“Sources close to The Power Plant, Toronto’s premier non-collecting showcase for cutting-edge contemporary art, confirmed yesterday that a search committee has picked Gregory Burke to succeed Wayne Baerwaldt as the gallery’s director. Baerwaldt, who came to The Power Plant in March, 2002, after running Winnipeg’s Plug In Gallery for 13 years, announced his resignation in February and completed his term in Toronto June 2. Burke is currently in Venice overseeing New Zealand’s participation in the city’s famous Biennale. He also was curator of New Zealand’s first-ever presentation at the Biennale, in 2001. For the last seven years he’s been director of the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery in New Plymouth on New Zealand’s Northern Island.”