Knowing how to price artwork is one of the most important financial skills an artist can develop. Yet one of the most common mistakes artists make is forgetting to account for their own labour when calculating the cost of creating work. Your time is money. Your expertise is valuable. And yet so many artists price… Continue reading The Artist’s Salary…or lack thereof
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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?