Highlights include:
Masterpieces of European art, including works by Anthony van Dyck, Thomas Gainsborough, Auguste Rodin, Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, Paul Cezanne, Vincent van Gogh, Pablo Picasso, Peter Paul Rubens, and René Magritte.
A contemporary collection illustrating the evolution of artistic movements in Canada, the U.S. and Europe, including major works by Claes Oldenburg, Andy Warhol, Mary Kelly, Jannis Kounellis, Jenny Holzer, General Idea, Joanne Tod, Jeff Wall, Rebecca Belmore and Luciano Fabro.
The world’s largest public collection of works by British sculptor Henry Moore.
Works by 19th-century British, French, American and Canadian photographers, and 20th-century modernists, including collections of works by Josef Sudek.
Opening Hours
Tuesday, Saturday & Sunday: 10:00 am – 5:30 pm
Wednesday, Thursday & Friday: 10:00 am – 8:30 pm
Prices:
$18
Address
317 Dundas Street West
Toronto
M5T 1G4
Tel: Toll free 1-877-225-4246
How to Get There
Subway: St Patrick on Yonge-University-Spadina Line
External Links
Art Gallery of Ontario
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