Joan Arden Charlat Murray born August 12, 1943, is a Canadian writer, independent curator and art historian. Her curatorial projects are wide-ranging and cover a wide spectrum of the visual arts in Canada: contemporary, modern, historical, regional, national and interdisciplinary: she has a special interest in Tom Thomson, the Group of Seven, abstraction and women artists. She is the author of many books, catalogues and articles as well as being a former Gallery curator and director, having worked at institutions such as the Art Gallery of Ontario, The Robert McLaughlin Gallery in Oshawa and the McMichael Canadian Art Gallery in Kleinburg. 

January 1st, 1943 in (Age 81)