Artists’ economic status: evidence 1985 – 2017
Key studies and quantitative surveys evidencing artists’ income and employment
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Enforcement, equanimity and an afterword – thoughts on sustaining fair pay for artists
Introduction to fees to artists for exhibiting in public with examples indicating that sustaining such schemes is dependent on widespread and continued acceptance of the principle and rigorous self-regulation within the sector, and on gaining suitable levels of public subsidy to the visual arts. Three financing options are considered in support of equanimity. An afterword considers whether in a political climate of reduced subsidy to the public sector, some new strategies are needed to finance the arts and artists’ contributions.