ANALYSIS: Chagall debacle casts cloud over National Gallery director Marc Mayer's future

Marc Mayer arrived as the director of the National Gallery of Canada in 2009 on the heels of a messy power struggle between the retiring director, Pierre Théberge, and his deputy, David Franklin.
Mayer, a Franco-Ontarian originally from Sudbury, helped ease what had been described in court as a “toxic” environment at the gallery with his friendly, informal demeanour. He was a stark contrast to the austere and distant Théberge, who tried to fire Franklin — the pres