Pretty much all of us at one time or another have felt an indissoluble union with the universe. This sensation, of a seemingly boundless oneness beyond life’s quotidian rhythms, usually comes unbidden ...

Mystical Landscapes turned out to be a big hit for the Art Gallery of Ontario. The show, which ran from Oct. 22 of last year to Feb. 12, drew 288,398 visitors, according to e-mails sent by the gallery ...

Urbanization bringing more chaos into the world? Yep. People becoming disillusioned with traditional religion? You bet. They could be today's headlines, but we're talking about the years between 1880 ...

“Spirits of the Wild,” an exhibition at the Portola Art Gallery, features images by Larry Calof of wild creatures and landscapes. A reception will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. June 14. Calof prints some ...

Visitors to the Art Gallery of Ontario will be able to take in some of the world’s most iconic and well-known works of art when the unique Mystical Landscapes exhibit opens to the public on Saturday, ...

The Starry Night over the Rhone, completed by Vincent Van Gogh in 1888, depicts the landscape in Arles, France. (Musée d'Orsay/Bridgeman Images) Vincent van Gogh's star-filled sky, Claude Monet's ...

At first blush, the Art Gallery of Ontario’s Mystical Landscapes might seem the product of an unfortunate time warp: The big names — Van Gogh, Gaugin, Monet — are all up on the marquee, and the stage ...

There’s something pleasantly disconcerting about the way the past looks when we view it through folk tales. The old stories reveal ways of thinking and living that are strange to us yet also ...