Matthew Teitelbaum

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Matthew Teitelbaum, the Art Gallery of Ontario's Michael and Sonja Koerner director, and CEO

Matthew Teitelbaum (born 1956) is the director and CEO of the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) in Toronto, Canada and an art curator.

Biography

Matthew Teitelbaum, the Art Gallery of Ontario’s Michael and Sonja Koerner director, and CEO, joined the AGO in 1993 as chief curator and was appointed director in 1998. Born in Toronto in 1956, he is the son of Ethel Teitelbaum and the late painter Mashel Teitelbaum, and holds an honours bachelor of arts in Canadian history from Carleton University, a master of philosophy in modern European painting and sculpture from the Courtauld Institute of Art, and an honorary Doctor of Laws from Queen’s University. He has taught at Harvard, York University and the University of Western Ontario, and has lectured across North America.[citation needed]

Prior to joining the AGO, Mr. Teitelbaum held curatorial positions with the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston; the Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon and the London Regional Art Gallery. In 2006, Mr. Teitelbaum received the honour of Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres by the French government for his ongoing commitment and contributions to the arts.[citation needed]

Mr. Teitelbaum is a past president of the Association of Art Museum Directors and is chair of its nominating and governance committee. He lives in Toronto with his wife, Susan Cohen, and two sons.[citation needed]

Activities

Under Teitelbaum's direction the AGO has seen steady growth in its holdings and its donor support levels, adding significant new collections such as the Murray Frum collection of African art, Ken Thomson's collection of Canadian and European art and a large number of works by individual artists as diverse as Riemenschneider, Bernini, Cézanne, van Gogh, Hatoum and Boltanski.[1]

Teitelbaum's tenure to date has culminated in the execution on-time and on-budget of an ambitious construction and redevelopment plan dubbed Transformation AGO, a $300 million project designed by Toronto-born architect Frank Gehry. The extensive renovations were begun in 2002 and required complete closing of the Gallery for over a year.[2] The reopening on November 14. 2008 was a resounding, internationally acclaimed success.[3][4][5]

Honors

Preceded by
Maxwell Anderson		 Michael and Sonja Koerner director and CEO,
Art Gallery of Ontario
1998 – present 		Incumbent

References

  1. ↑ Art Gallery of Ontario AGO Director's biography. Retrieved April 13, 2009.
  2. ↑ Exhibitions Continue Until AGO Closes for Reinstallation. AGO Press release. March 1, 2007. Retrieved April 13, 2009.
  3. ↑ Restrained Masterpiece Globe and Mail. November 13, 2008. Retrieved April 13, 2009.
  4. ↑ Hume, Christopher. Revamped AGO a modest masterpiece. Toronto Star. November 13, 2008. Retrieved April 13, 2009.
  5. ↑ Ouroussoff, Nicolai. Gehry Puts a Very Different Signature on His Old Hometown’s Museum. New York Times. Page C1: November 14, 2008. Retrieved April 13, 2009.

Further reading

Hume, Christopher. Art in his blood and steel in his bones. Toronto Star. February 22, 2009. Retrieved April 13, 2009

External links

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