Australian art identity Barry Keldoulis has been appointed CEO and group fairs director of Art Fairs Australia, the organisation behind Melbourne Art Fair and the upcoming inaugural Sydney Contemporary art fair.
Keldoulis – who recently closed his Sydney gallery – has over three decades of experience in the art industry.
Keldoulis’s first major project will be the launch of Sydney Contemporary, a new biennial art fair that will be held at Carriageworks in September this year. Sydney Contemporary and Melbourne Art Fair will be presented on alternative years, with the next Melbourne Art Fair happening in 2014.