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The Art Gallery of Ontario’s collection of prints and drawings would make an interesting case study of how to create and build a museum collection. The collection is central to programming, but the department’s core activity remains collection building.

The greatest drawing collections have taken centuries to build and are generally found in royal holdings. For the AGO, acquiring a collection from scratch near the end of the 20th century was a formidable task. This exhibition explores the evolution of the print and drawing collection through the personalities, artworks and stories that make it unique.

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