FRANK Fair Artist Pay was established in June 2021 by artists Anne Hardy and Lindsay Seers, alongside curator and writer, Fatos Ustek. It is currently led by Fatos Ustek as Managing Director and Celina Loh as Project Manager. Our mission is to embed fair practices as a shared standard across the UK arts sector, ensuring all cultural workers and institutions operate with transparent agreements, equitable remuneration, and sustainable working relationships.
Fatoş Üstek is a curator, writer, and cultural thinker, currently developing a new institution inspired by the ideas in her acclaimed book, The Art Institution of Tomorrow (2024). Formerly the director of two leading UK art institutions, she is the co-founder and Managing Director of FRANK Fair Artist Pay and curator of Frieze Sculpture, London. Üstek serves on numerous international award juries (Turner Prize 2020, Scottish Pavilion 2022, and Netherlands Pavilion 2022 & 2024 in Venice) and advisory boards (Urbane Kunstre Ruhr, Extra Extra Magazine) and advisory panels (Istanbul Modern Collection, Fourth Plinth, Jarman Award). She also mentors artists (Chanel Next Art Prize) and curators, and lectures internationally.
Fatoş joined a Long Table Discussion as part of the activation programme for the 14th edition of Sculpture in the City.
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