The strike comes after a breakdown in negotiations between the workers’ union and museum administrators, and as the institution pursues a C$100m expansion

Pro-Palestine activists rallied outside the museum in protest of Justin Trudeau’s response to the Israel-Hamas war

Taqralik Partridge, an associate curator of Indigenous art since 2022, has stepped down while the Toronto institution is still reeling from the sudden ouster of Wanda Nanibush

Wanda Nanibush left the institution after a letter accusing her of “hate speech” was circulated by the group Israel Museums and Arts, Canada

Wanda Nanibush's departure has been linked to a leaked letter accusing her of “posting inflammatory, inaccurate rants against Israel”

Construction of the 40,000 sq. ft space, dubbed the Dani Reiss Modern and Contemporary Gallery, is expected to begin in early 2024, with an opening scheduled in 2027

“Leonard Cohen: Everybody Knows” chronicles the late, multi-hyphenate artist’s life and many creative careers

The artist’s enormous abstract compositions are the focus of a major exhibition at the Art Gallery of Ontario

The massive sculpture, five years in the making, depicts a tragic circus elephant recreated out of trashed leather furniture

The 50,000 sq. ft showplace, dubbed AGO Global Contemporary, is set to launch in 2026-27

The 24ft wide canvas is one of the treasures in ‘I Am Here’, a thematic exhibition of artists’ collections, lists and depictions of everyday scenes

The much-honoured artist created bold public works in Toronto and had a major retrospective at the Art Gallery of Ontario in 2017

The show, delayed because of Covid, focuses on three works painted by the “insanely ambitious” artist during a low point in his early career

Institutions across the country are cautiously welcoming back visitors

Our pick of the latest gifts and purchases to enter international museum collections—from £1m flower pyramids to an enigmatic portrait of a young black woman

Exhibition is the first that Canada has devoted to the photographer in almost three decades

With works by Judy Chicago, Tacita Dean, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster and Silke Otto-Knapp, the museum is one of many prioritizing acquisitions of art by women

Among the highlights of the city-wide exhibition is a “panoramic pantomime” of Cook’s Pacific expeditions by the New Zealand artist Lisa Reihana

An exhibition focusing on the artist’s Blue Period came together after high-tech examinations of the work revealed hidden surprises

A government grant for works of importance helps to block departure of the painting from the country

The Canadian institution aims to double its membership and expand its audience with one-year pilot programme

A new show at the Legion of Honor is the first to focus on the artist's post-Italy years

Museum has made more space for First Nations and Inuit artists and labels are now written in indigenous languages

We look back at some of most important purchases and donations that entered public collections this year