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Sydney Biennale Cuts Ties with Transfield as Chairman Resigns (UPDATED)

by Jillian Steinhauer March 7, 2014March 16, 2014

The Biennale of Sydney will end its relationship with major sponsor Transfield Holdings, and Biennale Chairman Luca Belgiorno-Nettis has resigned, the Guardian reports. The moves come in response to a growing boycott of the exhibition over its link with Transfield.

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Sydney Biennale Boycott Grows

by Jillian Steinhauer March 6, 2014March 8, 2014

Four more artists have joined the boycott of the Biennale of Sydney, and the protest of arts organizations connected to Transfield, a company that manages mandatory offshore detention centers for asylum seekers in Australia, is growing.

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Five Artists Officially Withdraw from Sydney Biennale

by Jillian Steinhauer February 26, 2014March 3, 2014

Five artists have announced their withdrawal from the Biennale of Sydney, ArtsHub reported today, the latest in an ongoing controversy over one of the Biennale’s major sponsors, Transfield.

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Artists Call for Boycott of Sydney Biennale Over Sponsorship

by Jillian Steinhauer February 21, 2014

A group of artists have threatened to boycott the Biennale of Sydney in protest of one of the exhibition’s major sponsors, a company called Transfield, which contracts with the Australian government to manage mandatory detention centers for asylum seekers on Nauru and Manus Island in Papua New Guinea.

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