MPS 42A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Canadian Art, Agos, Suzy Lake
20 Mar 2017
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5 departments/12 curators: prints and drawings, european, photography, canadian. All artwork in galleries is public property. Donation/bequest: straight gift, canadian cultural property export review board (ccoerb) Acquisition process: donor/vendor, curator, to deparment/chief curator, director, collection forum, curatorial committee (recommend, curatorial sub-committee of the board of trustees (approve, to ccperb (if donation) Over 10,000 works in all media (except photography) Overall, 14% of the works by known artists in the canadian collection are by women. Between 1995 and 2008, 27% of the acquired works by known artists were by women (not including indigenous) There are key female artists in the history of canadian art who are missing from the ago"s collection. Some major women artists are presented by minor works in the collection. Canadian historical women artists (before 1960s) as a group are a weakness in the collection. The thomson canadian collection on display is comprised of over 700 works.
