The Globe and Mail – November 28, 2003 (Page R14).
The closure of the Dunlop Arts Gallery, a small but vibrant gallery located in the Regina Public Library, has sent waves of shock and dismay through the national visual-arts community.
“It is truly a public art gallery,” says Anthony Kiendl, now director of visual arts at the Walter Phillips Gallery at the Banff Centre. “It’s the leading national example of an art gallery in a library context, which is an incredibly rich combination. It considers art work as information, as opposed to the traditional model, which looks at art work as connoisseur objects. More than any other gallery, it provides contexts for the public to understand art and understand art in new ways. This is a drastic loss to the national arts community.”