“This is not normal behaviour for an arts CEO.”
      The Globe And Mail

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largest cultural infrastructure project in the country’s history.

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What people are saying about The Audacity of Relevance…

  • "A must-read for all arts leaders and lovers."

    Henry Timms
    President Emeritus, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

  • "A refreshingly honest reflection on the state of the arts."

    Victoria Rogers
    Trustee, Brooklyn Museum

  • "A brilliantly curated set of anecdotes and provocations."

    Clive Chang
    President & CEO, YoungArts

  • "An existential gauntlet in our sector."

    Rachel Moore
    President & CEO, The Music Center

  • "Essential reading for revitalizing the arts sector."

    Larry Ossei-Mensah
    Curator & Co-Founder, ARTNOIR

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“Alex Sarian’s talk was far and away the most useful and changed my thinking about our outreach work.”

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Meet Alex

From Madrid to Shanghai to New York City, Alex has worked with artists and arts organizations in fifteen countries spanning five continents. In 2020, Alex was appointed President & CEO of Arts Commons, becoming the youngest executive to oversee a major performing arts center in North America.

Since then, he has led a successful COVID-19 recovery plan and launched the single largest cultural infrastructure project in Canadian history—the $660million Arts Commons Transformation project—scheduled to break ground in 2024.

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