Synopsis
The Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto is one of North America's leading art collections. Come visit and experience more than 4,000 artworks across 110 galleries. Visit http://ago.ca
Episodes
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eng_20 Boasr Hunt
04/10/2019 Duration: 03minThe Early Rubens audio guide was produced by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Legion of Honour and includes interviews with the following people: Sasha Suda, curator of Early Rubens, formerly Curator of European Art, AGO and now Director and CEO, The National Gallery of Canada. Kirk Nickel, curator of Early Rubens, formerly Assistant Curator of European Painting, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Nico van Hout, Head of Collection Research – Curator of Seventeenth-Century Paintings, Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp.
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eng_19 Daniel in the Lions' De
04/10/2019 Duration: 01minThe Early Rubens audio guide was produced by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Legion of Honour and includes interviews with the following people: Sasha Suda, curator of Early Rubens, formerly Curator of European Art, AGO and now Director and CEO, The National Gallery of Canada. Kirk Nickel, curator of Early Rubens, formerly Assistant Curator of European Painting, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Nico van Hout, Head of Collection Research – Curator of Seventeenth-Century Paintings, Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp.
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eng_18 Battle of the ASmazons
04/10/2019 Duration: 52sThe Early Rubens audio guide was produced by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Legion of Honour and includes interviews with the following people: Sasha Suda, curator of Early Rubens, formerly Curator of European Art, AGO and now Director and CEO, The National Gallery of Canada. Kirk Nickel, curator of Early Rubens, formerly Assistant Curator of European Painting, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Nico van Hout, Head of Collection Research – Curator of Seventeenth-Century Paintings, Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp.
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eng_17 Breviary
04/10/2019 Duration: 01minThe Early Rubens audio guide was produced by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Legion of Honour and includes interviews with the following people: Sasha Suda, curator of Early Rubens, formerly Curator of European Art, AGO and now Director and CEO, The National Gallery of Canada. Kirk Nickel, curator of Early Rubens, formerly Assistant Curator of European Painting, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Nico van Hout, Head of Collection Research – Curator of Seventeenth-Century Paintings, Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp.
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eng_16 Massacre of the Innocen
04/10/2019 Duration: 01minThe Early Rubens audio guide was produced by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Legion of Honour and includes interviews with the following people: Sasha Suda, curator of Early Rubens, formerly Curator of European Art, AGO and now Director and CEO, The National Gallery of Canada. Kirk Nickel, curator of Early Rubens, formerly Assistant Curator of European Painting, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Nico van Hout, Head of Collection Research – Curator of Seventeenth-Century Paintings, Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp.
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eng_15 Head of Medusa
04/10/2019 Duration: 01minThe Early Rubens audio guide was produced by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Legion of Honour and includes interviews with the following people: Sasha Suda, curator of Early Rubens, formerly Curator of European Art, AGO and now Director and CEO, The National Gallery of Canada. Kirk Nickel, curator of Early Rubens, formerly Assistant Curator of European Painting, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Nico van Hout, Head of Collection Research – Curator of Seventeenth-Century Paintings, Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp.
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eng_14 Dreaming Silenus
04/10/2019 Duration: 01minThe Early Rubens audio guide was produced by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Legion of Honour and includes interviews with the following people: Sasha Suda, curator of Early Rubens, formerly Curator of European Art, AGO and now Director and CEO, The National Gallery of Canada. Kirk Nickel, curator of Early Rubens, formerly Assistant Curator of European Painting, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Nico van Hout, Head of Collection Research – Curator of Seventeenth-Century Paintings, Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp.
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eng_13 Capture of Samson
04/10/2019 Duration: 01minThe Early Rubens audio guide was produced by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Legion of Honour and includes interviews with the following people: Sasha Suda, curator of Early Rubens, formerly Curator of European Art, AGO and now Director and CEO, The National Gallery of Canada. Kirk Nickel, curator of Early Rubens, formerly Assistant Curator of European Painting, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Nico van Hout, Head of Collection Research – Curator of Seventeenth-Century Paintings, Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp.
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eng_12 Lot and his Daughters
04/10/2019 Duration: 01minThe Early Rubens audio guide was produced by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Legion of Honour and includes interviews with the following people: Sasha Suda, curator of Early Rubens, formerly Curator of European Art, AGO and now Director and CEO, The National Gallery of Canada. Kirk Nickel, curator of Early Rubens, formerly Assistant Curator of European Painting, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Nico van Hout, Head of Collection Research – Curator of Seventeenth-Century Paintings, Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp.
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eng_11 Holy Family
04/10/2019 Duration: 01minThe Early Rubens audio guide was produced by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Legion of Honour and includes interviews with the following people: Sasha Suda, curator of Early Rubens, formerly Curator of European Art, AGO and now Director and CEO, The National Gallery of Canada. Kirk Nickel, curator of Early Rubens, formerly Assistant Curator of European Painting, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Nico van Hout, Head of Collection Research – Curator of Seventeenth-Century Paintings, Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp.
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eng_10 Christ on the Straw
04/10/2019 Duration: 03minThe Early Rubens audio guide was produced by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Legion of Honour and includes interviews with the following people: Sasha Suda, curator of Early Rubens, formerly Curator of European Art, AGO and now Director and CEO, The National Gallery of Canada. Kirk Nickel, curator of Early Rubens, formerly Assistant Curator of European Painting, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Nico van Hout, Head of Collection Research – Curator of Seventeenth-Century Paintings, Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp.
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eng_9 Tribute Money
04/10/2019 Duration: 01minThe Early Rubens audio guide was produced by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Legion of Honour and includes interviews with the following people: Sasha Suda, curator of Early Rubens, formerly Curator of European Art, AGO and now Director and CEO, The National Gallery of Canada. Kirk Nickel, curator of Early Rubens, formerly Assistant Curator of European Painting, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Nico van Hout, Head of Collection Research – Curator of Seventeenth-Century Paintings, Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp.
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eng_8 Annunciation
04/10/2019 Duration: 03minThe Early Rubens audio guide was produced by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Legion of Honour and includes interviews with the following people: Sasha Suda, curator of Early Rubens, formerly Curator of European Art, AGO and now Director and CEO, The National Gallery of Canada. Kirk Nickel, curator of Early Rubens, formerly Assistant Curator of European Painting, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Nico van Hout, Head of Collection Research – Curator of Seventeenth-Century Paintings, Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp.
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eng_6 Isabella Brant music
04/10/2019 Duration: 01minThe Early Rubens audio guide was produced by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Legion of Honour and includes interviews with the following people: Sasha Suda, curator of Early Rubens, formerly Curator of European Art, AGO and now Director and CEO, The National Gallery of Canada. Kirk Nickel, curator of Early Rubens, formerly Assistant Curator of European Painting, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Nico van Hout, Head of Collection Research – Curator of Seventeenth-Century Paintings, Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp.
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eng_5 Rogier Clarisse
04/10/2019 Duration: 01minThe Early Rubens audio guide was produced by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Legion of Honour and includes interviews with the following people: Sasha Suda, curator of Early Rubens, formerly Curator of European Art, AGO and now Director and CEO, The National Gallery of Canada. Kirk Nickel, curator of Early Rubens, formerly Assistant Curator of European Painting, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Nico van Hout, Head of Collection Research – Curator of Seventeenth-Century Paintings, Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp.
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eng_3 Hero and Leander use
04/10/2019 Duration: 01minThe Early Rubens audio guide was produced by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Legion of Honour and includes interviews with the following people: Sasha Suda, curator of Early Rubens, formerly Curator of European Art, AGO and now Director and CEO, The National Gallery of Canada. Kirk Nickel, curator of Early Rubens, formerly Assistant Curator of European Painting, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Nico van Hout, Head of Collection Research – Curator of Seventeenth-Century Paintings, Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp.
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6. Untitled (Ocean) series
29/04/2019 Duration: 01minVija Celmins: I used to walk my dog on Venice Beach. And I was hunting for images, you know, like I hunt for the image, and then I put it in another context. That's pretty much what I do. Tony Berlant: I remember the first time I saw a whole bunch of photographs sitting just inside her front window and saying you know, what, what are these? And she said, oh, those are just some photographs I took from the end of the pier. Vija Celmins: I wanted to kind of get down to a more specific spatial thing. So I picked up the pencil. I started drawing and I thought of it like a documentation of one surface onto another one. Gary Garrels: She did not allow herself to erase at any point. This is all just building up the image through a series of different strokes and letting parts of the paper become more apparent. So the lighter sections are where there's more of the paper showing through. And if she made mistakes, then the drawing was destroyed. In looking at them, they're rather like small miracles that any
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5. Suspended Plane
29/04/2019 Duration: 01minVija Celmins: I always liked planes. And I wanted to be a pilot for a while. Gary Garrels: Suspended Plane catches one’s eye immediately because of this huge object suspended in the sky. It's floating, and then I think fairly quickly one understands that the propellers aren't moving. So it's, again, a kind of preposterous situation. Vija Celmins: I consider the painting, one of the great parts of it, that it's still and flat and, and that it has a picture plane that stays where it is all the time, and that I had this moving thing in there, and then I had somehow subdued it. Gary Garrels: Celmins made a number of very deliberate decisions in making her early paintings. She wanted to get rid of color. She didn't want to invent compositions. So all of the subjects are taken from something observed in life or from clippings. Vija Celmins: I was looking for images everywhere. Or they were looking for me, I don't know. Anyway, I found these pictures from World War 2, it was like my whole life from
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4. Houses series
29/04/2019 Duration: 01minNancy Lim: During the mid and late 60s, she was especially interested in what she called ‘impossible images’. So for example: flames, explosions, clouds. Things that are impossible to fix and pin down. Vija Celmins: I actually had a friend who was doing houses in a very different kind of way. Tony Berlant: I remember when Vija made these little houses, which was sort of my trademark at the time. But Vija’s had this specific quality. The drama of her very personal intense imagery. Vija Celmins: They're World War Two images from clippings that I had started collecting. Looking for images that were maybe a little more connected with myself. Tony Berlant: I very much remember Vija telling me the experience of running through the streets with buildings on fire all around her during a bombing raid. Vija Celmins: Kind of a going back over my childhood, and I think this, especially the houses, look a little bit like toys, which is kind of nice. Nancy Lim: One opens up and the other does not. The
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3. Letter
29/04/2019 Duration: 01minVija Celmins: I painted everything in my studio and I was starting to look for other images to use. This is a letter from 1968. And it's a letter from my mother. I used to have the letters drop in on the floor of the studio through the mail slot. I was starting to do some drawings. Giving painting a little break, and this is one of the early drawings, getting kind of used to using a pencil. Gary Garrels: She added what look like stamps, but are very tiny drawings of war scenes, and disasters, and bombings, which recall her memories of having grown up in Europe. Her family fled her native country, Latvia, in 1944, just as the Soviet troops were invading. They spent the next four years moving between refugee camps in Germany until they were resettled to Indianapolis, where Vija then grew up. She moved there at the age of 10, not speaking any English, and drawing was something that was incredibly important for her. So this drawing of the letter, I think is a reference back to the idea of being displaced. In m