Matthew Teitelbaum
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Teitelbaum in 2011.
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| Born |
Matthew D. Teitelbaum February 13, 1956 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Alma mater |
Carleton University Courtauld Institute of Art |
| Employer | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
| Spouse(s) | Susan M. Cohen |
| Children | Max Elijah |
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.
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.
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