After six years of management, BAphoto announced that Francisco Medail is leaving his position as artistic director to continue his work as a professional linked to curatorship and institutional work in public management.

Medail took over at BAphoto, in 2015, following a successful debut as a curator of the youth sector Out of Focus the previous year. Since then, directed the contents of five face-to-face editions and the virtual edition BAphoto Live.

During his tenure, Medail worked on a strategic content program to diversify the offer of projects and strengthen the development of photography in the local artistic circuit. In the course of those years, Curators of different ages and backgrounds participated in the fair, such as Alfredo Aracil, Mercedes Claus, Laura hakel, Rodrigo alonso, Jazmin Adler, Ana Luiza Fonseca, Florence Portocarrero, Valeria González and José Antonio Navarrete.

Together with Diego Costa Peuser, founder of BAphoto and executive director of Arte al Día Internacional, developed a series of objectives to enhance the presence of the fair in the region and link photographic production with different artistic institutions. In addition to building alliances with museums and foundations throughout the region.

Medail will continue to be linked to the fair as a consultant advisor and as curator of the tribute exhibition, a sector aimed at highlighting artists who have been displaced from the traditional historiographic story. Since the year 2016 Medail has been holding exhibitions on Juan Di Sandro, Frans van Riel, Pepe Fernandez, Pedro Otero and Luisita Studio Photo.

BAphoto is scheduled to be held in person for October 2021, as long as the epidemiological situation resulting from Covid-19 allows it. After its virtual edition, the fair is undergoing a transformation process within the framework of the relaunch of the Pinta brand on a continental level and its expansion into new parts of the globe. The new content and surprises planned for its next edition will be announced soon..