Daphne Bramham: Vancouver s GLAM sector struggling to keep its top talent OPINION: Joost Schokkenbroek is the second museum director to decamp Vancouver within the past year. Last spring, Kathleen Bartels left the Vancouver Art Gallery after 18 years for Toronto’s Museum of Contemporary Art.
Author of the article: Daphne Bramham
Publishing date: Jan 20, 2021 • January 20, 2021 • 4 minute read • Vancouver Maritime Museum s Joost Schokkenbroek is the second museum director to decamp Vancouver within the past year. Last spring, Kathleen Bartels left the Vancouver Art Gallery after 18 years for Toronto’s Museum of Contemporary Art. Photo by NICK PROCAYLO /PNG
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Less than four years ago, Joost Schokkenbroek arrived here from the Netherlands envisioning a radical transformation of the aging, underfunded and underappreciated Vancouver Maritime Museum into one of national and international importance.