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Artist Money Matters: Who Benefits When Artists Work for Free?
If artists are working for poverty wages or worse yet, for free, someone else is benefiting from their labor. The question is: who? Institutions benefit. They acquire prestige, cultural capital, and content for exhibitions while paying artists a fraction of what they pay curators, administrators, and facilities staff. A 2022 study of UK artists working… Continue reading Artist Money Matters: Who Benefits When Artists Work for Free?