Some sad news. Curator Ben Portis has been killed in an auto accident near Barrie.
Ben Portis lived in Toronto. He was a former assistant curator of contemporary art at the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) and curator of the MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie. As a critic, he has contributed to Border Crossings, Canadian Art, C Magazine, Hunter and Cook, and The Dance Current. He was a vibrant spirit and independent-minded thinker, ...and a very wonderful person, who will be missed.
— Jeffrey Spalding