Dear Everyone,

I am sorry to send this message out over the weekend, but you may have seen a news report about a hateful act of graffiti that took place this week in front of  the AGO. The graffiti was sprayed on the pavement near the Jungen sculpture, not on it, and it was cleaned up quickly. Hate has no place here and we are working with police as they investigate this incident as a hate crime. Antisemitic graffiti is an attack on the Jewish community and we condemn this act in the strongest possible terms. We stand with our colleagues and communities.

This news is disturbing and traumatic, please take care of yourselves and reach out to friends and family if you need to talk about it.

Sincerely,

Stephan

Note: For more context, please see the article posted, here.

July 19 Update: A man was arrested in connection with this incident, read here.