last year marked the 40th anniversary of the McMichael Canadian Art Collection and the mandate to showcase the Group of Seven and their contemporaries.
On November 18, 1965, the Province of Ontario and the couple signed a formal agreement enabling the founding of a public art gallery. At that time, the McMichaels also gave 194 works of art along with their home and ten acres of parkland to the people of Ontario. Since the gallery first opened in 1966, its permanent collection of Canadian art has grown from the original gift of 194 works to 5,500, many of which have been donated to the gallery by private collectors. The original log and fieldstone home has been expanded into an 85,000 square-foot facility and receives more than 120,000 visitors a year.
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what i remember about the thom thomson exhibit at the AGO was how his name was signed differently on almost every piece. different place too.
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the rheo's spelled his name wrong on the tribute album? ACK.
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