Art Gallery of Ontario's Indigenous curator leaves job

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Wanda Nanibush, curator of Indigenous Art at the Art Gallery of Ontario, left her job last week in what the institution calls a mutual decision. She had been outspoken and caused friction with some at the gallery and in the arts community.

Wanda Nanibush, curator of Indigenous Art at the Art Gallery of Ontario, left her job last week in what the institution calls a mutual decision. She had been outspoken and caused friction with some at the gallery and in the arts community. Nanibush is a celebrated Anishinaabe curator who joined the AGO in 2016. She recently won the Toronto Book Award for her co-authored book.

She has publicly supported Palestinian causes both recently and in the past, linking the experience of Indigenous peoples in Canada to that of Palestinians

 

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