For years the Canadian government’s Art Bank bought artwork so it could be rented out, collecting some 18,000 works of art. Now the bank wants to clear out work that is rarely rented. Artists will be offered a chance to buy back their work; any remaining unwanted art will be deaccessioned. Critics “say the Art Bank’s ‘revitalization’ is going to hurt artists and the art market by transforming a government agency into a pseudo-corporation more intent on competing with the private sector than in advancing Canadian art.” – Ottawa Citizen