CIAGP Welcomes VEGAP’s Javier Gutiérrez as the Council’s New Rapporteur General

On 10 August, CIAGP announced Javier Gutiérrez as the new Rapporteur General for the creators’ council. Javier Gutiérrez serves as Director General of VEGAP in Spain as well as CISAC Board of Directors Vice-Chairperson. Javier succeeds Werner Stauffacher, who retired in June.

CISAC Repertoires and Creators Relations Director Silvina Munich welcomed the news,

We warmly congratulate Javier Gutierrez on becoming CIAGP’s new Rapporteur General. We are all looking forward and thrilled to be working with Javier to bringing the voice and concerns of visual artists and their societies to the forefront throughout the world.”

CIAGP is the visual artist creators’ council of CISAC, representing creators and their creative management organisations. The council is actively developing a fingerprinting tool for visual arts. Additionally, CIAGP has been pivotal in the global campaign for the adoption of the visual artists’ resale right. View the following video to learn more about the resale right: