Balkind, Alvin

BALKIND, Alvin, art curator, writer (b 28 Mar 1921, Baltimore, MD; d 21 Dec 1992, Vancouver). Educated at Johns Hopkins Univ and the Sorbonne, he served in the US navy during WWII. After moving to VANCOUVER in 1955, he and Abraham Rogatnick opened the New Design Gallery, which became a centre of contemporary art. Balkind was a co-founder of the Arts Club of Vancouver, which evolved into the present ARTS CLUB THEATRE. In 1962 he became curator of the Fine Arts Gallery at UBC, where he was...

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