http://www.ago.net/ago-podcasts/ en-us ℗ & © 2009 Art Gallery of Ontario A comprehensive compilation of all AGO Podcasts and Audio Tours Art Gallery of Ontario and Contributors A comprehensive compilation of all AGO Podcasts and Audio Tours A comprehensive compilation of all AGO Podcasts and Audio Tours Art Gallery of Ontario information@ago.net clean Art Gallery of Ontario Featuring curator Liz Siegel Playing with Pictures exhibition curator Liz Siegel explores the whimsical and sometimes surreal world of Victorian photocollage. By cutting up photographic portraits and pasting them into elaborate watercolor scenes they painted, aristocratic British women made work that is at once perfectly Victorian and ahead of its time, challenging both photographic convention and societal tradition. http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/Society%20Cut-Ups_%20Victorians%20and%20the%20Art%20of%20Photocollage.mp3 15 Jun 2010 09:01:00 GMT 51:41 clean Art Gallery of Ontario Featuring the DK Photo Group Jennifer Bhogal, AR+SG Coordinator, speaks with the DK Photo Group about their adventures jumping fences across Europe and North America, photographing abandoned, decaying buildings, including old coal mines, once extravagant mansions, and abandoned factories. http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/ArtSpeak_%20A%20World%20Abandoned.mp3 15 Jun 2010 09:00:00 GMT 55:10 clean Art Gallery of Ontario Join Robert Enright and panelists Allyson Mitchell and Dionne Brand in a lively discussion about the art of Wangechi Mutu. Robert Enright is the Senior Contributing Editor to Border Crossings magazine and the University research Professor in Art Theory and Criticism at the University of Guelph. Allyson Mitchell is a feminist artist based in Toronto. She is also an Assistant Professor in the School of Women's Studies at York University. Dionne Brand is the Poet Laureate of the City of Toronto. She is also Professor of English in the School of English and Theatre Studies at The University of Guelph. http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/Wangechi%20Mutu_%20This%20You%20Call%20Civilization_%20panel%20discussion.mp3 17 May 2010 09:02:00 GMT 01:29:38 clean Art Gallery of Ontario Internationally renowned Canadian artist Brian Jungen is the recipient of the 2010 Gershon Iskowitz Prize at the AGO for his outstanding contribution to visual arts in Canada. 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. http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/Meet%20the%20Artist_%20Brian%20Jungen.mp3 17 May 2010 09:01:00 GMT 01:07:41 clean Art Gallery of Ontario Stephanie Dickey, author of Rembrandt: Portraits in Print (2004), explores the significance of the printed portrait for the art of Rembrandt and his time and the contribution of this expressive art form to our enduring fascination with the human face. 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). http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/Stephanie%20Dickey_%20Rembrandt%2C%20Prints%2C%20and%20Portraiture.mp3 5 May 2010 09:01:00 GMT 01:04:19 clean Art Gallery of Ontario MoMA curator Starr Figura talks about Freud's etching practice, emphasizing the cross-pollinating relationship between his work in etching and in painting. 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. http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/Starr%20Figura%20on%20Lucian%20Freud.mp3 16 Apr 2010 09:01:00 GMT 01:19:42 clean Art Gallery of Ontario 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 Alayna Munce created and presents a new poem in response to a sculpture by Giuseppe Penone. http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/Kelley%20Aitken%20on%20Ka%CC%88the%20Kollwitz.mp3 13 Apr 2010 09:08:00 GMT 15:24 clean Art Gallery of Ontario Poet Kelley Aitken created and presents a new poem in response to a sculpture by Kathe Kollwitz from the AGO's collection. 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. http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/Kelley%20Aitken.mp3 13 Apr 2010 09:07:00 GMT 04:27 clean Art Gallery of Ontario 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 Sheila Stewart created and presents a new poem in response to an ivory carving of a female figure from the AGO's collection. http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/Sheila%20Stewart%20on%20ivory%20female%20figure.mp3 13 Apr 2010 09:06:00 GMT 05:54 clean Art Gallery of Ontario 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 Hynes created and presents a new poem in response to an artwork by Rebecca Belmore from the AGO's collection. http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/Maureen%20Hynes%20on%20Rebecca%20Belmore.mp3 13 Apr 2010 09:05:00 GMT 06:00 clean Art Gallery of Ontario 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 Maureen Scott Harris created and presents a new poem in response to an 19th century ship model from the AGO's collection. http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/Maureen%20Scott%20Harris%20on%20Nelson%27s%20Catafalque.mp3 13 Apr 2010 09:04:00 GMT 07:36 clean Art Gallery of Ontario 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 Patria Rivera created and presents a new poem in response a painting by Camille Pissarro from the AGO's collection. http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/Patria%20Rivera%20on%20Camille%20Pissarro.mp3 13 Apr 2010 09:03:00 GMT 07:24 clean Art Gallery of Ontario 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, poet Ruth Pierson created and presents a new poem in response to a sculpture by Louise Nevelson from the AGO's collection. http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/Ruth%20Pierson%20on%20Louise%20Nevelson.mp3 13 Apr 2010 09:02:00 GMT 06:22 clean Art Gallery of Ontario Ontario poet Barry Dempster created and presents a new poem in response to a painting by Paterson Ewen 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. http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/Barry%20Dempster%20on%20Paterson%20Ewen.mp3 13 Apr 2010 09:01:00 GMT 07:17 clean Art Gallery of Ontario Noted curator Dietmar Elger has written the first biography of Gerhard Richter - a foundational portrait of this artist and his profoundly influential oeuvre. 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. http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/Dietmar%20Elger%20on%20Gerhard%20Richter_%20A%20Life%20in%20Painting.mp3 31 Mar 2010 09:01:00 GMT 01:23:08 clean Art Gallery of Ontario AGO's Michelle Jacques discusses the Toronto Now exhibition on CBC Radio's Here and Now with host Robin Brown. AGO's Michelle Jacques discusses the Toronto Now exhibition on CBC Radio's Here and Now with host Robin Brown. http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/Michelle%20Jacques%20discusses%20Toronto%20Now%20on%20CBC%20Radio%27s%20Here%20and%20Now.mp3 31 Mar 2010 09:00:00 GMT 06:36 clean Art Gallery of Ontario Meet artist Giuseppe Penone and enjoy a captivating talk on how his artwork unsettles the boundaries between art and nature, and signals the interdependence of all organic life forms. 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. http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/Meet%20the%20Artist_%20Giuseppe%20Penone.mp3 18 Mar 2010 09:02:00 GMT 01:17:30 clean Art Gallery of Ontario A lively conversation between artist Francoise Sullivan and writer and art critic Robert Enright, exploring the idea of inspiration. 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. http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/Francoise%20Sullivan%20in%20conversation%20with%20Robert%20Enright.mp3 18 Mar 2010 09:01:00 GMT 01:12:00 clean Gayle Gibson 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. 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. http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/Tutankhamun_%20A%20Body%20of%20Evidence.mp3 18 Mar 2010 09:00:00 GMT 01:26:42 clean Roberta Shaw The people who lived in ancient Egypt were as absorbed in personal adornment as the fashionistas of today. A remarkable archaeological record of clothing, cosmetics and, above all, fabulous jewelry allows us to recreate high fashion "looks" over some three millennia. http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/Glamour%20and%20Vogue%20in%20Ancient%20Egypt.mp3 15 Mar 2010 09:00:01 GMT 01:22:54 clean Mary-Ann Pouls Wegner Featuring Dr. Mary-Ann Pouls Wegner, Associate Professor of Egyptian Archaeology at the University of Toronto Featuring Dr. Mary-Ann Pouls Wegner, Associate Professor of Egyptian Archaeology at the University of Toronto http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/Tutankhamun%20in%20context_%20the%20political%20and%20religious%20landscapes%20of%20Amarna%20and%20Thebes.mp3 10 Mar 2010 10:00:01 GMT 01:19:46 clean David Silverman Dr. David Silverman is the National Curator, Advisor and Academic Content Creator for Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs Dr. David Silverman is the National Curator, Advisor and Academic Content Creator for Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/The%20Unity%20of%20Art%20and%20Writing%20in%20Ancient%20Egypt.mp3 10 Mar 2010 09:00:01 GMT 01:20:34 clean CBC Radio One 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. 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. http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/Rembrandt_Freud_%20Etchings%20from%20Life%20%28Excerpt%20from%20As%20It%20Happens%29.mp3 23 Dec 2009 09:00:01 GMT 06:29 clean Art Gallery of Ontario Podcast by David Silverman, Curator of King Tut, the Golden King and Great Pharaohs Podcast by David Silverman, Curator of King Tut, the Golden King and Great Pharaohs http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/kingtut/01%20Introduction%20by%20David%20Silverman.mp3 11 Dec 2009 09:00:01 GMT 00:41 clean Art Gallery of Ontario The Inner Coffin of Queen Meritamun is one of the prominent pieces in the section on Pharaoh's religion. The Inner Coffin of Queen Meritamun is one of the prominent pieces in the section on Pharaoh's religion. It's made of wood and is painted, and it also has the queen shown wearing a wig – and there are titles and her name inscribed on the front of the coffin. http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/kingtut/02%20Inner%20Coffin%20of%20Queen%20Meritamun.mp3 11 Dec 2009 09:00:02 GMT 02:26 clean Art Gallery of Ontario The Funerary Mask of Psusennes I comes from the section in the exhibition that's called Pharaoh's Gold. The Funerary Mask of Psusennes I comes from the section in the exhibition that's called Pharaoh's Gold. In that part of the exhibition we try to explain why so many things were made of gold that went into pharaoh's burial. http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/kingtut/03%20Funerary%20Mask%20of%20Psusennes%20I.mp3 11 Dec 2009 09:00:03 GMT 01:52 clean Art Gallery of Ontario The Canopic Stopper is actually the lid – there were four of these lids that had the form of the face of Tutankhamun. The Canopic Stopper is actually the lid – there were four of these lids that had the form of the face of Tutankhamun. These were the four lids for four sections of a container, made of calcite, which is a soft form of alabaster. http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/kingtut/04%20Canopic%20Stopper.mp3 11 Dec 2009 09:00:04 GMT 01:45 clean Art Gallery of Ontario This is a Funerary Figure of Tutankhamun, sometimes called a Shabati figure, and is the first artifact you see in the section on Tutankhamun himself. This is a Funerary Figure of Tutankhamun, sometimes called a Shabati figure, and is the first artifact you see in the section on Tutankhamun himself. It's very large, one of the largest you'll see of these types of figures that are called funerary figures, or are called shabatis. http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/kingtut/05%20Funerary%20Figure%20%28Shabati%29.mp3 11 Dec 2009 09:00:05 GMT 01:45 clean Art Gallery of Ontario This is a fairly simple chair for the Egyptian royalty. This is a fairly simple chair for the Egyptian royalty. It is made of wood and it doesn't really fit the true definition of a chair because the back is made in two parts and is separate from the legs that actually support it. http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/kingtut/06%20Chair.mp3 11 Dec 2009 09:00:06 GMT 01:54 clean Art Gallery of Ontario This is the Canopic Coffinette of Tutankhamun. This is the Canopic Coffinette of Tutankhamun. There were actually four of these, and they were four miniature coffins that were made to look almost exactly like the golden coffin that Tutankhamun was buried in. http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/kingtut/07%20Canopic%20Coffinette.mp3 11 Dec 2009 09:00:07 GMT 02:32 clean Art Gallery of Ontario The Finger and Toe Covers of Tutankhamun are made entirely of gold. The Finger and Toe Covers of Tutankhamun are made entirely of gold, and they're to reinforce the idea that the king has now become divine and therefore his skin and bones would be made of gold. http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/kingtut/08%20Finger%20and%20Toe%20Covers.mp3 11 Dec 2009 09:00:08 GMT 01:49 clean Art Gallery of Ontario The Cobra Collar of Tutankhamun was one of several different necklaces that were found in the tomb. The Cobra Collar of Tutankhamun was one of several different necklaces that were found in the tomb. This one, and several others, were actually found on the body of Tutankhamun, put around the neck, and there were some others that were on different parts of the body. http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/kingtut/09%20Cobra%20Collar.mp3 11 Dec 2009 09:00:09 GMT 01:33 clean Art Gallery of Ontario The Colossal Statue of Tutankhamun is the last artifact in exhibition. The Colossal Statue of Tutankhamun is the last artifact in exhibition, and it really tells about the fate of some pharaohs but not all pharaohs. This originally would have stood about 17.5 feet high, and it was placed in the exhibit at that exact height. http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/kingtut/10%20Colossal%20Statue%20of%20Tutankhamun%20Usurped%20by%20Horemheb.mp3 11 Dec 2009 09:00:10 GMT 01:58 clean Art Gallery of Ontario This is the Toilet Seat from the 18th dynasty found in the capital city of Amarna. This is the Toilet Seat from the 18th dynasty found in the capital city of Amarna. It's possible even that some of the royal family might have used it, or something like this, and even Tutankhamun. http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/kingtut/11%20Toilet%20Seat.mp3 11 Dec 2009 09:00:11 GMT 01:31 clean Art Gallery of Ontario The secrets and symbolism of Canada's most famous art group come to light in a lecture by bestselling author Ross King. The secrets and symbolism of Canada's most famous art group come to light in a lecture by bestselling author Ross King. King's forthcoming book Modern Spirits: The European Adventures of the Group of Seven exposes how, despite their professed nationalism, the Group of Seven was clearly indebted to a number of international trends. http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/Ross%20King%20Modern%20Spirits_%20The%20European%20Adventures%20of%20the%20Group%20of%20Seven.mp3 Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:00:00 GMT 1:22:06 clean Art Gallery of Ontario John Ralston Saul argues that it is critical that we recognize these aspects of Canada in order to rethink its future. John Ralston Saul argues that it is critical that we recognize these aspects of Canada in order to rethink its future. His talk explores these issues and develops them in the context of the Art Gallery of Ontario's reinstalled collection of Canadian Art. http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/John%20Ralston%20Saul_%20The%20Images%20of%20A%20Fair%20Country.mp3 Fri, 11 Dec 2009 09:00:00 GMT 1:39:52 clean El Anatsui El Anatsui has gained widespread international acclaim in recent years for his dazzling metallic tapestries made from liquor bottle tops. El Anatsui has gained widespread international acclaim in recent years for his dazzling metallic tapestries made from liquor bottle tops. His work is currently on view at the AGO, and his recent metal-cloth series and sculptures in wood, ceramic, and mixed media will be part of the world premiere of the artist's first-ever career retrospective at the Royal Ontario Museum's Institute for Contemporary Culture in 2010. http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/Meet%20the%20Artist_%20El%20Anatsui.mp3 Fri, 9 Oct 2009 09:00:13 GMT 1:23:21 clean Mark Haworth-Booth Mark Haworth-Booth discusses the issue of photography and truth, ranging from the mid nineteenth century era of Roger Fenton and Camille Silvy to 9/11 and the recent G20 demonstrations in London. Mark Haworth-Booth discusses the issue of photography and truth, ranging from the mid nineteenth century era of Roger Fenton and Camille Silvy to 9/11 and the recent G20 demonstrations in London. Mark Haworth-Booth has had a major curatorial and scholarly influence on the development of photographic culture in Britain. http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/The%20Reality%20Effect_%20Questions%20of%20Photography%20and%20Truth.mp3 Tue, 29 Sep 2009 09:00:13 GMT 58:14 clean Joe Baker, Sarah Milroy, Salah Hassan, Gerald McMaster Discussion the exhibition Remix: New Modernities in a Post-Indian World. Exhibition curators Gerald McMaster and Joe Baker, Globe and Mail art critic Sarah Milroy, and professor of African and African Diaspora art history and visual culture Salah Hassan discuss the exhibition Remix: New Modernities in a Post-Indian World. http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/Are%20we%20past%20the%20age%20of%20an%20aboriginal%20art%20show_.mp3 09 Sep 2009 11:00:02 GMT 1:04:18 clean Angie Littlefield Angie Littlefield talks about Angelika's connections to the feminist issues of her time. Angie Littlefield talks about Angelika's connections to the feminist issues of her time. Hear more about how the "New Woman," as she was then called, was politically and intellectually engaged, sported a bold short haircut called the bob and was increasingly self-sufficient. http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/The%20New%20Woman_%20Angelika%20and%20Women%27s%20Rights.mp3 Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:00:02 GMT 06:56 clean Angie Littlefield Explores the tumultuous relationship between Angelika and her husband Heinrich Hoerle, who would become one of the Cologne Progressives. Guest curator Angie Littlefield, Angelika Hoerle's grand-niece, explores the tumultuous relationship between Angelika and her husband Heinrich Hoerle, who would become one of the Cologne Progressives. http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/Who%20Had%20the%20Right%20to%20Expect%20What__%20The%20marriage%20of%20Angelika%20and%20Heinrich%20Hoerle.mp3 Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:00:01 GMT 07:16 clean Ennio Paola Relating the musical compositions of Erwin Schulhoff to visual artist Angelika Hoerle. Toronto musician and composer Ennio Paola takes us into the Dada arts scene of post World War I Germany, relating the musical compositions of Erwin Schulhoff to visual artist Angelika Hoerle. http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/Dada%20and%20Music.mp3 Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:00:00 GMT 06:19 clean Dennis Reid Dennis Reid presents new research that suggests that one of Canada's most popular nineteenth century painters was, actually, gay. Dennis Reid presents new research that suggests that one of Canada's most popular nineteenth century painters was, actually, gay. Revisionist history has never been so fabulous. Dennis Reid is the AGO Chief Curator, Research, and an eminent historian of Canadian art. http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/The%20Outing%20of%20a%20Canadian%20Icon.mp3 Mon, 6 Jul 2009 12:00:00 GMT 32:45 clean Angelika Littlefield Curator Angelika Littlefield talks about the works of her great aunt Angelika Hoerle whose short life blazed across the Cologne arts scene. Curator Angelika Littlefield talks about the works of her great aunt Angelika Hoerle whose short life blazed across the Cologne arts scene. Angelika shows how the artistic, political and social life in a time of tremendous flux finds its way into Angelika Hoerle's small, intense works. According to Littlefield, "Family stories show new perspectives on Max Ernst and other artists working in Cologne at the time and they tie Angelika Hoerle's works to our society and the arts today." Recorded Wednesday, May 27, 7 p.m. http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/Family%20Secrets_%20An%20Inside%20View%20of%20the%20Short%20Life%20of%20Angelika%20Hoerle.mp3 Mon, 1 Jun 2009 12:00:00 GMT 49:01 clean Franco Mondini-Ruiz and Kent Monkman Provocative Remix artists Franco Mondini-Ruiz and Kent Monkman will discuss their work with exhibition co-curator and AGO Curator of Canadian Art, Gerald McMaster. Remix: New Modernities in a Post-Indian World seeks to explore complex ideas about what it means to be an indigenous artist in the 21st century. The exhibition, featuring the work of 15 artists from across the western hemisphere, explores the very limits of human experience. Provocative Remix artists Franco Mondini-Ruiz and Kent Monkman will discuss their work with exhibition co-curator and AGO Curator of Canadian Art, Gerald McMaster. http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/Remix%20Artists%20in%20Conversation.mp3 Thu, 28 May 2009 12:00:00 GMT 01:09:06 clean Mark Kingwell Cultural critic and philosopher Mark Kingwell puts forth an argument for the similarity between art and philosophy as forms of play, working at the margins of meaning and sense. What is the role of art in modern society? To entertain us? To teach us? Both? And what of philosophy? What relevance does it have to how we think and live? In Opening Gambits, cultural critic and philosopher Mark Kingwell puts forth an argument for the similarity between art and philosophy as forms of play, working at the margins of meaning and sense. http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/Opening%20Gambits.mp3 Thu, 21 May 2009 12:00:00 GMT 49:53 clean Ghislaine Wood This lecture explores how Surrealism evolved from art movement to commercial phenomenon. Surrealism was one of the most influential movements of the twentieth century and had a profound impact on all forms of culture. During the 1930s it escaped the bounds of an avant-garde art movement and transformed the wider worlds of theatre, design, fashion and advertising. This lecture explores how Surrealism evolved from art movement to commercial phenomenon. http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/Ghislaine%20Wood%20-%20Lecture.mp3 Thu, 14 May 2009 12:00:01 GMT 48:00 clean Ghislaine Wood Surreal Things offers a new perspective on the surrealists' contentious and ambiguous relationship to the commercial fields of design, fashion, advertising, architecture, film and theatre. Surreal Things offers a new perspective on the surrealists' contentious and ambiguous relationship to the commercial fields of design, fashion, advertising, architecture, film and theatre. An introduction by curator Ghislaine Wood. http://www.artmatters.ca/podcasts/ago-podcasts/Ghislaine%20intro%20to%20Surreal%20Things.mp3 Thu, 7 May 2009 12:00:00 GMT 04:06 clean Kara Walker How her artwork aims to enliven current discussions about notions of difference, community and memory. Meet artist Kara Walker and enjoy a provocative talk on how her artwork aims to enliven current discussions about notions of difference, community and memory. Recorded March 6, 2009. http://www.artmatters.ca/podcasts/ago-podcasts/Meet%20the%20Artist_%20Kara%20Walker.mp3 Tue, 5 May 2009 12:00:04 GMT 1:06:47 clean Brenda Rix Hunt's marketing strategies made his images and message accessible to the widest possible audience. Join Brenda Rix, assistant curator of Prints and Drawings at the AGO, for a talk highlighting some of Hunt's marketing strategies to make his images and message accessible to the widest possible audience. Recorded February 25 2009. http://www.artmatters.ca/podcasts/ago-podcasts/Holman%20Hunt_%20_Branding_%20a%20Vision.mp3 Tue, 5 May 2009 12:00:03 GMT 55:55 clean Gerald McMaster The new approach to the Canadian galleries in the transformed AGO. Gerald McMaster, AGO curator of Canadian Art, discusses the new approach to the Canadian galleries in the transformed AGO. Recorded February 18, 2009. http://www.artmatters.ca/podcasts/ago-podcasts/Art%20and%20Ideas_%20The%20New%20Canadian%20Installations.mp3 Tue, 5 May 2009 12:00:02 GMT 01:16:58 clean Carol Jacobi The artist's life and inspirations as well as the development of his approach to art. This talk by Holman Hunt scholar Carol Jacobi presents the artist's life and inspirations as well as the development of his approach to art. Recorded February 11, 2009. http://www.artmatters.ca/podcasts/ago-podcasts/Holman%20Hunt_%20Pre-Raphaelite%20Passion.mp3 Tue, 5 May 2009 12:00:01 GMT 59:10 clean Linda Milrod The extraordinary process of working with Gehry International to transform the AGO. Join Linda Milrod, Transformation AGO senior project manager and program and installation director, for a talk about the extraordinary process of working with Gehry International to transform the AGO. Recorded January 14 2009. http://www.artmatters.ca/podcasts/ago-podcasts/Behind%20the%20Scenes_%20Designing%20the%20Transformed%20AGO.mp3 Tue, 5 May 2009 12:00:00 GMT 57:53 clean