Collectively, this year’s Order of Canada recipients, (including Walter Gretzky and Paul Schaffer) might not make up a stellar talk-show band, but they are in excellent company, especially with the inclusion of now-departed AGNS director/chief curator, Jeffrey Spalding (his predecessor Bernard Riordon was named to the Order in 2002). A nice legacy for Spalding to leave the city–congratulate him on January 17, at the AGNS opening of Abstract Painting in Canada, which he curated.
This article appears in Jan 3-9, 2008.
