News Roundup: CEO Departs Canadian Museum for Human Rights, and Controversy Continues

#cmhrstoplying leads to big change at Canada’s newest national museum. Also: NSCAD president dismissal outcry, a Remai Modern discrimination finding, and more.

News Roundup: Arts Staff and Board Members Resign After Racism and Homophobia Charges Rise

The Canadian Museum for Human Rights, Ace Art Inc. and Oakville Galleries all see departures; plus, the 2020 Scotiabank Photography Award winner is announced

Vancouver Art Gallery Appoints New CEO and Director Anthony Kiendl

Kiendl, who was most recently executive director and CEO of the Mackenzie Art Gallery in Regina, will begin his tenure in Vancouver in mid-August 2020

News Roundup: Former Staff of Canadian Museum for Human Rights Speak Out on Workplace Racism

Also: Black artists talk representation at Ottawa’s commercial galleries, faculty and students call for anti-racism actions at leading art schools, and the Banff Centre does significant layoffs

NSCAD Announces Chair in Transatlantic Black Diasporic Art and Community Engagement

Charmaine A. Nelson, formerly a professor of art history at McGill University, will use the funded, seven-year position to develop the Institute for the Study of Canadian Slavery

News Roundup: Critics Call for Better Anti-Racism Responses from Arts Organizations

Artists and gallery visitors posted critiques of the National Gallery of Canada, the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Gardiner Museum and others, pushing for real change

More Galleries and Museums Reopen—But Will Audiences Follow?

Last week, some of Canada’s art museums reopened to the public—but a new survey suggests up to 69 per cent of their audience is delaying a return to these spaces

by Leah Sandals

OCAD University Hires Five New Black Faculty Members

The cluster hire of tenure-track faculty is meant to “address the Faculty of Design’s 144 years of Black underrepresentation,” says dean Dori Tunstall, who took leadership of the process

Artist-Run Centres Impacted Differently by COVID-19 Crisis

A recent survey indicates most ARCs predict losing 10 to 25 per cent of their revenue—but the ones that rely on project funding are the most at risk

by Leah Sandals