A visit to the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO)
I’ve had a membership at the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) for almost 10 years. Each season, they offer a free exchange weekend with other museums and galleries which don’t have exchange privileges with the ROM. A few years ago, I took advantage of those to visit the Aga Khan Museum and the Bata Shoe Museum (both are well worth a visit if you are in Toronto). I did blog about the shoe museum here but apparently not about the Aga Khan. A few weekends ago I took advantage of another exchange. It was a visit to the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO). When the ROM announced the date earlier this fall, I added the date to my calendar, so I’d remember this time. Saturday morning I met Karen at the Gallery and we spent about 4 hours roaming around. The first stop was downstairs to visit the model ships gallery. The first thing to catch my eye was a shadow. It’s cast by a tiller from a Viking Ship which hangs nea...