Left: Greene Naftali director Carol Greene with
Modern Painters senior editor Domenick Ammirati.
Not exact matches
The gallery's program includes: Estates of historically significant Canadian artists, most notably many of the
Painters 11 group who established Canada's international reputation for
modern abstraction in the 1950s including many of the
Painters 11's immediate post-contemporaries who emerged predominantly in Toronto during the 1960s and 1970s, especially those hailing from the legendary Isaacs and Carmen Lamanna galleries; established
senior artists working in a wide range of media; recognized mid-career artists from Canada and Europe; and emerging international talents, particularly those exploring the boundaries of media, representation and interpretation within contemporary art making.
Orit Gat, the former
senior editor of one of the company's publications,
Modern Painters, said, «He was incredibly aggressive; he would always touch women.»
Trained as a
painter, he served as Curator and then
Senior Curator in the Department of Painting and Sculpture at The Museum of
Modern Art for more than a decade.
As usual, no
painters were selected, although the list is uncharacteristically dominated by women.The jurors: David Adjaye, Director, Adjaye Associates; Daniel Birnbaum, Director, Staatliche Hochschule für Bildende Künste; Suzanne Cotter,
Senior Curator,
Modern Art Oxford; Jennifer Higgie,... read more... «2008 Turner Prize shortlist: No
painters this year»