Francesco Manacord will become the art director of the VAC Foundation

Since September 2017, the art director of the Tate Liverpool Francesco Manacord will take the position of art director in the VAC contemporary art fund.

The press service of the VAC Foundation Comments Francesco Manacords:

“I carefully monitor the development of VAC since its founding in 2009 and is a great fan of his risky, strict and experimental approach. I am glad to become part of the fund’s team at the time of its large -scale expansion simultaneously in Moscow and Venice, which will strengthen the international status of VAC and open incredible opportunities for artists from around the world. ”

VAC Director Teresa Iarochci Mavika recalled the plans of the fund, which includes the projects of his new site in Venice and the opening of the GEC-2 in Moscow planned for 2019, and emphasized that the Francesco Manacord “will join us at this stage of construction in order to work together on the creation of a truly innovative artistic institutional model, which, we hope, will constantly push us to take up even more ambitious tasks. "

“During his work in Tate, Liverpool Francesco has brought a lot of changes and formed a special vision, urging in all our endeavors to study first of all with the viewer. - says Executive Director Tate Liverpool Andrea Nixon. - Under his leadership, the museum established many close partnerships within the local art community, held a new series of ambitious and popular exhibitions from the Tate collection, and also organized a number of exhibitions and projects in cooperation with international and local partners. In 2016–2017, thanks to the Francesco program and his approach to working with the audience, Tate Liverpool reached a record vision mark since 2008. We will really miss him, and we wish him all the best in this exciting new chapter of his career. ”