Adam Welch
Curator, Modern Art
Light Years: The Phil Lind Gift (2024)
Background: Prior to joining the AGO in 2023, Adam held various curatorial roles at the National Gallery of Canada (NGC), the Art Museum at the University of Toronto and the Whitney Museum of American Art. His exhibitions for the NGC include the retrospective General Idea (2022), Joseph Beuys (2015–17), The Advent of Abstraction (2016–17), and the Indigenous and Canadian Galleries (2017). He holds an MA from Columbia University, and a PhD in the history of art from the University of Toronto, where he is an Assistant Professor, Status Only.