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Article: The National Gallery of Canada Foundation Receives the Most Important Financial Gift of its History!
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- June 20, 2006
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OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(CCNMatthews - June 20, 2006) - The National
Gallery of Canada Foundation is extremely proud to announce an
extraordinary gift of $2 million dollars for the creation of The
Audain Endowment for Contemporary Canadian Art. The Audain
Foundation, a British Columbia-based family trust, generously made
this donation, the largest in the history of the National Gallery of
Canada Foundation.
"This fund will ensure that the National Gallery of Canada will
have the ability to acquire Canadian contemporary art, and to focus
on the unique talents of artists from Canada with an emphasis on