"Since it was revealed last month that a committee at the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) in Toronto decided to nix the acquisition of a work by Nan Goldin over charges that the Jewish American photographer is "antisemitic", there have been growing calls for the resignation of the trustee who instigated the decision, Judy Schulich. Schulich is a significant donor to the AGO and an executive with the Schulich Foundation, one of Canada's largest private foundations-started by her father, the billionaire businessman Seymour Schulich."
"The fact that it was Schulich who instigated the decision not to acquire Goldin's work-first revealed by Toronto-based independent journalist Samira Mohyeddin on X-was later reported by the . The newspaper reviewed further documentation indicating that an unnamed person in a decisive meeting of the gallery's Modern and contemporary curatorial working committee likened Goldin to Leni Riefenstahl, the Second World War-era German film-maker and Nazi propagandist, and called Goldin a "liar" based on her outspoken advocacy for Palestinians."
Judy Schulich, a major donor to the Art Gallery of Ontario and an executive with the Schulich Foundation, instigated a decision to nix the AGO's acquisition of a Nan Goldin work amid accusations that Goldin is antisemitic. The AGO's Modern and contemporary curatorial working committee voted 11-to-9 against jointly purchasing Stendhal Syndrome (2024), prompting the AGO to withdraw while the Vancouver Art Gallery and Walker Art Center proceeded. Documentation indicates an unnamed committee member likened Goldin to Leni Riefenstahl and called her a "liar" over her outspoken advocacy for Palestinians. The fallout included the resignation of curator John Zeppetelli and two volunteer committee members.
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