The Generalitat plans to gain weight in the IVAM by renovating and renewing the Governing Board

The Valencian Institute of Modern Art (IVAM) face one New stage under the direction of White of the Towernewly released in his position. But the deployment of the project that the tower brings will not be the only novelty that can reach the institution. The PP wants to modify the norm that regulates the IVAM since 2018 so that the Generalitat win weight in the decisions that are made within its bosom.

Will do it through a amendmentparliamentary The Autonomous Budgets of 2025, accounts that the popular negotiate and hope to approve in May with Vox’s votes. Once enters into force, the current Governing Board – the body that controls the museum – will have to be renewed within a maximum period of three months, which will leave the mandate without ending – which is reduced from five to four renewable years – of its current components.

The maneuver will leave the members appointed by the representatives of the previous government Of Ximo Puig at the end of June 2023, when Carlos Mazón’s PP had already won the elections and PSOE, Compromís and Unidas we can directed an autonomic executive inFunctions. In addition, the number of people who are part of that governing council will be reduced under the argument of optimizing resources. This cut is applied to external positions to the regional administration.

The Consell Valencià of Culture – an advisory body – will go from proposing three vowels to only one, while the Generalitat may designate a maximum of two people – in front of the previous five – with linking with the world of art and culture. The changes In internal operation they also extend to the choice of managementwhich may be chosen directly by the regional government of the PP, without going through the Governing Board.

In addition, the amendment presented buries the Code of Good practices In the Valencian culture, and eliminates any reference to it when choosing public office. According to this model implanted by the left in 2015, a committee formed by representatives of the Generalitat (20-33%), civil society (20-33%) and experts (33-50%) selects the best candidate in an open process.

Sources from the Ministry of Culture point to ABC That this document was given to this document without having it. They defend that they work with the deontological code of the International Museum Council (ICOM) and that all the positions of the Administration sign the Code of Good Governance.

On the other hand, one ten of associations -Ante them those of Valencian visual and critical artists- have expressed their discomfort Given what they consider a “political interference” that breaks the “balance” between the parties represented in the museum and a return to “processes marked by discretion.”