Artists at the pointy end of Ballarat Biennale’s financial over-commitment
Social media attack or real concerns? ArtsHub examines this week’s news of BOAA’s alleged financial mismanagement, which has resulted in delayed artist payments.
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Writing and Publishing
Gerwyn Davies, Prawn, 2016, digital inkjet print, edition 1 of 5, 80 x 110 cm; image courtesy the artist
This week The Courier, a regional Victorian newspaper, exposed a situation where artists – whose works had been presented in Ballarat’s inaugural Biennale of Australia Art (BOAA) over the past six weeks – were in jeopardy of not being paid in full.
Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's Senior Contributor, after 12 years in the role as National Visual Arts Editor. She has worked for extended periods in America and Southeast Asia, as gallerist, arts administrator and regional contributing editor for a number of magazines, including Hong Kong based Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. She is an Art Tour leader for the AGNSW Members, and lectures regularly on the state of the arts. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW.
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