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co-curated and authored again with Boutilier, established criteria to authenticate a work of art, taking as its focus the work of Tom Thomson and exhibiting possible Thomsons and known fakes to illustrate the help authentication can provide. The exhibition was called a "rewarding experience" as an
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examination of authentication and forgery in art, using Tom Thomson as case in point. The show was rated one of the best exhibitions of the season by the Art Institute of Canada because it gave insight into the extensive problem-solving that museum professionals undertake in tracing authenticity.
186:(2021). Her lectures on Canadian art include one on "Canadian Art-Making and Making Art Exhibitions" to a panel of Archivists, Librarians and Curators at the Art Libraries Society of North America 40th Annual Conference, Toronto (2012). She has been an Adjunct Lecturer in Canadian Art History at 105:
She has focused on Canadian historical art in exhibitions ranging from biography with her show of the Canadian artist Harriet Ford (2001) to her exhibition and publication on the history of the Art Gallery of Hamilton's historical Canadian collection
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In 2014, after three years of research and two trips to Sweden and France, she curated her major retrospective and co-authored the book
102:(AGH), as Registrar in 1993. She was appointed Curator of Historical Art in 1999 and in 2015, Director of Exhibitions and Collections. 305: 423: 333:"Will real Tom Thomson please stand up (to scrutiny)? Art Gallery of Hamilton show delves into how paintings are authenticated" 306:"Hamilton's most famous painter comes home Major exhibition celebrates artist whose paintings launched Art Gallery of Hamilton" 403: 443: 191: 136:, to examine the artist from different viewpoints (indigenous included) to achieve diversity. In 2015, she co-curated 183: 438: 408: 87: 50: 428: 78:
since 2015. She is a Canadian art historian who places curatorial collaboration at the centre of her practice.
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of his art in a quarter century and the largest ever mounted. In the same year, she also co-curated
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Bruce was born and grew up in Montreal. She received her Honours BA in Art History from
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Tobi Bruce file, National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives, Canada
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The Artist Herself: Self-Portraits by historical Canadian women artists
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Lasting Impressions: celebrated works from the Art Gallery of Hamilton
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Lasting Impressions: celebrated works from the Art Gallery of Hamilton
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The French Connection: Canadians at the Paris Salons, 1880–1900
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Uninvited, Canadian Women Artists in the Modern Movement
359:"Best in Show Must-See Exhibitions of the Season" 385: 90:(1989) and her MA in Canadian Art History from 273: 271: 247: 53:(1989); MA in Canadian art history from 330: 268: 98:, Queen's University, then went to the 386: 161:Canada and Impressionism: New Horizons 419:Queen's University at Kingston alumni 303: 222: 209: 207: 229:. Hamilton: Art Gallery of Hamilton 178:, Vancouver Art Gallery (2015) and 159:Bruce has contributed a chapter to 13: 414:Canadian women non-fiction writers 331:Mahoney, Jeff (27 December 2021). 204: 192:Association of Art Museum Curators 169:Embracing Canada: Landscapes from 14: 460: 184:McMichael Canadian Art Collection 130:Into the Light: The Paintings of 248:Grainger, Brett (12 June 2012). 339:. The Spectator, Hamilton. 2021 49:Honours BA in art history from 351: 324: 304:Haggo, Douglas (24 May 2014). 297: 241: 216: 1: 424:Canadian women art historians 197: 404:Canadian non-fiction writers 285:. World Catalogue Identities 146:Agnes Etherington Art Centre 96:Agnes Etherington Art Centre 88:Queen's University, Kingston 51:Queen's University, Kingston 16:Canadian curator (born 1965) 7: 153:: The Art of Authentication 117:(2011) which was the first 34:1965 (age 58–59) 10: 465: 444:Carleton University alumni 312:. Hamilton Spectator, 2014 165:National Gallery of Canada 81: 61: 45: 30: 23: 194:(2017–2020; 2020–2022). 439:Canadian women curators 409:Canadian art historians 250:"The Pragmatic Prophet" 100:Art Gallery of Hamilton 76:Art Gallery of Hamilton 368:. Art Canada Institute 337:The Hamilton Spectator 310:The Hamilton Spectator 429:Canadian art curators 434:People from Montreal 223:Bruce, Tobi (2005). 188:McMaster University 132:William Blair Bruce 92:Carleton University 55:Carleton University 256:. The Walrus, 2012 449:Art museum people 69: 68: 456: 378: 377: 375: 373: 363: 355: 349: 348: 346: 344: 328: 322: 321: 319: 317: 301: 295: 294: 292: 290: 275: 266: 265: 263: 261: 245: 239: 238: 236: 234: 220: 214: 211: 142:Alicia Boutilier 21: 20: 464: 463: 459: 458: 457: 455: 454: 453: 384: 383: 382: 381: 371: 369: 361: 357: 356: 352: 342: 340: 329: 325: 315: 313: 302: 298: 288: 286: 277: 276: 269: 259: 257: 246: 242: 232: 230: 221: 217: 212: 205: 200: 115:: The Messenger 113:William Kurelek 84: 57:, Ottawa (1999) 41: 35: 26: 17: 12: 11: 5: 462: 452: 451: 446: 441: 436: 431: 426: 421: 416: 411: 406: 401: 396: 380: 379: 366:www.aci-iac.ca 350: 323: 296: 267: 240: 215: 202: 201: 199: 196: 175:Group of Seven 83: 80: 67: 66: 63: 59: 58: 47: 43: 42: 36: 32: 28: 27: 24: 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 461: 450: 447: 445: 442: 440: 437: 435: 432: 430: 427: 425: 422: 420: 417: 415: 412: 410: 407: 405: 402: 400: 399:Living people 397: 395: 392: 391: 389: 367: 360: 354: 338: 334: 327: 311: 307: 300: 284: 280: 274: 272: 255: 251: 244: 228: 227: 219: 210: 208: 203: 195: 193: 189: 185: 181: 177: 176: 172: 166: 162: 157: 154: 152: 147: 143: 139: 135: 133: 126: 124: 120: 119:retrospective 116: 114: 109: 103: 101: 97: 93: 89: 79: 77: 73: 64: 60: 56: 52: 48: 44: 39: 33: 29: 22: 19: 370:. Retrieved 365: 353: 341:. Retrieved 336: 326: 314:. Retrieved 309: 299: 287:. Retrieved 283:worldcat.org 282: 279:"Tobi Bruce" 258:. Retrieved 254:thewalrus.ca 253: 243: 231:. Retrieved 225: 218: 179: 168: 160: 158: 149: 140:(2015) with 137: 129: 127: 122: 111: 107: 104: 85: 71: 70: 18: 394:1965 births 151:Tom Thomson 134:(1859–1906) 65:Art curator 388:Categories 372:7 February 343:5 February 316:8 February 289:6 February 260:8 February 233:5 December 198:References 72:Tobi Bruce 62:Occupation 25:Tobi Bruce 171:Krieghoff 46:Education 40:, Canada 38:Montreal 173:to the 163:at the 144:of the 82:Career 362:(PDF) 374:2022 345:2022 318:2022 291:2022 262:2022 235:2023 31:Born 390:: 364:. 335:. 308:. 281:. 270:^ 252:. 206:^ 182:, 125:. 376:. 347:. 320:. 293:. 264:. 237:.

Index

Montreal
Queen's University, Kingston
Carleton University
Art Gallery of Hamilton
Queen's University, Kingston
Carleton University
Agnes Etherington Art Centre
Art Gallery of Hamilton
William Kurelek
retrospective
William Blair Bruce
Alicia Boutilier
Agnes Etherington Art Centre
Tom Thomson
National Gallery of Canada
Krieghoff
Group of Seven
McMichael Canadian Art Collection
McMaster University
Association of Art Museum Curators


Lasting Impressions: celebrated works from the Art Gallery of Hamilton
"The Pragmatic Prophet"


"Tobi Bruce"
"Hamilton's most famous painter comes home Major exhibition celebrates artist whose paintings launched Art Gallery of Hamilton"
"Will real Tom Thomson please stand up (to scrutiny)? Art Gallery of Hamilton show delves into how paintings are authenticated"
"Best in Show Must-See Exhibitions of the Season"

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