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AIMIA | AGO Photography Prize Announces 2016 WinnerPress Release
The Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) and Aimia are pleased to announce the winner of the 2016 Aimia | AGO Photography Prize. Chosen by public vote, Ursula Schulz-Dornburg will receive C$50,000. Runners-up Talia Chetrit (USA), Jimmy Robert (France) and Elizabeth Zvonar (Canada) will each receive $5,000 to support their photography practices.
Rebecca Belmore wins the 2016 Gershon Iskowitz PrizePress Release
The award, which is presented annually to an artist who has made an outstanding contribution to the visual arts in Canada, includes a $50,000 cash prize and a solo exhibition at the AGO within two years.
From the Collections
born Berwick-on-Tweed, England, around 1809; died Toronto, Ontario, 1866
The Ice Cone, Montmorency Falls, Quebec, around 1845
oil on canvas, 51.2 x 67.9 cm
Purchase, with the assistance of the Government of Canada through the Cultural Property Export and Import Act, 1987 Alfred-Pierre Agache
born Lille, France, 1843; died Cour-Cheverny, France, 1915
The Sword, 1896
oil on canvas, 177.8 x 109.2 cm
Gift of the Canadian National Exhibition Association, 1965 Linneaus Tripe
born Plymouth Deck (now Devonport), England, 1822; died Devonport, England, 1902
Amerapoora. Maha-Too-Lo-Bounghian Kyoung, 1855
albumen print from waxed paper negative, coloured in watercolour, 26.6 x 35.0 cm
Gift of Dr. Shashi Dewan and Janet Dewan, 1996 Mother and Child
Yoruba artist of the Owo Kingdom, Nigeria, 1500s or 1600s
ivory, 14.4 x 7.3 x 7.7 cm
The Thomson Collection © Art Gallery of Ontario Camille Pissarro
born St. Thomas Island, Danish West Indies (now U.S. Virgin Islands), 1830; died Paris, France, 1903
Pont Boieldieu in Rouen, Rainy Weather, 1896
oil on canvas, 73.6 x 91.4 cm
Gift of Reuben Wells Leonard Estate, 1937 Christoph Maucher
born Schwäbisch, Gmünd, 1642; died Germany, after 1721
Hercules and Anateus (with one of the Furies), before 1695
ivory
The Thomson Collection © Art Gallery of Ontario Pieter Brueghel the Younger
born Brussels, Belgium, 1564/5; died Antwerp, Belgium, 1637/8
The Peasants' Wedding
oil on wood, 36.2 x 44.2 cm
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. W. Redelmeier, 1940 David Milne
born near Burgoyne, Ontario, 1882; died Bancroft, Ontario, 1953
Winter Sky, 1 January 1935
oil on canvas, 30.5 x 41.3 cm
The Thomson Collection © Art Gallery of Ontario Gian Lorenzo Bernini
born Naples, Italy, 1898; died Rome, Italy, 1680
Pope Gregory XV, 1621
marble, 83.2 x 62.3 x 32.4 cm
Gift of Joey and Toby Tanenbaum, 1997 Andrea Brustolon (attributed to)
born and died Belluno, Italy, 1662-1732
Frame: Four Labours of Hercules, 1700-1725
boxwood, 21.5 x 18.0 x 2.5 cm
The Thomson Collection © Art Gallery of Ontario
