Pic Island by Lawren Harris (1924) is part of the AGO exhibition The Idea of North: The Paintings of Lawren Harris, curated by comedian Steve Martin. It was the director of the Hammer Museum, Ann Philbin, who first asked the comedian to curate a Harris exhibition many years ago. Co-curators Steve Martin and Andrew Hunter are pictured in conversation at the AGO on June 28 for the opening of the AGO exhibition The Idea of North: The Paintings of Lawren Harris. Untitled (Mountains near Jasper) by Lawren Harris (1934-1940). I thought: `This is Lawren Harris,'" he told Mesley.

Source: CBC News June 29, 2016 00:45 UTC