Tate Modern Gets A New Director

“Francis Morris becomes the fourth director of Tate Modern after the Swede Lars Nittve, the Spaniard Vicenti Todoli, and Dercon, who is Belgian. Some observers had expected Tate to once again recruit from elsewhere in Europe or from the US – instead it chose an insider, someone steeped in Tate culture and someone well known and respected in the art world.”

Major Shift In Canada Council Arts Funding Raises Big Diversity Questions

“If the administration or backstage crew at your opera or ballet company, or the audience for your symphony or theatre company, or the board of directors of your art gallery, does not demonstrate a “commitment to reflecting the diversity of your organization’s geographic community or region,” this will now affect the size of grant received from the federal arts council.”