Nationality Canadian Name Matthew Teitelbaum Children MaxElijah | Spouse(s) Susan M. Cohen Religion Jewish Parents Mashel Teitelbaum | |
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Meet the mfa s new director matthew teitelbaum
Matthew D. Teitelbaum (born February 13, 1956 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian art historian, who is currently the director of Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Career
A native of Toronto, Teitelbaum is the son of the late painter Mashel Teitelbaum and Ethel. He holds a B.A. in Canadian history from Carleton University and an M.Phil. in modern European painting and sculpture from the Courtauld Institute of Art. He has taught and lectured at Harvard University, York University, and the University of Western Ontario.
Teitelbaum first held curatorial positions with the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, and the Mendel Art Gallery. He later joined the Art Gallery of Ontario in 1993 as chief curator and was later appointed as the Michael and Sonja Koerner Director and CEO in 1998. As a curator, he has published numerous publications and exhibition catalogues on modern and contemporary Canadian artists as Greg Curnoe, Paterson Ewen, Joe Fafard, Betty Goodwin, Edward Poitras, and Robert Wiens. As the museum's director and CEO, he oversaw the institution’s $306 million expansion and renovation of its Beaux-Arts building by the architect Frank Gehry.
On April 9, 2015, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston announced that Teitelbaum had been chosen to serve as the Ann and Graham Gund Director, replacing Malcolm Rogers, who had served as the museum's director for 21 years.
Personal life
Teitelbaum is married to Susan M. Cohen, who served as the executive director of the W. Garfield Weston Foundation. They have two sons, Max and Elijah.