Art consultant, author and founder of Utopian Slumps gallery, Melissa Loughnan has been announced as the Fair Director of Melbourne Art Fair for 2025 and beyond. Loughnan takes over the role from Maree Di Pasquale, who will remain as CEO of Melbourne Art Foundation, which presents the now annual art fair.
Loughnan started operating Utopian Slumps in Melbourne in 2007, first as a not-for-profit, shifting to a commercial gallery in 2010 and then operating as a consulting agency from 2015. She has accumulated over a decade of experience as an art consultant on council and government public art projects, and is also a Board member of Melbourne’s independent arts organisation, West Space.
