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.
A letter to artists from Julie Collins, Managing Director / Artistic Director of BOAA over the weekend sparked the article and subsequent commentary on social media.
