Consistently named as a top 200 contemporary art collector in the world by ArtNews, Bob Rennie’s collection began modestly in 1974 with the purchase of the Norman Rockwell print, On Top of the World. Today the collection, comprising over 2,000 works by 300+ artists with more than 50 collected in depth, is shared with the community through free admission to exhibitions and programming at Rennie Museum, founded in 2009 in the oldest building in Vancouver’s Chinatown. A former Chair of Tate Modern’s North American Acquisitions Committee (2010-2016), Bob remains on the Executive Committee of the Tate International Council and the Tate Americas Foundation, and is a Trustee of the Art Institute of Chicago. Locally, he sits on the Dean’s Advisory Board of the Faculty of Arts at the University of British Columbia and the Belkin Museum Acquisition Board. Bob is a recipient of both The Queen’s Golden (2002) and Diamond (2012) Jubilee Medals, and in 2014 he was appointed to the Order of British Columbia for his distinguished leadership and exceptional dedication to strengthening and enhancing arts and culture in BC. In 2008, Emily Carr University recognized Bob with an honorary doctorate. In 2017, Bob made one of the largest donations of contemporary art received by the National Gallery of Canada. The $12 million donation comprises 197 artworks by Geoffrey Farmer, Rodney Graham, Brian Jungen, Damian Moppett, Doris Salcedo and Ian Wallace.