Christopher Hume
Times are tough, but let's not neglect the arts

Toronto has a right to feel good about its cultural renaissance. When the Art Gallery of Ontario reopened last month, redesigned by Frank Gehry, it was acclaimed as a sort of happy ending to a long and often painful process that goes back a decade.

True, the Royal Conservatory of Music has yet to be completed, but it's well on the way. And besides, the other projects – the Royal Ontario Museum, the Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, the Ontario College of Art and Design, the ...

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