AGH receives multimillion-dollar African art donation - Tannenbaum family giving 100 pieces

The Tanenbaums made another large donation to the Art Gallery of Hamilton this morning.

The donation has more than 100 objects of African art and is valued at millions of dollars. The announcement was made at the gallery's media launch of its Vital Africa celebration. 

Louise Dompierre, executive director of the AGH, said the donation of 100 pieces of African art "will have a lasting effect."

One of the featured events of the Vital Africa year is a summer show of the Joey and Toby Tanenbaum collection of African art at the AGH.

In 2001, Joey Tanenbaum donated a painting to the AGH valued at almost $2.5 million.