Marking the close of Light Years: The Phil Lind Gift, join us for two engaging panels featuring collectors, dealers, and curators in conversation. Over four decades, Lind built a visionary collection that spanned Canadian and global postwar and contemporary art. Hear from the next generation of collectors on what strategies and ambitions they have for their collections and how they support the work we do at the AGO. Between the two panels there will be a cash bar and time to time to mix and mingle with guests.

Our panelists include Alex Bowron, Anjli Patel, Daniel Faria, and Jed Lind in conversation with AGO curators Sophie Hackett and Adam Welch.

Jed Lind is a Toronto/Los Angeles-based designer who creates unique interiors for a select internationally recognized clientele in Los Angeles, Colorado, New York & Toronto. He founded Jed Lind Interiors after working as the lead designer for the renowned firms Studio Shamshiri and Commune Design. Formerly an artist he studied at the California Institute of the Arts and following showed extensively in the US, Latin American, Europe, and Canada.

Anjli Patel and her husband Parambir Keila have been collecting art for fifteen years. Their collection focuses on contemporary art by diaspora South Asian artists. They consider collecting to be a form of seva — a Sanskrit and Punjabi word meaning “service” — because it directly impacts artists.

Alex Bowron is a writer, curator, and art consultant with experience that includes auction director for C Magazine, director for Galerie Nicolas Robert, and programs and partnerships manager for the Canadian Art Foundation. Bowron is currently working as collection and programs manager for BAP Art Projects and assistant curator at EQ Bank.

Daniel Faria is a leading figure in Canada’s contemporary art scene, founding the Daniel Faria Gallery in 2011. The gallery supports innovative, concept-driven work across mediums and represents notable Canadian and international artists such as Douglas Coupland, Shannon Bool, Mark Lewis and June Clark. Under his leadership, the gallery has become a vital cultural hub known for bold exhibitions and participation in major international art fairs like Art Basel and Frieze. Daniel champions artistic innovation and cultural exchange, while contributing to the evolving cultural fabric of Toronto and the international art world.

Sophie Hackett is the AGO Curator, Photography and curator of selected exhibits like Diane Arbus: Photographs, 1956-1971 (2020), Anthropocene (2018), Outsiders: American Photography and Film, 1950s-1980 (2016) Sophie Hackett has been a member of the AGO’s department of photography since 2006. She is currently an adjunct faculty member in Toronto Metropolitan University’s Master’s degree program in Film + Photography Preservation and Collections Management and was a 2017 Fellow with the Center for Curatorial Leadership.

Adam Welch is the AGO Interim Head, Modern and Contemporary Art and Curator, Modern Art, as well as the curator for Light Years: The Phil Lind Gift (2024–25). Prior to joining the AGO in 2023, Adam held various curatorial roles at the National Gallery of Canada, the Art Museum at the University of Toronto and the Whitney Museum of American Art.

Photo credit: Alex Bowron by Sarah Bodri; Anjli Patel by Ernesto Distefano; Daniel Faria by Alejandro Collados-Nunez; Jed Lind