AGO receives massive art donation from collector

The Art Gallery of Ontario has received one the largest private donations of art in its history, one that includes international luminaries as well as selections from widely influential Canadians.

- BOB WEBER

The donation from the estate of late businessman Philip Lind consists of 37 works from 24 artists.

“It’s a significant collection particularly in terms of quality,” said gallery CEO Stephan Jost. “It’s the right work by the right artist.”

The collection includes works by Philip Guston, a leading abstract painter who returned to figurative work, Ai Weiwei, a Chinese dissident artist whose work is on display around the world, and British sculptor Anthony Gormley.