Art Gallery of Ontario appoints Xiaoyu Weng as Carol and Morton Rapp Curator, Modern & Contemporary Art
In addition to her curatorial work, Weng is an active writer, editor and educator. Photo: Alexei Ponomarchuk.
TORONTO
.-The Art Gallery of Ontario today announces that Xiaoyu Weng has been appointed Carol and Morton Rapp Curator, Modern and Contemporary Art. Currently The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Associate Curator at The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Weng assumes the role this summer pending approval of authorization to work in Canada.
Xiaoyus uniquely international experience and vision, and her longstanding engagement in expanding the art historical canon will help us further our goals of leading global conversations from Toronto. She will also help us put Canadian artists on the global stage and shape the presentation of our Collection in dynamic new ways, says Julian Cox, Deputy Director and Chief Curator, AGO. In her curatorial work and scholarship Xiaoyu has explored with insight and sensitivity the many ways that difference sustains and enriches culture. We look forward to working with, and learning from her.