D’ARCY CURATOR NAMED
Jonathan P. Canning, MA, has been named curator of the Loyola University Museum of Art (LUMA) permanent collection, Treasures of the Martin D’Arcy Collection. A specialist in European medieval art, Canning will oversee more than 500 pieces of medieval, Renaissance, and baroque art, as well as organize new exhibitions, supervise research and catalogs, and guide the acquisition of new art.
The Martin D’Arcy Gallery and collection was founded in 1969 by Donald Rowe, S.J., who assembled a major portion of the collection of religious and secular sculpture, decorative arts, liturgical objects, paintings, and prints.
“We’re very pleased to have Jonathan Canning join our LUMA staff,” said Pamela Ambrose, director of cultural affairs at LUMA. “Under his guidance, and as years go forward, the museum will focus on new acquisitions to the D’Arcy Collection.”
Canning comes to Chicago from Canterbury, England, where he served as the research curator for the city’s Museums and Galleries Service.