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While many were shocked by the inclusion of Saskatoon on the New York Times’ list of top travel destinations, the Remai Modern art gallery’s executive director expected such recognition.

The latest praise for Saskatoon’s new art gallery perhaps ranks as the most significant. Saskatoon earned a spot on the New York Times’ top places to visit in 2018, largely due to the October opening of the gallery.

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Saskatoon was the only Canadian destination to crack the list of 52 locations.

“I’m delighted,” gallery executive director and CEO Gregory Burke said in an interview Friday. “Of course, we’ve been executing a strategy to get that sort of attention for years.”

The recognition follows the Remai Modern’s recent mention in other lists in Azure magazine, Wallpaper* magazine and the Travel Channel.

Burke said the international praise is not a fluke. It’s the result of hard work.

“We’ve been nagging the New York Times now for years,” Burke said. A further New York Times article on the gallery could be in the works, he added.