The Art Gallery of Greater Victoria has a new chief curator, it announced Wednesday.
Michelle Jacques, acting curator of Canadian art at the Art Gallery of Ontario, will begin her new position in Victoria Oct. 22. "It certainly will change the direction of the gallery in some ways," said director Jon Tupper. "Chief curators are really the heart of what this institution does and they always bring with them a particular flavour and direction."
Jacques has held various curatorial positions at the AGO for the past 15 years and is also an adjunct faculty member at York University. While much of her work at the AGO has focused on building its collection of contemporary works, she also has a strong knowledge of Canadian art history, with a master's degree in the subject, Tupper said.
The previous chief curator was Mary Jo Hughes, now director of the University of Victoria Art Collections.
