Keyword: “cultural capital”

Artists are always at a disadvantage

Although artists’ liveli­hoods depend on their agency and capac­i­ty to cre­ate and cap­i­talise on their social and eco­nom­ic assets, there’s an inevitable — and unen­vi­able — strug­gle between the intrin­sic moti­va­tions under­pin­ning their art prac­tices and the ​‘small busi­ness’ expec­ta­tions of a self-employed status.

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