Posts tagged “connections”
Connections and Collections: Case Studies 3: Picasso’s Seated Woman/Femme Assise 1926-1927
Gallery Guide Susan Morrison continues her multipart series on the contributions of the AGO’s Women’s / Volunteer Committees to the gallery’s collections. This week: The Women’s Committee helps snag a Picasso from the MoMA. First a confession: I read labels. Sorry Mr. Thomson, but I like to know the details about the artworks I am […]
Connections and Collections: Case Studies 2: The Day One That Got Away
Gallery Guide Susan Morrison continues her multipart series on the contributions of the AGO’s Women’s / Volunteer Committees to the gallery’s collections. This Week: The Women’s Committee Misses Out on Barnett Newman In May 1961, the Purchase Committee of the Women’s Committee, having determined to commit its resources to the acquisition of contemporary American paintings, […]
Connections and Collections: Case Studies 1: Franz Kline’s Cupola
Gallery Guide Susan Morrison continues her multipart series on the contributions of the AGO’s Women’s / Volunteer Committees to the gallery’s collections: The first four posts under this topic (starting here) outlined the development of the Women’s Committee at the Art Gallery of Toronto, as it was then called, from its inception in 1947 to […]