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Ryerson hires Goethe Institute curator to direct its photo gallery

06.10.2008 16:02 Arts - Source: cbc.ca

Ryerson University in Toronto has hired a curator at the Goethe Institute as director of its new photography gallery and research centre.

Doina Popescu will take over the job Oct. 27, Ryerson provost Alan Shepard announced Monday in a release.

Popescu will oversee the academic, administrative and exhibits at the new photo gallery being built at Ryerson. The gallery, scheduled to open in 2010, will house the Black Star Historical Black & White Photography Collection, a collection of news, current event and pop culture photos bequeathed to the university in 2005.

She also has a mandate to establish an international profile for the gallery and research centre.

Popescu spent 25 years with the Goethe Institute in Toronto, most recently as deputy director.

She managed the institute's gallery for 10 years, curating shows and connecting with Canadian and international artists.

Born in Montreal, Popescu holds a master's degree in German language and literature and has been involved in Canadian and international arts festivals as well as co-founding the Fourth International Experimental Film Congress in 1989.

She is a steering committee member of the Fifth International Experimental Film Congress, being held in Toronto in 2010.

Ryerson is building an $8-million centre that will have exhibit space and research areas.

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