Hello everyone,

This week has been dynamic.

On Monday, a small group of leadership team members, trustees and I visited Woodland Cultural Centre to continue our discussions and partnership with Six Nations of the Grand River. We toured the newly unveiled Interpretive Historic Site in the former Mohawk Institute Residential School. I highly encourage you to visit. It is deeply moving and a difficult part of our history.

On Wednesday night, we hosted a Growing the AGO Collection event for a large group of AGO supporters. These events are an opportunity for our Curatorial team to announce and educate on recent acquisitions in their curatorial areas. 

On Thursday, we announced the Rapp gift of more than 450 artworks by 203 artists to the public. This is a very special gift by very special people, Carol and Morton Rapp, and the press release has received the attention it deserves. The name might be familiar as there is a Rapp Gallery on the 5th Floor, and there will be another in the Dani Reiss Modern and Contemporary Gallery. Their love of the AGO was profound.

This weekend I travel to Seoul with members of our International Art Circle. I look forward to seeing you all around the Gallery, soon.

Take care,

Stephan