Germano Celant’s pay for Milan is at the top end of the festivals and biennials league table

Germano Celant is probably the world’s best-paid freelance curator, with a reported fee of €750,000 for the Milan Expo 2015

Many in the art world were staggered by recent reports that the Italian curator Germano Celant is being paid €750,000 to organise a pavilion for the Milan Expo 2015. Celant’s fee, and the incredulity it provoked, raises questions about how much curators are typically paid for organising biennials and large-scale international exhibitions.

The Art Newspaper surveyed around 40 international curators and biennial organisers; our research shows that biennials usually pay their top curators less than one-sixth of Celant’s total fee. 

Celant’s exhibition, which is expected to explore the relationship between food and art, is one of dozens of pavilions at the event, scheduled to open in May. A representative of the Expo defends the fee, saying that Celant has three years to work on the show and that he will use some of the money to pay eight assistants. “His tasks include developing the visitor experience and selecting works from galleries in Italy and abroad,” she says....Continue Reading

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