I’m Feeling All Empty Inside…

Toronto, like many cities, is caught up in the big museum-building craze. But what about what goes on inside, wonders Philip Marchand. “For the past 10 years, at least, there has been a drastic decline in such research and expertise in museums throughout Ontario. This decline has hit historical and regional museums the hardest, but it has also affected institutions such as the AGO. Libeskind’s Crystal and Gehry’s AGO expansion will not solve this problem, and may, in fact, aggravate it.”