As an independent writer and the National Gallery of Canada’s first staff writer, Katherine has written hundreds of articles, essays, short artist biographies, online texts and corporate documents about art, from historic to contemporary art, and from sculpture and painting to photographs, prints and drawings.

Scroll down to see a selection of her publications, many of which are available online.

Writing

  • B.C. Artists: The Gary Sim Donation. Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada, 2018.

    "A Brief History of the National Gallery of Canada," in Marc Mayer, Art in Canada. Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada, 2017.

    Don McCullin. Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada, 2013.

    "Margaret Watkins: Chronology," in Margaret Watkins. Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada, 2012.

    "Geoffrey James: Chronology," in Utopia/Dystopia: Geoffrey James. Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada, 2008.

    "Artist Chronologies," in The 1930s: The Making of “The New Man.” Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada, 2008.

    "Artists in the Exhibition," in Acting the Part: Photography in Theatre. Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada, 2006.

    Josée Drouin-Brisebois, De-con-structions, ed. Katherine Stauble. Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada, 2007.

  • "Telling Our Whole Story: Interview with Marc Mayer," January 15, 2019

    "Photographs in the Canadian and Indigenous Galleries: An Integral Part of Our National Narrative," November 15, 2017

    "Ten Things to Know About the New Canadian and Indigenous Galleries," June 14, 2017

    "A short list of exceptional artists: The Sobey Art Award Finalists," June 13, 2017

    "Russian Abstraction: Ahead of its Time," January 24, 2017

    "Alex Janvier : The Circle of Life and Other Brilliant Forms," December 19, 2016

    "The Photographs of Josef Sudek: A Poetic Vision," December 1, 2016

    "Cutline: We Are not a Hippie Paper," November 1, 2016

    "Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun’s Sumptuous Portraits," June 8, 2016

    "Chris Cran's Humour, Rigour and Reverie," May 17, 2016

    "Picasso's Vollard Suite: Men, Women and Minotaurs," May 9, 2016

    "In the Spotlight: Rebirth of the National Gallery of Canada Review," May 3, 2016

    "Marie Antoinette and her Children: An Icon of French Painting," April 19, 2016

    "GG Awards Exhibition Showcases an Illustrious Group of Canadians," March 23, 2016

    "Human Scale: From Cradle to Grave," March 9, 2016

    "Awe-Inspiring B.C. Art at the Audain Art Museum," March 9, 2016

    "The Sobey Art Award Moves to the National Gallery of Canada," February 4, 2016

    "The Sculpted Presence of Kiki Smith and Tony Smith," January 25, 2016

    "An Explosion of Creativity: So You Want to Be an Artist," December 7, 2015

    "Of Fact and Fiction: Sophie Ristelhueber’s Fait," November 26, 2015

    "Monet’s Impressive Bridges at Argenteuil," October 26, 2015

    "Beauty’s Awakening: Dennis Lanigan’s Superb Collection," October 6, 2015

    "Early Canadian Daguerreotypes: Brilliant Jewels," September 10, 2015

    "Your Collection: Recent European Arrivals at the NGC," August 25, 2015

    "A Photographic Ramble Across Canada," July 16, 2015

    "Contemplating the Photographs of Frederick H. Evans," June 25, 2015

    "Daphnis & Chloé: Chagall’s Luminous Love Story," May 28, 2015

    "BGL’s Canadassimo: Abundantly Canadian in Venice," May 6, 2015

    "Alex Colville: Of dogs, guns and bathers," April 20, 2015

    "Governor General's Awards: A Precise Beauty," April 7, 2015

    "Canada's Zany Artist Collective BGL Heading to Venice," March 20, 2015

    "Art That Crosses Borders," February 24, 2015

    "Time Stands Still in Clocks for Seeing," January 19, 2015

    "M.C. Escher: In His Mind's Eye," January 13, 2015

    "Preserving Model’s Legacy," January 13, 2015

    "The Panoramic View From Here," January 6, 2015

    "Jack Bush’s Dazzling Abstractions," November 12, 2014

    "Shining the Light on Four Biennial Artists," October 15, 2014

    "A Tribute to Jean Sutherland Boggs (1922–2014)," September 22, 2014

    "Photography in the First World War: From Portraits to Propaganda," July 16, 2014

    "Jimmie Durham: They will be smashed," July 7, 2014

    "Gustave Doré’s illustrious imagination," June 10, 2014

    "Remembering Lynne Cohen," June 2, 2014

    "Meet You at the Transit Bar," May 13, 2014

    "Brydon Smith: A Voice of Fire," April 25, 2014

    "The Books that Shaped Art History," April 3, 2014

    "Distinguishing the Visual Arts in Canada," March 21, 2014

    "Images of the Frigid Zone," March 17, 2014

    "Charles Edenshaw: The Raven, The Sea Bear and Other Stories," March 3, 2014

    "John Ruskin: Echoes of Stones," February 10, 2014

    "Fischli and Weiss’ Mad Machine," January 28, 2014

    "The Great Upheaval: Europe’s Brazen Artists," January 9, 2014

    "After the Last Spike: Artists, Architects and Artisans," November 5, 2013

    "Requiem for film: Robert Burley and Michel Campeau," October 16, 2013

    "An Interview with Michel Campeau," October 8, 2013

    "Looking at Storytelling," September 23, 2013

    "Candice Breitz: Him + Her, You + Me," September 11, 2013

    "A Concise History of Canadian Painting," August 8, 2013

    "Iluliaq: A Sublime Iceberg," July 4, 2013

    " Sakahàn: Timeshifting," June 26, 2013

    "In the Spotlight: Bill Brandt’s Oakworth Moor, Yorkshire," March 26, 2013

  • "Don McCullin" Landscape, Witness, Memory," Vol. 15, No. 1 (Winter 2013)

    "Margaret Watkins: Of Sight and Sound," Vol. 14, No. 4 (Fall 2012)

    "Nature's Studio," Vol. 14, No. 3 (Summer 2012)

    "George Carmody: A Meeting of Science and Art," Vol. 14, No. 2 (Spring 2012)

    "California Straight," Vol. 14, No. 1 (Winter 2012)

    "American Border-Crossings," Vol. 13, No. 4 (Fall 2011)

    "Feininger's Elegant Equations," Vol. 13, No. 3 (Summer 2011)

    "Victorian England in Focus," Vol. 13, No. 1 (Winter 2011)

    "Elusive Paradise: Geoffrey James," Vol. 10, No. 3 (Summer 2008)

    "Images of Africa: Contemporary Views," Vol. 9, No 4 (Fall 2007).

    "Henri Cartier-Bresson: Image Hunter," Vol. 9, No 1 (Winter 2007).

    "Through the Lens of Modernism," Vol. 9, No 2 (Spring 2007).

    "Raising the Curtain: Staging Stories Through Photographs," Vol. 8, No 3 (Summer 2006).

  • Canada Council Art Bank Collection Management Policy, 2021 (in progress)

    Katherine Stauble, Real Life: Ron Mueck and Guy Ben-Ner, audioguide. Ottawa: National Gallery of
    Canada, 2008.

    "Carol Gibson," etc. (biographies of six Canadian artists) Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon, Leipzig: Saur, 2007.

    La fécondité et le couple créateur chez Jacques et Madeleine Ferron (Master’s thesis), Université d’Ottawa, 2004, 145 pp.

    Various web content for gallery.ca, including artist biographies, artwork descriptions and corporate reports.