Ray Cronin

Ray Cronin (born June 11, 1964) is a Canadian journalist, artist and contemporary art curator who was appointed Director of Curatorial programs at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery in Fredericton in 2023. From 2008 to 2015, he was Director and CEO of the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia (AGNS) where he had been Senior Curator and Curator of Contemporary Art and additionally, served as the founding curator of the first five Sobey Art Award exhibitions. He moved to Fredericton in 1993. He is the author of several catalogue essays, as well as numerous articles for Canadian and American art magazines. He was the visual arts columnist for The Daily Gleaner (Fredericton) and Here (Saint John). In 2000, he received the Christina Sabat Award for Critical Review in the Arts. In 2023, he was appointed Director of Curatorial Programming at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery in Fredericton. "Mary Pratt: Life & Work"; and Halifax Art & Artists: An Illustrated History (2023). Among his many publications are "Our Maud: The Life, Art and Legacy of Maud Lewis" (Art Gallery of Nova Scotia) and "Nova Scotia Folk Art: An Illustrated Guide" (Nimbus, 2024).