More than 150 artists have pledged to boycott Helsinki’s Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma until it severs relations with British-Finnish billionaire Chaim “Poju” Zabludowicz, who sits on the board of the institution’s support foundation. An avid collector who has over the past decade loaned a number of works to Kiasma, Zabludowicz is the founder of the Zabludowicz Collection, with branches in London, New York City, and Sarvisalo, Finland. He is also the CEO of London-based investment group Tamares. The company was founded by Zabludowicz’s father, who amassed his personal wealth through facilitating
More than 150 artists have pledged to boycott Helsinki’s Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma until it severs relations with British-Finnish billionaire Chaim “Poju” Zabludowicz, who sits on the board of the institution’s support foundation. An avid collector who has over the past decade loaned a number of works to Kiasma, Zabludowicz is the founder of the Zabludowicz Collection, with branches in London, New York City, and Sarvisalo, Finland. He is also the CEO of London-based investment group Tamares. The company was founded by Zabludowicz’s father, who amassed his personal wealth through facilitating