AGH to get donation 'of lasting effect' today
January 14, 2010
Jeff Mahoney
The Hamilton Spectator
http://www.thespec.com/News/Local/article/704637
The Art Gallery of Hamilton is expected to make a major announcement this morning to disclose details of what some are suggesting is the biggest donation the AGH has ever received.
The announcement is scheduled to come at an 11 a.m. media event during which the AGH will preview its Vital Africa program of events and exhibitions throughout 2010.
Louise Dompierre, executive director of the AGH, would only say the donation will "not be a matter of indifference. It will have a lasting effect."
There has been speculation that the donation is from the Tanenbaum family in Toronto. One of the featured events of the Vital Africa year is a summer show of the Joey and Toby Tanenbaum collection of African art at the AGH.
In 2001, Joey Tanenbaum donated a painting to the AGH valued at almost $2.5 million.
Joey Tanenbaum's connection to Hamilton goes back to 1971 when York Steel acquired control of Bridge and Tank Company of Canada Limited.
The company operated a major steel fabricating facility on Gage Avenue.
Tanenbaum served as Bridge and Tank's president and chief executive officer until York Steel sold the company in 1983.
He is also a past member of the Hamilton Club.
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