Ottawa Art Gallery

Ottawa Art Gallery
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Established1988 (1988)
LocationOttawa, Ontario, Canada
Coordinates45°25′34″N 75°41′18″W / 45.4259805°N 75.6883851°W / 45.4259805; -75.6883851
TypeMunicipal gallery
DirectorAlexandra Badzak[1]
ChairpersonLawson A.W. Hunter[2][3]
Websitewww.oaggao.ca//

The Ottawa Art Gallery (OAG) is a municipal gallery in Ottawa, Ontario that opened in 1988 at Arts Court. The gallery has a permanent collection of over one thousand works, houses the City of Ottawa-owned Firestone Collection of Canadian Art, and provides community, educational and public programming. The OAG focuses on acquiring, interpreting, and sharing art as well as acting as a cultural meeting place.

OAG and Le Germain Hotel
  1. ^ Gessell, Paul (September 11, 2017). "The untold story of how OAG's new building came to be + a peek at their upcoming exhibitions | Ottawa Magazine". Ottawa Magazine. Retrieved December 22, 2017.
  2. ^ "It's time for Canada to create a national portrait gallery". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved December 22, 2017.
  3. ^ "'Art attack' feared as city of Ottawa weighs cutbacks". Retrieved December 22, 2017.