[2] In August 2016 Dulwich Picture Gallery announced that he would be leaving to become chief executive of the McMichael Canadian Art Collection in Ontario in April 2017.
[5] He started a doctorate in art history at the University of Warwick, but then spent seven years developing a designer knitwear business in Cumbria with former partner Brian Ashley.
Subsequently, he completed a postgraduate diploma in art gallery and museum studies at Manchester University.
This was followed in 2014 by another Canadian-themed show, From the Forest to the Sea: Emily Carr and British Columbia, co-curated with Sarah Milroy, with whom he was to further collaborate on Vanessa Bell (2016), and David Milne (2017).
[7] On 8 September the McMichael Canadian Art Collection announced that he would be retiring on 27 October 2023.