Art Gallery of Ontario

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The Art Gallery of Ontario on Dundas St E, Toronto has a great collection and it's impressively housed in a modern structure recently updated by Frank Gehry. If I have a day in Toronto I will drop in if I can.

I went for a special exhibit of Impressionism in the Age of Industry. But what I'm always most impressed by is the Thompson Collection on the second floor of Canadiana. I don't know which is better -- this or the McMichael Collection in Kleinberg. For more on that collection see my 2018 Posting.

While I'm always impressed by the Group of Seven works I especially like the quirky, and more recent, work of William Kurelek.

If you've never been, you should go.

Westland Gallery

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The Westland Gallery in Wortley Village, Old South London had an impressive exhibit of super realism by several local artists. The photographic quality of the paintings was really impressive. Stunning really.

We don't often visit private galleries like this one but are pleased we did today.

These aren't quick works of art dashed off in an afternoon. They are detailed works requiring long hours of dedicated work. They're priced accordingly. I wish I had the deeper pockets required to purchase some of these.

When Kate and I were first married we lived nearby -- the gallery at that time was an antique store (before that it had been a drug store).

Wortley Village, when we lived there, was a transitional neighborhood. It's since become quite desireable place to live.