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 Navigating a Gracious Cosmos: Faith and Creativity in 14th Century Florence with Gilles Mongeau and Sasha Suda Dante's Divine Comedy expresses a radical new vision of religious faith that open doors to understanding spirituality and art in 14th-century Florence. Join Gilles Mongeau and Sasha Suda as they bring to light the challenges faced by the artists that tried to capture this radical new reality. Gilles Mongeau is the Director, Master of Divinity and Associate Professor of Systematic Theology at Regis College in Toronto. Sasha Suda is the Art Gallery of Ontario's assistant curator of European art. http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/navigating-the-gracious-cosmos.mp3 22 May 2013 19:00:00 GMT 01:32:53 clean Art Gallery of Ontario What was contemporary art? Contemporary art in the early twenty-first century is often discussed as though it were a radically new phenomenon unmoored from history. Yet all works of art were once contemporary to the artist and culture that produced them. In "What Was Contemporary Art?" Richard Meyer reclaims the contemporary from historical amnesia, exploring episodes in the study, exhibition, and reception of early twentieth-century art and visual culture. http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/Richard-Meyer.mp3 09 May 2013 19:00:00 GMT 00:51:25 clean Art Gallery of Ontario The Poet of Prague Josef Sudek is regarded as one of the most legendary photographers from the twentieth century and is best known for his compelling photographs of Prague. AGO Next members learnt about this visionary artist and saw more than 175 photographs selected from the AGO’s Collection spanning his entire career. http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/sudek-poet-of-prague.mp3 22 January 2013 17:30:00 GMT 00:53:57 clean Art Gallery of Ontario An introduction to Frida, Naturaleza Viva (1983) at the AGO Mauricio Toussaint, Consul General of Mexico in Toronto, and Dot Tuer, guest curator of Frida & Diego: Passion, Politics and Painting at the AGO, introduce a free screening of the 1983 Mexican film Frida, Naturaleza Viva (1983), directed by Paul Leduc with Ofelia Medina as Frida and painter Juan José Gurrola as Diego. They discuss the artists and their iconic status and how the film represents their lives, their time and their art. The recording ends with a Q&A with the audience. http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/kahlo-film-screening.mp3 18 January 2013 15:00:00 GMT 00:40:15 clean Art Gallery of Ontario Frida Kahlo: Her Life and Art In this talk Hayden Herrera interwove Kahlo's biography and her painting. Herrera discussed Kahlo's turning to painting after her bus accident at age eighteen, her difficult marriage to muralist Diego Rivera and its affect on her imagery, her childlessness and her numerous surgical operations and how she dealt with them in her self-portraits. http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/hayden-herrera-frida-kahlo.mp3 16 January 2013 18:00:00 GMT 1:20:48 clean Art Gallery of Ontario Brown Bag Lunch & Talk: Camille Paglia Camille Paglia is university professor of humanities and media studies at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia and the author of many books. In her latest book, Glittering Images: A Journey Through Art from Egypt to Star Wars, Paglia leads us chronologically through the paintings, sculptures, architectural styles, performance pieces and digital art that have defined and transformed our visual world. http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/Camille-Paglia.mp3 27 November 2012 14:00:00 GMT 00:55:23 clean Art Gallery of Ontario Asian Art in Global Context: The Role of Contemporary Art in Rapidly Changing Economies and Cultures The rise of Asia on the international scene is one of the most compelling stories in contemporary art. Provocative artworks command ever-higher prices as markets expand, and impressive new museums, schools and biennials continue to proliferate. Hong Kong, Singapore, Dubai, Tokyo and Beijing have established themselves as major art-world hubs, competing directly with London and New York. In order to understand this phenomenon and its connection to global movements of economic and political power, the Asia Contemporary Speaker Series presented a talk by Vishakha Desai. http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/Vishakha-Desai.mp3 23 November 2012 14:00:00 GMT 01:29:04 clean Art Gallery of Ontario Questions of Dimension + Context: The Artists and Jurors in Conversation Join the nominated artists as they chat with members of The Grange Prize 2012 Jury about the provocative issues and topics their works traverse. http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/GrangePrize-Part-2.mp3 13 September 2012 13:00:00 GMT 01:18:37 clean Art Gallery of Ontario Questions of Dimension + Context: The Artists and Jurors in Conversation Join the nominated artists as they chat with members of The Grange Prize 2012 Jury about the provocative issues and topics their works traverse. http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/GrangePrize-Part-1.mp3 13 September 2012 13:00:00 GMT 01:11:05 clean Art Gallery of Ontario Picasso and the Art Market Molly Ott Ambler and Elizabeth Gorayeb, vice-presidents from Sotheby's New York, visited the AGO on June 6 for a fascinating discussion about the intriguing world of the art market for Pablo Picasso while he was alive, as well as his relationship with his dealers. They also addressed the current market for Picasso's work. http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/Picasso-Art-Market.mp3 18 June 2012 09:00:00 GMT 01:20:41 clean Art Gallery of Ontario Contemporary Opera's Big Bang: Robert Wilson, Philip Glass, and Lucinda Childs in conversation Join us for this rare opportunity to meet the creators of Einstein on the Beach, the influential masterwork featured in this year's Luminato Festival. http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/Einstein-on-Beach.mp3 12 June 2012 10:45:00 GMT 01:19:10 clean Art Gallery of Ontario The Silent Muse: the Influence of African Art on Picasso’s Early Work with Dr. Gus Casely-Hayford During the early years of the twentieth century a new form of painting was born. This was not a further resolution of the aesthetic conundrum that had been teasing European artists for centuries – this wasn’t an evolutionary step that took us closer to understanding the mechanics of paint and canvas – this was the establishment of a new kind of aesthetic aim. This is the beginning of a radical change in pre-war cultural trajectory, an unstoppable revolution that defined post-war popular culture, and continues to inform the arts. It was a shift that found its most dramatic form in the work of Pablo Picasso, but was triggered and inspired by the art of Africa. http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/Gus-on-Picasso.mp3 18 May 2012 09:30:00 GMT 01:34:04 clean Art Gallery of Ontario Meet the Artist: IAIN BAXTER& Follow Iain Baxter& on his journey from zoologist to conceptual artist to Br&. The &man will share his insights on the ecology of life and art &...... http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/Baxter-Lecture.mp3 23 April 2012 10:00:00 GMT 01:26:36 clean Art Gallery of Ontario Meet the Artist: Stephen Shore Stephen Shore is an American photographer, known for his pioneering use of colour in art photography. Through examining the trajectory of the development of his work, he will explore a number of essential factors of the medium of photography. http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/Stephen-Shore-Lecture.mp3 16 April 2012 013:30:00 GMT 01:22:16 clean Art Gallery of Ontario Join philosopher and author Alain de Botton for the next in a series of brown-bag lunch-time talks. Join philosopher and author Alain de Botton for the next in a series of brown-bag lunch-time talks. Born in Zurich, Switzerland and now living in London, Alain is a writer of essayistic books that have been described as "philosophies of everyday life." http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/Alain_DeBotton.mp3 03 April 2012 014:00:00 GMT 00:56:26 clean Art Gallery of Ontario Christopher Dewdney provides insights into the work of Jack Chambers along with personal, often humerous, anecdotes from Dewdney's long familial acquaintance with the artist. Christopher Dewdney has been writing art criticism for more than three decades. He is the author of four books of non-fiction as well as eleven books of poetry. His most recent non-fiction title is Soul of the World: Unlocking the Secrets of Time. Dewdney teaches creative writing and poetics at the Glendon Campus of York University in Toronto. http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/Jack_Chambers.mp3 27 March 2012 011:30:00 GMT 00:52:04 clean Art Gallery of Ontario Tintin and the Thomson Collection of Ship Models at the AGO Join Simon Stephens to hear about ships, ship models and Tintin. Simon Stephens is curator of the Ship Model and Boat Collection at the National Maritime Museum, London. He curated the Thomson Collection of ship models installation at the AGO and co-curated the National Maritime Museum's 2005 Tintin At Sea exhibition. http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/TinTin_Lecture.mp3 21 March 2012 09:30:00 GMT 01:23:06 clean Art Gallery of Ontario The Art of Healing: Artists and Medical Practitioners in Duet In the 1300s plague ravaged Europe and was called the Black Death. The horrors of this pervaded all aspects of medieval culture and especially art. What are today’s plagues and how do we cope with them physically, psychologically and spiritually? http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/Art_of_Healing.mp3 13 March 2012 15:00:00 GMT 01:36:42 clean Art Gallery of Ontario Art & Philosophy: Borduas and the Existential Drama of the Visible In this talk David Ciavatta draws from the philosophical insights of existentialist phenomenologists Jean-Paul Sartre and Maurice Merleau-Ponty, to suggest that what these paintings make visible is, in the end, the expressive movement of existence itself: through these paintings our eyes bear witness to the spontaneous emergence of a pre-objective sense and purpose out of the contingency of the world’s sensuous materiality. http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/Borduas-2-15-podcast.mp3 07 March 2012 13:15:00 GMT 01:34:57 clean Art Gallery of Ontario Rembrandt and the Face of Jesus In mid-career, Rembrandt shifted to a new model of Jesus based on a living, accurate-looking model, possibly the first time in the history of Christian Art this had been done. Lloyd DeWitt will outline the recent exhibition he organized at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, which travelled to the Musée du Louvre and the Detroit Institute of Arts. Lloyd DeWitt is Curator of European Art at the Art Gallery of Ontario, and organizer of the exhibition Rembrandt and the Face of Jesus. http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/Rembrandt-face-of-god-podcast.mp3 29 February 2012 16:00:00 GMT 01:30:05 clean Art Gallery of Ontario Behind the Scenes: The Art of Jack Chambers Join art historian Dennis Reid, curator of Jack Chambers: Light, Spirit, Time, Place and Life, for a tour of the exhibition. http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/Reid-on-Chambers-podcast.mp3 22 February 2012 16:00:00 GMT 01:13:12 clean Art Gallery of Ontario Behind the scenes with AGO conservator, Sherry Phillips: Betty Goodwin's Tarpaulin # 8 Listen to AGO conservator, Sherry Phillips, talk about Betty Goodwin's Tarpaulin # 8. http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/Goodwin3E-SherryPhillips.mp3 09 February 2012 14:30:00 GMT 00:02:13 clean Art Gallery of Ontario Join Yael Bartana and Sławomir Sierakowski, the protagonist of "And Europe will be Stunned" for a conversation about Bartana's work Yael Bartana is an Israeli-born artist and filmmaker now based in Amsterdam, Berlin and Tel Aviv. Her film trilogy "And Europe will be Stunned" made between 2007 and 2011, was shown at the Polish Pavilion of the Venice Biennial in 2011. The films revolve around the activities of a Jewish Renaissance Movement in Poland invented by Bartana. As the artists says "This is a very universal story; as in previous works, I have treated Israel as a sort of a social laboratory, always looking at it from the outside". In 2010 she won the Artes Mundi prize for work that stimulates thinking about the human condition. http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/Bartana-Lecture-1-27-2012.mp3 06 February 2012 16:30:00 GMT 01:34:40 clean Art Gallery of Ontario Professor Benjamin Harshav Yale University's Professor Benjamin Harshav is the preeminent Jewish culture critic today. As a respected scholar on Chagall, his recent publications include Marc Chagall and the Lost Jewish World: The Nature of Chagall's Art and Iconography (Rizzoli, 2006); Marc Chagall and His Times: A Documentary Narrative (Stanford University Press, 2004). http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/Marc-Chagall-and-his-Times.mp3 05 January 2012 10:30:00 GMT 01:32:26 clean Art Gallery of Ontario A panel discussion In connection with the exhibition Haute Culture: General Idea – A Retrospective, 1969-1994, join artist Luis Jacob, artist and writer Sholem Krishtalka and art historian Virginia Solomon for a stimulating discussion about this foundational Canadian artist group's diverse and increasingly influential production. http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/The-General-Idea-behind-General-Idea.mp3 19 December 2011 14:00:00 GMT 01:34:11 clean Art Gallery of Ontario How can we influence our own futures via the kinds of media that we create and use? The digital revolution, for it truly to be revolutionary, involves more than increasing efficiencies of production and distribution. It involves profoundly different ways of understanding the world and ourselves. We create our media, and our media then re-create us. Where are our media leading us—politically, spiritually, psychologically? Do we want to go there? How can we influence our own futures via the kinds of media that we create and use? http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/Fred-Ritchin-edited.mp3 13 December 2011 14:00:00 GMT 01:33:56 clean Art Gallery of Ontario The lecture considers General Idea's contribution to the Toronto School of communication theory. Inaugurating their collective enterprise in the heyday of the "medium is the message," General Idea were often dismissed as camp "triviality." Yet they created a fictional system based on popular culture that was as coherent as the media analyses of Marshall McLuhan and the International Situationists. The lecture considers General Idea's contribution to the Toronto School of communication theory. http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/McCready-Lecture-2011.mp3 7 December 2011 14:00:00 GMT 01:16:25 clean Art Gallery of Ontario David Jaffé, Senior Curator in the Department of Painting, National Gallery, London will talk about the work of 17th Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens. David Jaffé, Senior Curator in the Department of Painting, National Gallery, London will talk about the work of 17th Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens. In particular he will discuss the Massacre of the Innocents by Rubens from the Thomson Collection at the AGO. http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/Jaffe-on-Massacre-of-the-Innocents.mp3 29 November 2011 14:00:00 GMT 01:22:42 clean Art Gallery of Ontario Dr. Allan Peterkin will engage Dr. Susan Abbey and artist Deirdre Logue in a conversation around the issues of mindfulness in the arts and medicine Dr. Allan Peterkin will engage Dr. Susan Abbey and artist Deirdre Logue in a conversation around the issues of mindfulness in the arts and medicine. A selection of Deirdre Logue's work will be screened. Dr. Susan Abbey specializes in psychiatry concentrated on the interface of mind and body – with a particular focus on depression, quality of life and stress management with the medically ill and transplant patients and families. Deirdre Logue's film, video and installation work focuses on self-presentational discourse, the body as material, confessional autobiography and the passage of 'real' time. http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/Art-of-Healing.mp3 23 November 2011 1:30:00 GMT 01:11:11 clean Art Gallery of Ontario Join Todd Eberle for the first in a series of brown-bag lunch-time talks Join Todd Eberle for the first in a series of brown-bag lunch-time talks. Born in Cleveland, OH, in 1963, Todd Eberle is a professional photographer and artist based in New York City. He is currently photographer-at-large for Vanity Fair. First celebrated for his photographs of Donald Judd's works and architecture, Eberle is best known for his interpretive work comprising of iconic subject matter such as art, architecture, interiors, design, and portraits. Turning his lens on these subjects, Eberle presents the disparate images that make up international architecture, landscapes, and society. His vision is united by a minimalist aesthetic; a potent mix of control, symmetry and proportion. http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/Todd-Eberle.mp3 16 November 2011 14:30:00 GMT 00:55:03 clean Art Gallery of Ontario An intro to Chagall and the Russian Avant Garde In this talk David Wistow provides a personal look at the life of Marc Chagall and his art during a time of enormous social and political upheaval - World War I and the Russian Revolution of 1917. The talk offers a glimpse into Chagall's youth and Jewish upbringing, his search for a powerful new language of expression, his obsession with the village of his childhood and six decades of creative activity in exile. It also explores Chagall's friends and rivals - the Constructivists - who created radical forms of art to capture their vision of a new, idealized world of social equality. David Wistow is an Interpretive Planner at the AGO. http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/Creating-a-New-World-David-Wistow.mp3 18 October 2011 18:24:00 GMT 00:51:00 clean Art Gallery of Ontario Can creativity and freedom peacefully co-exist in the Internet age? Companies claiming to represent the "creative industries" have turned into unlikely advocates of censorship, surveillance and control. Entertainment industry associations have asked world leaders to remake the Internet as a nightmarish panopticon, in the name of defending the arts and copyright. But for all the censorship, easy takedown, digital locks, and warrantless surveillance and seizure, copyright infringement goes on, and artists find themselves increasingly serving as the justification for totalitarian policies that could have been ripped from the Chinese politburo's playbook. Can we design a copy-native, Internet-friendly copyright system? If so, what would it look like? Which artists would it serve? Which artists should it serve? http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/Cory-Doctorow-Podcast.mp3 21 September 2011 17:00:00 GMT 01:12:49 clean Art Gallery of Ontario The Struggle for the Meaning of Abstract Expressionism No two critics have been more closely associated with the Abstract Expressionist movement in America than Greenberg and Rosenberg. Their pitched battles over formal purity versus existential meaning were played out in art magazines, galleries, and museums nationwide. Their rivalry was so intense that satirist Tom Wolfe dubbed them the "Bergs." Norman Kleeblatt, chief curator of the Jewish Museum in New York, offers an opportunity to reconsider Abstract Expressionism's evolution through the contradictory explanations of these two major critics and tastemakers. http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/The%20Battle%20of%20the%20Bergs.mp3 8 August 2011 15:40:00 GMT 01:25:35 clean OCAD University Robert Motherwell talks about what inspired his series of 1965 drawings called Lyric Suite In this clip, Robert Motherwell talks about what inspired his series of 1965 drawings called Lyric Suite. For these works, Motherwell bought 1000 sheets of Japanese rice paper, and determined to paint on them spontaneously, with no preconceptions or revisions. Motherwell abruptly stopped at around 600 sheets when he learned of the tragic death of his close friend and fellow artist, David Smith. To hear the entire lecture, visit http://www.ago.net/robert-motherwell-ocad-talk http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/Motherwell-at-OCA-1970-excerpt.mp3 27 June 2011 15:40:00 GMT 00:03:56 clean Art Gallery of Ontario Glenn D. Lowry, director of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, and AGO director Matthew Teitelbaum discussed art, ideas and the future of museums. Glenn D. Lowry, director of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, and AGO director Matthew Teitelbaum discussed art, ideas and the future of museums. Glenn D. Lowry became the sixth director of The Museum of Modern Art in 1995. He leads a staff of 750 and directs an active program of exhibitions, acquisitions, and publications. Matthew Teitelbaum, the Art Gallery of Ontario's Michael and Sonja Koerner director, and CEO, joined the AGO in 1993 as chief curator and was appointed director in 1998. http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/Lowry-Teitelbaum-in-conversation.mp3 22 June 2011 17:00:00 GMT 01:25:35 clean Art Gallery of Ontario Photographer and filmmaker Robert Frank is still best known for The Americans, his 1958 book, a foundational work in American photography and art history. Cultural critic, writer, historian Luc Sante considers Frank's work and its enduring appeal. Photographer and filmmaker Robert Frank is still best known for The Americans, his 1958 book, a foundational work in American photography and art history. Cultural critic, writer, historian Luc Sante maintains that there isn't a documentary photographer who came of age in the 1970s and '80s who didn't absorb the book and reflect its lessons in some way. In his talk, Sante will consider Frank's work and its enduring appeal. http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/Luc-Sante-on-Robert-Franks-The-Americans.mp3 31 May 2011 09:00:00 GMT 00:52:50 clean Art Gallery of Ontario 9 to 5 was an exhibition that let visitors experience art in an unexpected way: by interacting with the artists while they make it! 9 to 5 was an exhibition that let visitors experience art in an unexpected way: by interacting with the artists while they make it! The first half of the symposium featured 9 to 5 artists Anitra Hamilton, Graeme Patterson, and Ed Pien and curators Katherine Dennis, Mary MacDonald and Zach Pearl reflecting on the project. http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/9-to-5-symposium-session-1.mp3 07 May 2011 09:00:00 GMT 01:27:57 clean Art Gallery of Ontario David Blackwood, one of Canada's leading printmakers and most popular artists, has been telling stories about Newfoundland in the form of epic visual narratives for 30 years. He will be joined in conversation by fellow Newfoundlander, writer, broadcaster and teacher Rex Murphy. David Blackwood, one of Canada's leading printmakers and most popular artists, was born in 1941 in the outport town of Wesleyville to a family with a long seafaring history. He has been telling stories about Newfoundland in the form of epic visual narratives for 30 years. He will be joined in conversation by fellow Newfoundlander, writer, broadcaster and teacher Rex Murphy. Murphy is a regular contributor to CBC's The National, writes a weekly column for The National Post and is the author of the book, Points of View, a collection of his columns and commentaries. http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/Rex-Murphy-and-David-Blackwood.mp3 06 May 2011 17:00:00 GMT 01:23:26 clean Art Gallery of Ontario In conjunction with Merge, an annual exhibition showcasing emerging artists, Pamela Chang recently spoke with three Toronto based arts professionals about what you need to know to stay on top of the rising stars in the art market. In conjunction with Merge, an annual exhibition showcasing emerging artists, Pamela Chang recently spoke with three Toronto based arts professionals about what you need to know to stay on top of the rising stars in the art market. This year's exhibition featured works by Tristram Lansdowne, Jenn Law, Bogdan Luca, Amanda Nedham, Meryl McMaster and Alex McLeod. http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/Artspeak4_16_11.mp3 27 Apr 2011 09:00:00 GMT 00:56:24 clean Art Gallery of Ontario Paterson Ewen's paintings are kin to phenomenological philosophy, in that they spring from a sense of wonder at the things around us and plunge us into insights about the nature of things and ourselves. Paterson Ewen's paintings are kin to phenomenological philosophy, in that they spring from a sense of wonder at the things around us and plunge us into insights about the nature of things and ourselves. In many of his works, Ewen seeks to show, in paint and wood, celestial bodies that are out of this world and beyond easy perceptual grasp. In bringing these things down to earth, he illuminates fundamental dimensions of perceptual experience: spatial and temporal scale, movement and our rootedness in place, surface and depth, lighting and the lit. The talk will introduce phenomenology and its relationship with painting. No philosophy background needed, just wonder. http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/David-Morris-Bringing-things-down-to-earth.mp3 26 Apr 2011 09:00:00 GMT 01:11:27 clean Art Gallery of Ontario Paterson Ewen (1925-2002) is one of Canada's most acclaimed painters. Throughout his career Ewen's search has been to make the observed world tangible and real. His work stands as a testimony to the cycles of nature, its terror and its beauty. Paterson Ewen (1925-2002) is one of Canada's most acclaimed painters. Throughout his career Ewen's search has been to make the observed world tangible and real. His work stands as a testimony to the cycles of nature, its terror and its beauty. Matthew Teitelbaum, AGO Director and CEO, as well and curator of the exhibition Paterson Ewen: Inspiration and Influence will place Ewen in the context of his times and highlight his influences and enthusiasms. He will also reveal the full breadth of the AGO's holdings. http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/Matthew-on-Ewan-Lecture.mp3 22 Apr 2011 09:00:00 GMT 01:11:27 clean Art Gallery of Ontario Amin Jaffer speaks about western luxury goods made for Indian princes in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Amin Jaffer speaks about western luxury goods made for Indian princes in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The talk explores the superb and extraordinary commissions made for maharajas by western luxury houses Cartier, Chaumet and Boucheron. Jaffer contextualizes this appetite for luxury goods within the broader historical context of shifting taste and power between India and the West. http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/made-for-maharajahs.mp3 1 Apr 2011 09:00:00 GMT 01:23:22 clean Art Gallery of Ontario Widely recognized as one of the most important ceramic artists working today, Betty Woodman speaks about her life and art. Widely recognized as one of the most important ceramic artists working today, Betty Woodman speaks about her life and art on the eve of the opening of an exhibition of her work at the Gardiner Museum. Woodman is a master of colour and form whose painterly sculptures and installations bring images of Matisse, Picasso and Miro to mind. http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/Betty-Woodman-Art-Talk.mp3 16 Mar 2011 09:00:00 GMT 01:13:39 clean Art Gallery of Ontario inDANCE artistic director Hari Krishnan presents South Indian courtly dance traditions. inDANCE artistic director Hari Krishnan presents South Indian courtly dance traditions based on decades of research in remote villages of South India. Weaving live performance by musicians and dancers to images, this talk will integrate movement, voice and text, showcasing courtly motifs. http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/South-Indian-Courtly-Dance.mp3 02 Mar 2011 09:00:00 GMT 01:29:45 clean Art Gallery of Ontario Deepali Dewan focuses on the work of one remarkable photographer, Deen Dayal. The height of the Raj coincided with the advent of photography. Both the colonial administration and the princely courts took advantage of this new technology to fashion and distribute an image of themselves to a increasingly interconnected world. This talk focused on the work of one remarkable photographer, Deen Dayal, who worked for many of the most powerful of Princely rulers at the end of the nineteenth century--including the Maharajas of Dhar and Gwalior and the Nizam of Hyderabad. His work became not only a chronicle of courtly life but was central to producing an identity for the princely state itself. http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/Photographing-the-Maharajas.mp3 02 Mar 2011 09:00:00 GMT 01:25:11 clean Art Gallery of Ontario Blackwood talks about a key aspect of his prints - Newfoundland's long tradition of mummering David Blackwood's prints are a metaphor for the triumph of the human spirit over adversity. Set before our time, his images depict Newfoundland as a place of struggle, danger and tragedy. They tell stories of a barren land, a hostile climate and a threatening sea. Drawing on childhood memories, dreams, legends and oral histories, Blackwood captures the hardships of the cod fishery and the seal hunt in the land of his ancestors. Life is fragile, and death by drowning or exposure ever-present. Yet the earnest, hard-working, God-fearing people of Bonavista Bay persevere in a menacing world. http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/Blackwood-Mummers.mp3 02 Mar 2011 09:00:00 GMT 00:02:29 clean Art Gallery of Ontario Blackwood talks about a key aspect of his prints - his ancestors who were sea captains David Blackwood's prints are a metaphor for the triumph of the human spirit over adversity. Set before our time, his images depict Newfoundland as a place of struggle, danger and tragedy. They tell stories of a barren land, a hostile climate and a threatening sea. Drawing on childhood memories, dreams, legends and oral histories, Blackwood captures the hardships of the cod fishery and the seal hunt in the land of his ancestors. Life is fragile, and death by drowning or exposure ever-present. Yet the earnest, hard-working, God-fearing people of Bonavista Bay persevere in a menacing world. http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/Blackwood-SS-Imogene.mp3 22 Feb 2011 09:00:00 GMT 00:02:28 clean Art Gallery of Ontario Blackwood talks about a key aspect of his prints - the role of storytelling David Blackwood's prints are a metaphor for the triumph of the human spirit over adversity. Set before our time, his images depict Newfoundland as a place of struggle, danger and tragedy. They tell stories of a barren land, a hostile climate and a threatening sea. Drawing on childhood memories, dreams, legends and oral histories, Blackwood captures the hardships of the cod fishery and the seal hunt in the land of his ancestors. Life is fragile, and death by drowning or exposure ever-present. Yet the earnest, hard-working, God-fearing people of Bonavista Bay persevere in a menacing world. http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/Blackwood-Storytelling.mp3 10 Feb 2011 09:00:00 GMT 00:01:20 clean Art Gallery of Ontario Annie Cohen-Solal speaks about her new, best-selling biography of renowned gallery owner Leo Castelli. Annie Cohen-Solal was born in Algeria. She is currently Professeur des Universités at the CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)-Paris and Research Fellow at Tisch School of the Arts, New York University. Her encounter with Leo Castelli prompted her to shift her interest to the art world. After winning the Prix Bernier of the Académie des Beaux-Arts for Painting American (Alfred A. Knopf) in 2001, she was awarded the ArtCurial Prize for the best contemporary art book for Leo Castelli &les siens; (Gallimard, Paris). The American version Leo &His Circle was published by Alfred A. Knopf in May 2010. http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/AnnieCohen-SolalOnLeoCastelli.mp3 09 Feb 2011 09:00:00 GMT 01:24:05 clean Art Gallery of Ontario Kitty Scott is director of Visual Arts and the Walter Phillips Gallery at The Banff Centre. Betty Goodwin (1923-2008) explored collage, sculpture, printmaking, painting, assemblage and etching, but continually returned to drawing, and gained widespread recognition with her celebrated Swimmers series. http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/Kitty-Scott-on-Betty-Goodwin.mp3 08 Feb 2011 09:00:00 GMT 01:06:47 clean Art Gallery of Ontario How Indian popular culture and tourism have drawn on the culture of the kingdoms. Dr. Stephen Inglis, adjunct curator of the Maharaja exhibition and curator emeritus at the Canadian Museum of Civilization, discusses the ways in which Indian popular culture and tourism have drawn on the culture of the kingdoms. http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/IndianPopularCulture.mp3 03 Feb 2011 09:00:00 GMT 01:13:36 clean Art Gallery of Ontario A conversation with AGO insiders about how the Contemporary Collection came to be. Reveals how you can own art by the same artists whose works grace the walls of the Art Gallery of Ontario. Starting with the Contemporary Collection, AR+SG illustrates how the Canadian art icons are not unattainable. http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/Paralleling%20the%20Permanent%20Collection.mp3 15 Nov 2010 09:00:00 GMT 41:31 clean Art Gallery of Ontario Richard Tuttle in conversation with Michelle Jacques, Associate Curator, Contemporary Art, and Georgiana Uhlyarik, Assistant Curator, Canadian Art. Richard Tuttle in conversation with Michelle Jacques, Associate Curator, Contemporary Art, and Georgiana Uhlyarik, Assistant Curator, Canadian Art. http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/Richard%20Tuttle%20on%20Agnes%20Martin.mp3 15 Oct 2010 09:00:00 GMT 01:34:52 clean Art Gallery of Ontario The nominees for this year's Grange Prize engage in a lively conversation about the current state of contemporary photography. Moderated by Dr. Kenneth Montague, Independent Curator and Collector. Featuring artists Josh Brand, Moyra Davey, Leslie Hewitt and Kristan Horton. http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/Grange%20Prize%202010%20Panel%20Discussion.mp3 7 Oct 2010 09:00:02 GMT 01:10:28 clean Art Gallery of Ontario An in-depth look at curating and past curators as creative agents of Nuit Blanche Moderator: David Liss. Curators: Fern Bayer (2006); Camilla Singh, Michelle Jacques (2007); Haema Sivanesan, Dave Dyment (2008); Jim Drobnick and Jennifer Fisher, Thom Sokoloski, (2009). http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/When%20Curators%20Speak...%20A%20Nuit%20Blanche%20panel.mp3 7 Oct 2010 09:00:01 GMT 01:30:20 clean Art Gallery of Ontario Julian Schnabel in conversation with AGO curator of modern and contemporary art David Moos. Julian Schnabel in conversation with AGO curator of modern and contemporary art David Moos. http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/Meet%20the%20Artist_%20Julian%20Schnabel.mp3 7 Oct 2010 09:00:00 GMT 55:26 clean Art Gallery of Ontario Lucy R. Lippard is a writer, activist, and curator, and early champion of feminist art. A friend to Eva Hesse, Lucy Lippard wrote a monograph on the artist in 1976 that remains an essential text. Lippard is the author of more than twenty books on contemporary art and culture. http://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/Lucy%20Lippard%20on%20Eva%20Hesse.mp3 5 Oct 2010 09:00:00 GMT 01:06:16 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://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/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://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/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://graphics.artmatters.ca/mp3/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 Larry Richards Larry Richards wanders the perimeter of the AGO and muses on the final phases of its Frank Gehry-designed expansion. For this podcast, the AGO invited University of Toronto Professor of Architecture Larry Richards to wander the perimeter of the AGO and muse on the final phases of its Frank Gehry-designed expansion. An architect and dean of the Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design at U of T from 1997 to 2004, Richards has known Frank Gehry for 20 years and has followed his work closely. Last year, he mounted an exhibition on Gehry's drawings that was shown in Toronto and Los Angeles. He has published more than 60 articles on contemporary architecture and his own architectural design work has been published in international journals. Richards currently has projects in New York and Beijing. He is a Fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada and in 2006 received the institute's national Advocacy for Architecture Award for distinguished service to the profession. http://www.artmatters.ca/blog/uploads/sounds/mp3/Larry-Richards2.mp3 20 May 2008 11:24:00 GMT 30:01 clean Dr. Augustus (Gus) Casely-Hayford Dr. Casely-Hayford will discuss some of the issues connected to delivering culturally diverse art in 21st century London. Dr. Augustus (Gus) Casely-Hayford has recently been appointed to Arts Council England as Executive Director, Arts Strategy. Casely-Hayford was previously Director of the Institute of International Visual Arts (inIVA), a London-based arts organization with a particular emphasis on international practice. London is one of the most culturally diverse cities on earth. Its history, buildings and public sculpture are a physical testimony to a history of huge sociological change and continuous immigration. In 2007, Rivington Place, its first publicly funded gallery dedicated to the work of artists from culturally diverse backgrounds will open. The history, the context and ramifications of this development are complex and manifold. Dr. Casely-Hayford will discuss some of the issues connected to delivering culturally diverse art in 21st century London. http://www.artmatters.ca/blog/uploads/sounds/mp3/Casely-Hayford.mp3 30 May 2007 11:24:00 GMT 1:04:16 clean Art Gallery of Ontario Ansel Adams | Alfred Eisenstaedt. Two Photographers. Two Visions. Louie Palu, Globe and Mail photojournalist; Rannie Turingan, photo blogger; and John Reeves, renowned Canadian photographer, discussed the exhibition on November 14, 2006, the evolution of photojournalism, the transition of photojournalism into an artform and the potential impact of new technologies in the field. http://www.artmatters.ca/blog/uploads/sounds/mp3/Adams-Eisenstaedt.mp3 14 Nov 2006 19:00:00 GMT 54:42 clean Art Gallery of Ontario African Art from the Frum Collection With a focus on some of the highlights of the renowned Frum Collection of African art, Dr. Constantine Petridis, associate curator of African art at the Cleveland Museum of Art and assistant professor of art history at Case Western Reserve University, discusses the close relationship between art and culture in sub-Saharan Africa. Special attention devoted to issues of governance and leadership as reflected in the royal arts of the Cameroon Grassfields. http://www.artmatters.ca/blog/uploads/sounds/mp3/Constantine_Petridis.mp3 14 Nov 2006 19:00:00 GMT 1:09:40 clean Art Gallery of Ontario Response and Action Over twenty-five years into the AIDS crisis ... the record is now open.Composed of statements by AIDS activists, organizers, researchers, artists and people living with HIV/AIDS, the SILENT|LISTEN exhibition builds a public record of the AIDS epidemic in North America. http://www.artmatters.ca/blog/uploads/sounds/mp3/ultra-red2.mp3 14 Nov 2006 19:00:00 GMT 00:39:20 clean Art Gallery of Ontario Silence Over twenty-five years into the AIDS crisis ... the record is now open.Composed of statements by AIDS activists, organizers, researchers, artists and people living with HIV/AIDS, the SILENT|LISTEN exhibition builds a public record of the AIDS epidemic in North America. http://www.artmatters.ca/blog/uploads/sounds/mp3/ultra-red1.mp3 14 Nov 2006 19:00:00 GMT 00:41:59 clean Art Gallery of Ontario Public Lecture Q&A David Cronenberg discusses insights he gained as guest curator of the exhibition Andy Warhol/Supernova. This podcast is a recording of the question and answer session from the public lecture at the Art Gallery of Ontario on July 7, 2006. http://www.artmatters.ca/blog/uploads/sounds/mp3/warholQA.mp3 7 Jul 2006 19:00:00 GMT 00:32:24 clean Art Gallery of Ontario Architecture as Spectacle: A Panel Discussion World-renowned architects are helping Toronto continue its unprecedented cultural revival on the once fragile shoulders of culture. In the heat of the transformation, join Michael Awad, Lisa Rochon, Christian Giroux and Daniel Young in a rousing discussion about how spectacular architecture contributes (or not) to the psyche of the city. http://www.artmatters.ca/blog/uploads/sounds/mp3/architecture_spectacle.mp3 1 May 2006 19:00:00 GMT 01:22:28 clean Art Gallery of Ontario Peter Doig in Conversation with Bruce Ferguson Internationally regarded as one of the most accomplished artists to emerge in recent years, Peter Doig embodies a renewed purpose and spirit in figurative painting. Born in Edinburgh and raised in Toronto, he established himself in London in the early 1990s. http://www.artmatters.ca/blog/uploads/sounds/mp3/Peter_Doig.mp3 27 Mar 2006 19:00:00 GMT 01:07:52 clean Art Gallery of Ontario Transformation AGO: Frank Gehry interviewed by Christopher Hume An interview by the Toronto Star's architecture columnist Christopher Hume with celebrated architect and Toronto native Frank Gehry, who has designed the current expansion of the Art Gallery of Ontario. The interview took place when Gehry was at the AGO for the media preview of the exhibition Frank Gehry: Art + Architecture. http://www.artmatters.ca/blog/uploads/sounds/mp3/Gehry-Hume.mp3 18 Feb 2006 19:00:00 GMT 00:09:53 clean Art Gallery of Ontario Swing Space: Michael Awad Artist Talk Artist and urbanist Michael Awad discusses his exhibition, The Entire City Project. Using custom photographic equipment and techniques, Awad captures Toronto, not as a series of individual views, but as continuous images of the urban experience. Two commissioned images of the AGO capture the entire interior of the Gallery prior to its transformation. http://www.artmatters.ca/blog/uploads/sounds/mp3/Michael-Awad.mp3 06 Feb 2006 19:00:00 GMT 00:44:12 clean Art Gallery of Ontario Swing Space: Luis Jacob Artist Talk Comprised of furniture and décor from the 1970s and 1980s, Luis Jacob's Habitat is a series of tableaux that is at once a commentary on the aesthetics of design and an interactive space intended for viewer inhabitation and use. In this artist's talk, Jacob discusses Habitat within the framework of the philosophical and cultural possibilities of social interaction and the evolution of his past artistic practice. http://www.artmatters.ca/blog/uploads/sounds/mp3/Luis_Jacob.mp3 30 Jan 2006 19:00:00 GMT 00:55:30 clean Art Gallery of Ontario Catherine the Great and the Mythology of Empire Richard S. Wortman is author of the pioneering study Scenarios of Power: Myth and Ceremony in Russian Monarchy (Princeton Univ. Press, 1995), for which he was awarded the George L. Mosse prize of the American Historical Association. He will discuss the role of myth, symbol and ritual in the exercise of monarchical power in the age of Catherine the Great. http://www.artmatters.ca/blog/uploads/sounds/mp3/wortman.mp3 22 Dec 2005 19:00:00 GMT 01:19:26 clean Art Gallery of Ontario Catherine the Great: Family, Friends and Bed-fellows Get intimate! Meet Catherine's close circle of famous, and not so famous men and women, from son Grand Duke Paul and acquaintances Princess Dashkova and philosopher Voltaire, to long-time lover Grigory Orlov. An array of talented individuals who helped the empress and empire attain greatness. http://www.artmatters.ca/blog/uploads/sounds/mp3/wistow2.mp3 09 Dec 2005 19:00:00 GMT 01:09:29 clean Art Gallery of Ontario Catherine the Great: The Role of the Luxury Arts as Symbols of Power Rulers since ancient times used extravagant textiles, silver, and gold to enhance ceremonies and to demonstrate their wealth and taste. Catherine understood these uses of the decorative arts, but she was often quite specific about the message she wished to impart, especially at the dinner table. Anne Odom will explore the various political and cultural messages Catherine aimed to impart as she placed her most important commissions. http://www.artmatters.ca/blog/uploads/sounds/mp3/odom.mp3 08 Dec 2005 19:00:00 GMT 00:54:43 clean Art Gallery of Ontario A billion dollars of new cultural architecture. Three Leaders Talk Three of Canada's most visionary arts leaders talk about their projects and their ambitions for tomorrow's cultural institutions. Featured at the Nov. 24 Ramsay Talks lecture series, the speakers are Matthew Teitelbaum – the Michael and Sonja Koerner Director, and CEO of the Art Gallery of Ontario; William Thorsell – Chief Executive Officer of the Royal Ontario Museum, and Piers Handling – Director and CEO of the Toronto International Film Festival Group. They are introduced by Bob Ramsay. http://www.artmatters.ca/blog/uploads/sounds/mp3/ramsay.mp3 6 Dec 2005 19:00:00 GMT 00:50:46 clean Art Gallery of Ontario Russian Minerva: Catherine the Great and the Enlightenment This lecture traces Catherine's interest in the ideas of the French Enlightenment philosophes. Through her correspondence with Voltaire, her support of Diderot and d'Alembert, and her flirtation with rationalist ideals, Catherine established a reputation as an exemplary ruler in the Age of Reason. However, the events of the French Revolution would challenge these convictions and reveal the contradictions in the practice of enlightened despotism. Dr Kenneth Bartlett is Professor of History and Renaissance Studies Victoria College University of Toronto. http://www.artmatters.ca/blog/uploads/sounds/mp3/ken-bartlett.mp3 31 Oct 2005 19:00:00 GMT 01:02:26 clean Art Gallery of Ontario Catherine the Great: A Passion for Building She called it a disease! A look at Catherine's love of architecture and her insatiable desire to build – from the grandiose Academy of Fine Arts to the most intimate of private apartments. She collaborated with some of the most distinguished architects of her day from Italy, England and France and left an unrivalled legacy of beautiful neo-classical buildings. David Wistow, Interpretive planner, European Department at the AGO has studied Russian art and architecture for many years. http://www.artmatters.ca/blog/uploads/sounds/mp3/wistow.mp3 18 Oct 2005 19:00:00 GMT 01:02:26 clean