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Smith to join AGO from the University of Chicago's Smart Museum of ArtTORONTO - The Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) has hired Stephanie Smith as its new Chief Curator. With two decades of museum experience, Smith - an accomplished curator, writer and educator - joins the AGO on Aug. 19, 2014.In her current role as the Deputy Director and Chief Curator of the University of Chicago's Smart Museum of Art, Smith has led the intellectual, artistic and educational programs of a dynamic museum based in one of the world's great research universities. Lauded for making contemporary art an anchor of the Smart Museum's programs and profile through major exhibitions, artists' commissions, and publications, Smith has also acquired significant works for the Museum's collection by artists including Adrian Piper, Kerry James Marshall, Michael Rakowitz and Zhang Huan during her tenure.

AGO is Toronto-born Frank Gehry's first building in Canada and marks the very place where he made the initial connection between art and architecture. Hallmarks of his AGO design connect the city and the Gallery in provocative new ways including,dramatic sculptural staircases, the warmth of Douglas fir, and the extensive use of glass which infuses the galleries with natural light. As you will discover, it is an extraordinary new home for extraordinary new art.

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