About Ann Webb

Ann meets with artists, visits galleries and museums regularly. She attends exhibitions, biennials, art fairs and talks to keep abreast of contemporary art discourse.

With a proven record of curating exhibitions, educational programs, organizing artist and curatorial residencies and executing events of the highest calibre, Ann is known for her creative collaborations and commitment to the art and artists of our time.

A few of the many artists and cultural figures with whom Ann has worked include Marina Abramović, Hoor Al-Qasimi, Sara Angelucci Daniel Baumann, Bill Burns, Douglas Coupland, Isaac Julien, and Sarah Thornton among others.  

Ann Webb in artist Nathan Carter’s studio, New York

Professionally, Ann has contributed her expertise to art organizations in the following roles:

  • Associate Director and Director of Engagement and Strategic Initiatives, Vancouver Art Gallery  

  • Managing Director, ROM Contemporary Culture, Royal Ontario Museum

  • Executive Director & CEO, Publisher, Canadian Art Foundation & Canadian Art Magazine  

  • Founder and Curator, Reel Artists Film Festival

  • Touring Exhibition Coordinator, Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery

  • VIP Program Consultant, Art Toronto  

Ann has a deep understanding of the diversity of the visual art and cultural sectors through her participation in international leadership programs including:

North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) KULTURsekretariat International Visitors Program

Invited as a guest of the Goethe Institute to participate on a research trip about Museums in the NRW exploring organization and structures of art museums and exhibition spaces.

International Leadership Program in Visual Arts Management - Deusto Business School, Bilbao, NYU Steinhardt School of Culure, Education, and Human Development and Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, NYU New York and Abu Dhabi

This immersive executive certificate program with modules held in Bilbao, New York and Abu Dhabi, provided senior practitioners in the visual arts with global market knowledge, access to the expertise of leading art professionals including museum directors and curators.

Media Management Executive Certificate Program - Canadian Journalism Founation and Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto

This intensive program - the first of its kind in Canada - targeted to media managers working across platforms provided invaluable learning in core business concepts including leadership, strategy, finance, operations, negotiation. Faculty included leading Canadian media professionals and journalists.

Ann holds an Honours Bachelor of Arts graduating from York University, Toronto.