#RetroAGO: Mick and the ships
See Mick Jagger in concert with the Thomson Collection of Ship Models.
Mick Jagger visiting the AGO. Photo courtesy of the AGO.
It was a regular June afternoon in 2013...AGO employees were going about their usual routines to close up for the night when something unexpected happened. With just a half-hour until the museum was set to close, rock legend and art enthusiast Mick Jagger entered the building.
In town for The Rolling Stones’ North American 50 and Counting tour, Jagger took some time away from Keith and the boys to check out the AGO and we have pictures to prove it!
Mick Jagger with former AGO Director, and CEO Matthew Teitelbaum and former President of the AGO Board of Trustees Maxine Granovsky Gluskin. Photo courtesy of the AGO.
Mick Jagger and Matthew Teitelbaum. Photo courtesy of the AGO
Mick Jagger and Maxine Granovsky Gluskin. Photo courtesy of the AGO.
Alongside the Gallery’s former Director and CEO, Matthew Teitelbaum, Jagger took an impromptu tour of Lost in the Memory Palace, an exhibition of complex visual and sound installations by internationally celebrated Canadian artists Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller. The tour continued down to the Concourse Level of the museum with a visit to the Thomson Collection of Ship Models. Joined by then-AGO President Maxine Granovsky Gluskin, Jagger made sure to spend time examining the tiny, intricate details of the ships, marvelling at their craftsmanship.
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