Charles Mason will become the Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art’s new curator. Mr. Mason specializes in Asian art and has expertise in Chinese, Japanese and Korean ceramics. He is also knowledgeable about 18th and 19th century European porcelains and early 20th century American art pottery.

Mr. Mason comes to Toronto from the Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art at the University of Florida in Gainesville, where he was Chief Curator and Curator of Asian Art.

The Gardiner Museum

“I am very excited about coming to the Gardiner,” he says. “The museum already has an excellent international reputation for the quality of its collections and exhibitions. Now with its newly expanded building and outstanding staff and board, the museum is definitely poised to achieve even greater success in the future.”