TORONTO.- The exhibition that brought the magic, whimsy and wonder of Marc Chagall and other visionaries of Russian modernism to the Art Gallery of Ontario drew 152,637 visitors during its 13-week run, ranking as the eighth best-attended exhibition in the AGO’s history. Hailed by the Toronto Star as “a story of colour, motion and mystery” and by CBC News as a “rare treat,” Chagall and the Russian Avant-Garde: Masterpieces from the Collection of the Centre Pompidou, Paris was on view at the AGO from Oct. 15, 2011 to Jan. 15, 2012. Over the course of the exhibition, the AGO acquired 6,850 new members. Strong membership renewals driven by visitor engagement with Chagall and the Russian Avant-Garde, as well as last summer’s blockbuster Abstract Expressionist New York: Masterpieces from The Museum of Modern Art, have set the stage for the Gallery to achieve an all-time high of more than 78,000 members by the end of the fiscal year.