Swing Space: Wallworks
Karen Henderson, Ingrid Calame, Julian Opie, C.A. Swintak and Denyse Thomasos
Ongoing Display
Wallworks are artworks produced directly on the surface of walls. The artists who adhere to this method of working dispense with the tradition of the canvas, preferring the hard vertical surface of walls, often incorporating texture and existing architecture into their work.

A Couple of Ways of Doing Something
Photographs by Chuck Close, Poems by Bob Holman
June 23 to October 7, 2007
Through his work in the 1960s, Close became one of the first artists to use photography as a basis for his painting. He often reinterprets the same portrait in different media. In A Couple of Ways of Doing Something, Close collaborated with celebrated New York poet Bob Holman, and with master artisans, artists, printers and technicians to produce the 44 portraits on view. The subjects are artists from Close's creative circle of friends - such as Cindy Sherman, Philip Glass, Lorna Simpson and James Turrell. Close also produced digital pigment prints which are paired with Holman's poetry, each expressing a different perspective on its subject.

Bernini in Focus
June 23 to October 7, 2007
Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1678) was celebrated across Europe as a sculptor, both in marble and bronze. He brought a new naturalism to his portraits and religious subjects that startled his contemporaries. Only a handful of Bernini's sculptures exist outside of Italy. The AGO is the proud owner of two of them, received as gifts from the Murray Frum family and Joey and Toby Tanenbaum.

Corpus (c. 1650), one of the largest bronzes by Bernini, will be on public display for the time. Bernini cast this sculpture of the dying Christ three times - once for the king of Spain, once for the king of France and once for himself. The AGO bronze was part of Bernini's personal collection until 1665.

Hungry God
June 23 to October 7, 2007
This summer, for the first time in the Gallery's history, the AGO will present a stunning exhibition of contemporary art from India. Hungry God features some of the most innovative and exciting artists practicing today.

The exhibition showcases several leading Indian artists - including Atul Dodiya, Bharti Kher, Jitish Kallat and Subodh Gupta who work in a variety of media. As members of three different generations who have seen India emerge from colonialism and become a world economic and cultural power. These artists are at the forefront of that movement with their explorations of issues of globalization, nationalism, class and identity through works ranging from delicate painted miniatures to large-scale installation pieces.

The Victoria and Albert Museum
Medieval and Renaissance Treasures from the Victoria and Albert Museum
June 23 to October 7, 2007
Organized by the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, the exhibition features 35 medieval and Renaissance treasures, ranging in date from 300 AD to 1600. Originally intended for the embellishment of churches and for the cabinet of wealthy Renaissance collectors, these precious works of art were highly prized for their beauty, the value of their materials and for their exquisite workmanship.

Highlights of the exhibition include remarkable ivory carvings, an impressive reliquary casket of St. Thomas Becket and Leonardo da Vinci's codex. The notebook, written backwards in mirror-script, presents fascinating insights into Leonardo's genius.

Treasures of the Tsimshian from the Dundas Collection
July 18 to October 7, 2007
The Dundas Collection is among the most important collections of North American First Nations art in existence. Originally acquired by Rev. Robert James Dundas, a missionary working in British Columbia, this collection of Tsimshian First Nations art has been absent from Canada since 1863 until the works were auctioned off by Sotheby's in October of 2006 for more than $7 million. The exhibition features 39 First Nations objects from the 18th and 19th centuries ranging from everyday items such as spoons and bowls to ceremonial and decorative works. Highlights of the exhibition include two wooden ceremonial masks, two clubs carved from antler and a clan hat.