For those of you who have ever watched one of those Old Hollywood masquerade scenes and wondered “how did you not recognize your sister with a mask on?,” you’ll know how flabbergasted I was to actually fall prey last night. At the Art Gallery of Ontario’s annual art bash, guests were asked to play a chic game of hide and seek with masks, makeup and other forms of identity concealment while taking in the night’s festivities. And hey, it worked.
Spread across the gallery’s many floors, Massive Party featured works by such artists as Michael Vickers, Oliver Pauk, Robin Clason and Tau Lewis that were meant to envoke the feels of transformation. Before midnight, the party broke out into an impromptu Prince tribute, with the speakers bathed in Purple Rain. What better night to throw it back to one of pop music’s most transformative stars.
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AGO-Massive-Party-artist Joseph Murray & guests
Joseph Murray and guests
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AGO-Massive-Party-DJ Sophie Jones
DJ Sophie Jones
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AGO-Massive-Party-Dancers performing The Clearing, concieved by The Broadbent Sisters
Dancers performing The Clearing, concieved by The Broadbent Sisters
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AGO-Massive-Party-Natalie Vehroozi and Lo Vos
Natalie Vehroozi and Lo Vos
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AGO-Massive-Party-#FutureMAC arrives on hoverboards
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AGO-Massive-Party-Rose Broadbent and Joy Broadbent (Broadbent Sisters – 2016 Massive Party Art Directors)
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AGO-Massive-Party-Anais Granofsky ( Massive arty co-chair) and Maxine Granovsky Gluskin (President of the Board of Trustees of AGO)
Anais Granofsky and Maxine Granovsky Gluskin
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AGO-Massive-Party-Elevator Chimes (6)
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AGO-Massive-Party-Kevin Seto, (Massive Party Committee member) and guests
Kevin Seto and guests
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AGO-Massive-Party-Geoff Watson and Joseph Murray
Geoff Watson and Joseph Murray
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AGO-Massive-Party-Maylee Todd
Maylee Todd
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AGO-Massive-Party-masquerade
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AGO-Massive-Party-In the infinite Selfie Room, courtesy artist Robin Clason
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AGO-Massive-Party-Jonathan Anders and Andrea Anders
Jonathan Anders and Andrea Anders
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AGO-Massive-Party-Massive Party 12 Walker Court
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AGO-Massive-Party-Massive Party Artistic Directors The Broadbent Sisters
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AGO-Massive-Party-Partying in 3D
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AGO-Massive-Party-Pit Stop, a mobile performance concieved by the Broadbent Sisters
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Spread across the gallery's many floors, Massive Party featured works by such artists as Michael Vickers, Oliver Pauk, Robin Clason and Tau Lewis that were meant to envoke the feels of transformation. Before midnight, the party broke out into an impromptu Prince tribute, with the speakers bathed in Purple Rain. What better night to throw it back to one of pop music's most transformative stars.
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