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Bob Rennie Gifts $22.8-Million Art Collection to National Gallery of Canada

Ottawa’s National Gallery will name a new Rennie family space

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Bob Rennie with some of his art collection in Vancouver on Monday.
The National Gallery already has one space named for the Rennie family and will name at least one more.
Bob Rennie with the Francesco Vezzoli gilt bronze sculpture Portrait of Sophia Loren as the Muse of Antiquity (After Giorgio de Chirico).

Overview

  • The gift includes 61 contemporary works by artists such as Ai Weiwei, Mona Hatoum and Dan Graham alongside a 40-piece Rodney Graham collection.
  • The Canadian Cultural Property Export Review Board valued the donation at $22.8 million and Rennie covered all evaluation and shipping costs.
  • The gift comes with no exhibition stipulations, granting curators freedom to lend or deaccession pieces.
  • The gallery will add a new Rennie family space and is in talks to secure further donations from his collection.
  • With a 4,000-piece collection spanning more than 400 artists, Rennie intends to donate works up to a $50-million threshold and settle its future by age 75.