In 1979 The gallery expanded to its current size of 11,000 square feet (1,000 m2) with the construction of its modernist wing designed by Crang & Boake architects.

Towards the end of the millennium, faced with increasing economic challenges, the Board initiated a conversation with the City towards organizational stability.

The AGP Board of Directors remains the institution’s independently elected governing authority responsible for overseeing the mandate, programs, and the permanent collection as well as its not-for-profit incorporation and charitable status.

[1] Prominent Canadian artists with works in the collection include Carl Beam, Rebecca Belmore, David Bierk, Ron Bloore, Emily Carr, Dorothy Caldwell, A.J.

Jackson, Rita Letendre, Sanaz Mazinani, Daphne Odjig, Jack Shadbolt, and Bill Vazan.