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3 unusual facts about Art Gallery of Ontario


505 Dundas

At Ossington Avenue, it turns eastward and passes through Toronto's original Chinatown and goes by the Art Gallery of Ontario before meeting up with the St. Patrick subway station at University Avenue.

Bishop Strachan School

Bishop Strachan School first opened September 1867 at Pinehurst, near the Art Gallery of Toronto (currently the Art Gallery of Ontario), then relocated in 1868 to a cottage on Front Street, and then relocated to Wykeham Hall at Yonge and College Streets in 1870.

Roberto Alomar

On December 12, 2012, Alomar married Toronto native Kim Perks at the Art Gallery of Ontario.


Bau-Xi Photo

The gallery opened in January 2010, and is located directly across from the Art Gallery of Ontario on Dundas Street West, in the heart of downtown Toronto.

Edward Rogers Wood

He was at that time a leading financier and also became active in philanthropy as well as in volunteer endeavors for the University of Toronto, Toronto General Hospital, Art Gallery of Ontario and the YMCA.

Frank Porter Wood

He died on 20 March 1955 in Toronto and his major bequest to the Art Gallery of Ontario included: The Harvest Wagon by Thomas Gainsborough, Daedalus Warning His Son Icarus by Anthony van Dyck, A Portrait of Dr. Joseph Joachim by John Singer Sargent, Portrait of a Gentleman, Isaak Abrahamsz Massa by Frans Hals, Lady with a Lap Dog by Rembrandt van Rijn, and Portrait of Vincent Laurensz van der Vinne by Frans Hals.

Karen Haslam

In October 1991, a humorous incident occurred when Haslam was escorting Prince Charles on a tour of the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) when she caught her heel in a door sill and her shoe fell off.


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Pont Boieldieu in Rouen, Rainy Weather

The painting was donated to the Art Gallery of Ontario by Reuben Wells Leonard upon his death in 1937.