The number of visitors to this blog has exploded, and yesterday José Gallego Espina wrote about it in El Correo de Andalucía. Our goal is to draw attention to serious labour violations committed by Fundación Biacs, and this seems to work in a major way. We have been contacted by artists and organizations who also are worrying about, and seeking solutions to, the situation. (Thank you for your support!) Together with journalists like José Gallego Espina we will make the secrets of Biacs unfold to the public.
If Sevilla ever want to host an international contemporary art biennial again, Biacs needs to pay the money back that they, for several years now, have "borrowed" from artists. At the moment Fundación Biacs is flying below the radar, and it is next to impossible to contact the organisation. We have been trying to contact Biacs president Juan Suárez, but he refused our calls.
The whole situation with Fundación Biacs taking money from exhibiting artists is highly embarrassing not only to the foundation itself, but also to its funders and sponsors, e.g. the Ayuntamiento de Sevilla, the Spanish Ministry of Culture and the Region of Andalucía.
We haven't found out whether Luis Olivar O'Neill is still the director of Biacs, or if Moritz Küng will actually be the curator of Biacs 4. If you have updated inside information about this, please let us know.
If Sevilla ever want to host an international contemporary art biennial again, Biacs needs to pay the money back that they, for several years now, have "borrowed" from artists. At the moment Fundación Biacs is flying below the radar, and it is next to impossible to contact the organisation. We have been trying to contact Biacs president Juan Suárez, but he refused our calls.
The whole situation with Fundación Biacs taking money from exhibiting artists is highly embarrassing not only to the foundation itself, but also to its funders and sponsors, e.g. the Ayuntamiento de Sevilla, the Spanish Ministry of Culture and the Region of Andalucía.
We haven't found out whether Luis Olivar O'Neill is still the director of Biacs, or if Moritz Küng will actually be the curator of Biacs 4. If you have updated inside information about this, please let us know.
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