"It's expensive to run a museum with 600 people on staff. And this just goes right to support what we do," said Stephan Jost, the AGO's director and CEO.
"To have even just a single painting exhibited at this art bash is exciting," Scott Everingham said as he mounted his large painting onto the wall of the AGO Tuesday.
The event comes after a tumultuous year for the gallery - a strike by unionized workers closed its doors for a month this past spring.
Philanthropic funding now represents about a third of the gallery's budget, indicating a significant shift in the funding model over recent years.
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