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Summer Public Opening

Opening party in Walker Court
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Special Events

Summer Public Opening

Wednesday June 28, 6 – 9 pm, Remarks at 7pm
Walker Court, Art Gallery of Ontario

Join us for the public opening of three dynamic new exhibitions: Rita Letendre: Fire & Light; Every.Now.Then:Reframing Nationhood; and Mark Lewis: Canada.

Come celebrate with Rita Letendre, Mark Lewis, and the artists featured in Every.Now.Then.

A cash bar will be available all evening.

Rita Letendre, Aforim

Rita Letendre. Aforim, 1975. Acrylic on canvas, 137.2 x 198.1 cm. Art Gallery of Ontario. Anonymous Gift, 1975. © 2017 Rita Letendre

Meryl McMaster, Edge of a Moment

Meryl McMaster. Edge of a Moment, 2017. Inkjet print, 152.4 × 239.7 cm. Courtesy of the artist and Katzman Contemporary. © Meryl McMaster

Mark Lewis, Things Seen, 2017

Mark Lewis, Things Seen, 2017. Single screen video, 6K transferred to 2K. Commissioned by the Art Gallery of Ontario, 2017; Film still courtesy and copyright of the artist and Daniel Faria Gallery, Toronto.

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