Art Gallery of Ontario aka: AGO

Love the feeling of being in these grand new spaces. Spacious rooms and environments.

http://www.ago.net/transformation/webcam/

...but unfortunately I didn’t know about the renovations, so when I came there was very little to see – just the Henry Moore gallery I think, which didn’t really impress me too much. When I go back to Toronto this will be top of my list of things to do.

I went to see the Warhol exhibit, and it was pretty good: David Cronenberg, the guest-curator of the exhibit, did the audio for on the Tour-Mate® hand-helds. (Everybody looked like they were having a phone conversation where the other party did all the talking. I’m sure someone will make an art project out of video of us experiencing the same thing but not talking to each other.) It was an interesting exhibit, and I basically came to the conclusion that Andy Warhol is famous because his art was about fame. Or, essentially, he is now famous for being famous.

As we walked out, Governor General Michaëlle Jean walked in with an entourage. Very rarely do I recognize celebrities, and of course, this time was because she is a political celebrity (at least I know her as such). I only saw her briefly, but I went up to the ticket booth and asked to make sure.

When I went to visit the Warhol exhibit. There were only 8 rooms open in the museum with some mish mash of paintings. Can’t wait until the renovation is over.