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Two former Remai Modern board members say they are tired of hearing Mayor Charlie Clark deny that city hall meddled in the operation of the Saskatoon art gallery.

Alison Norlen and Veronica Gamracy, in an exclusive interview, said they have strong concerns about what they feel are ongoing problems at the gallery. The governance model, Gamracy said, is at “the root of this.”

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According to Norlen, Clark told her in February that she and then-chair Scott Verity would not be reappointed to the Remai board. Gamracy resigned in solidarity over the removal of Verity, Norlen and three other board members.

Both Norlen and Gamracy said they had decided not to speak about what they see as an unhealthy relationship between city hall and the gallery, but Clark’s statements in recent weeks that board changes were made solely to address unspecified workplace concerns was upsetting.

“It looks like we’re implicated in the (human resources) issues, which is insulting and defamatory to both of us,” Norlen said. “And that’s the part that’s massively insulting because we were doing our due diligence with everything that came our way as a board.”