McMichael picks Scotsman as next CEO

Ian Dejardin, director of London’s Dulwich Picture Gallery, has been named the director and chief executive officer of the McMichael Collection of Canadian Art.

Dejardin, an affable Scotsman, comes to the McMichael from the U.K.’s oldest public art gallery, whose collection boasts an impressive volume of works by such historical painting luminaries as Rembrandt, Constable, Turner and Poussin.

But Dejardin is no stranger to Canadian content, on which the McMichael is exclusively focused.

At Dulwich, he co-curated major exhibitions of both the Group of Seven and Emily Carr, championing Canadian art in Europe.

He doesn’t take up his new position until April 2017. Murray Whyte

AARON HARRIS/TORONTO STAR FILE PHOTO Ian Dejardin, the McMichael’s new CEO, with an Emily Carr painting at the Dulwich Picture Gallery in London.