Last November the AGO launched People’s Choice, a project that allowed our visitors to vote for their favourite artworks from the collection.

The votes have been tallied and here are the AGO People’s Choice Top Ten!

People’s Choice Top Ten

1. Christi Belcourt, The Wisdom of the Universe, 2014
2. Augustus Edwin John, The Marchesa Casati, 1919.
3. Paterson Ewen, Halley’s Comet as seen by Giotto, 1979.
4. Kent Monkman, The Academy, 2008.
5. Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Pope Gregory XV, 1621.
6. John William Waterhouse, ”I am half sick of shadows,” said The Lady of Shalott. (Alfred, Lord Tennyson, The Lady of Shalott, Part II), 1915.
7. Emily Carr, Trees in the Sky, 1939.
8. Chuck Close, Kent, 1970-71.
9. Alex Colville, Soldier and Girl at Station, 1953
10. Auguste Rodin, Le Penseur, 1880; cast early 1920s.

All Top Ten works will be identified by an AGO People’s Choice decal and can be found in a self-guided tour handout. The AGO People’s Choice Top Ten runs until the end of June.