ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM
DR. AKIKO TAKESUE APPOINTED BISHOP WHITE COMMITTEE ASSOCIATE CURATOR OF JAPANESE ART & CULTURE
Dr. Takesue, in her new role, will develop and implement strategies to build, manage, and interpret the ROM’s world-class collection of Japanese art and culture through exhibitions and public programs.
“We are delighted to welcome Dr. Akiko Takesue to the ROM,” said Josh Basseches, ROM Director & CEO. “With extensive curatorial and research experience in Japanese art and culture, she will be responsible for raising the caliber and profile of the Museum’s extraordinary collection—one of the largest of its kind in Canada—as well as offering fresh perspectives on the impact and influence of Japanese art and culture on the contemporary world. We are grateful to the ROM’s Bishop White Committee for making this appointment possible with the endowment of this position.” Dr. Takesue will bring her expertise in art history, prints and ceramics to initiatives that build deeper connections with the public and Japanese communities locally and around the world.
The appointment of Dr. Takesue to the role represents a homecoming for the art historian, whose involvement with the ROM’s Japanese collections spans 20 years. She first joined the Museum two decades ago as a visiting scholar and then as Academic Advisor for the Prince Takamado Gallery of Japan. She also held a curatorial fellowship at the ROM. After the completion of her Ph.D. in 2016, her career took her around the world, with positions at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, and guest curator for the Gardiner Museum in Toronto. She holds a doctorate in Art History from York University in Toronto, a Master’s degree from the University of Toronto, a Master of Art Administration from the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, and a B. A. from Hitotsubashi University in Tokyo, Japan.
