The Directors
Not all art institutions play in the same league, but together they set the tone of an art scene. Toronto’s key art institutions
range from Art Metropole’s hip bookstore and artist editions, to The Power Plant’s internationalist agenda, to the Art Gallery
of York University’s critically literate exhibitions, to the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art’s accessible Queen Street West
vibe, to the Art Gallery of Ontario’s big-budget visibility. While they embody different terms and scales of engaging with art, the
constant is the work that they all put into building audiences and support—work that rests on the shoulders of their directors,
who, by virtue of their public profile, become the effective leaders of the scene.
LEFT TO RIGHT: Ann Dean (Art Metropole), Philip Monk (Art Gallery of York University), Gregory Burke (The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery), Matthew Teitelbaum (Art Gallery of Ontario) and David Liss (Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art). Photographed at George Whiteside’s loft, Monday, September 24, 2007.
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