Mirela Baciak to Lead Salzburger Kunstverein
The Salzburger Kunstverein has introduced Warsaw-born curator Mirela Baciak as its subsequent director. Baciak arrives to the Austrian establishment from the steirischer herbst pageant, the place since 2019 she has served as curator for visible artwork and efficiency. She is going to step into her new position in July; her tenure is slated to final for 5 years, with the chance to increase. Baciak succeeds Séamus Kealy, who was lately named government director of Oakville Galleries, outdoors Toronto.
“We’re delighted to have appointed Mirela Baciak, a younger and engaged curator whose curatorial and analysis follow is anxious with questions of inclusion and entry, in addition to a dedication to constructing sustainable relationships with numerous communities and publics,” mentioned museum board president Gerda Ridler.
Earlier than coming to steirischer herbst, Baciak labored as a contract curator and took part in numerous residencies and fellowships, together with these at ARAC Bucharest; Shanghai Curators Lab; HOW Artwork Museum Shanghai; the Dhaka Artwork Summit, Bangladesh; Ujazdowski Citadel Heart for Up to date Artwork, Warsaw; and Kunsthalle Wien in Vienna. Earlier this yr, she based the AAC | Austrian Affiliation of Curators, a corporation that fosters curatorial-knowledge manufacturing, on whose board she continues to serve. She holds an MA in crucial research from the Academy of Effective Arts in Vienna.
“The imaginative and prescient I’ve developed for Salzburger Kunstverein is that of a dynamic, responsive establishment that displays societal challenges within the repeatedly altering world, and considers and expands modern artwork discourses,” Baciak mentioned. “I’m fascinated by far-reaching creative and curatorial initiatives that think about sustainability and are pushed by the values of sharing and studying.”