Hello everyone,
The 5th floor is busy with The Culture: Hip Hop and Contemporary Art in the 21st Century in mid-installation. With every exhibition there are surprises – sometimes good, sometimes less good. One of the major works in the exhibition was too large to squeeze from the E.R. Wood Gallery into the Joey and Toby Tanenbaum Sculpture Atrium. Moby Dick (for Oscar Wilde, Oscar Romero y Oscar Grant) by William Cordova is a sculptural work made from a reclaimed police car and other materials. Instead of admitting defeat, the Logistics and Art Services and Conservation teams devised a new method to transport the work. Below are great pictures of the work propped up on its side on a custom cradle on its way to its intended destination on the 5th Floor. Thank you, all!
On Wednesday, the AGO Board of Trustees met in the Weston Family Learning Centre. We provided an overview of our current financial position (we are tracking to a balanced budget if we continue to keep things tight), shared recent developments in the Brand & Business and Education & Programming areas, and Dr. Julie Crooks presented on The Culture.
Take care,
Stephan