Kitty Scott, Carol and Morton Rapp Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the AGO, has decided to leave the AGO to take on a new role as Deputy Director and Chief Curator of the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa.  Her last day at the AGO is Friday, November 22. She will commence her new role in Ottawa on January 6, 2020.

Since joining the AGO in 2012, Kitty has curated or overseen many of our most celebrated exhibitions by living artists, including Francis Alÿs, Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller, Theaster Gates, Brian Jungen & Duane Linklater, Scott McFarland, Ai Weiwei, and Vija Celmins. She has distinguished herself by significantly expanding our collection including key acquisitions by Mohamed Bourouissa, Anne Collier, Moyra Davey, Tacita Dean, Luis Jacob, Pierre Huyghe, Duane Linklater, Silke Otto-Knapp, Frances Stark, Ron Terada, and Danh Vo.  

Her work outside the Gallery has been equally notable, including curating the Canadian Pavilion at the 57th Venice Biennale (2017) and co-curating the Liverpool Biennale (2018). Kitty has written extensively on contemporary art for catalogues, books and journals, and has lectured widely at art schools and curatorial programs throughout North America. Her international reputation has brought acclaim to the AGO in many ways over the past seven years.

On an interim basis, Kenneth Brummel, Adelina Vlas and Debbie Johnsen will report to Julian Cox, Deputy Director & Chief Curator.

Congratulations to Kitty on this special appointment. We wish her the very best in her future endeavours.

For questions, please contact Julian Cox, ext. 6584.