AIR Podcast October
My report on the comprehensive spending review, as presented by Chancellor George Osborne to the Commons on 20 October. AIR Podcast October
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AIR Podcast September
Why cut the arts? Based on previous research, it can be estimated that the average artist achieves 15,000 direct visitors to their projects and exhibitions annually. If the reported 25% cuts are implemented, 16% of arts organisations believe they are facing closure in the next 12 months, with a further 29% anticipating the need to […]
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I Podcast on significant changes to the Coalition Government’s public bodies. The ‘bonfire of the quangos’ has begun, with Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt announcing that 16 of the 55 public bodies under the DCMS remit will be merged, streamlined or abolished. The changes will be significant for applied arts, with the Museums, Libraries and Archives […]
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With over 14,500 members AIR is now the largest ever membership body for visual artists. Surveyed in 2009, 90% of its members confirmed they wanted AIR to “lead campaigns for increased representation of artists’ concerns to government and policy makers.” This month’s AIR Podcast is a roll-call for engagement and communication with the new coalition […]
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Arts Council England today gave details of how it will implement the £19 million cut to its 2010/11 income from government, announced by the Department for Culture Media and Sport on 24 May. The £19 million cut is in addition to an earlier in-year reduction of £4 million announced in the April 2009 Budget, meaning […]
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This month I am reporting on the first public speech by the new culture secretary, Jeremy Hunt. The arts face inevitable cuts – but Mr Hunt has promised to offset them with more lottery money and a major drive to increase philanthropic giving. Mr Hunt said he intends to place an order before Parliament in […]
Read more "AIR Podcast May"Italian Renaissance Drawings
Earlier today I visited a superb exhibition at the British Museum. Italian Renaissance Drawings is a unique collaboration between the Uffizi in Florence and the British Museum, charting the increasing importance of drawing during this period. It features works by Leonardo da Vinci, Fra Angelico, Jacopo and Gentile Bellini, Botticelli, Carpaccio, Filippo Lippi, Mantegna, Michelangelo, […]
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AIR: Artists Interaction and Representation is an appointed company for collective licensing under our partnership arrangement with DACS (Design and Artists Copyright Society). Last year DACS paid out almost £3 million to thousands of artists, photographers, illustrators, cartoonists and other visual creators through Payback. DACS pays these royalties to successful claimants in December each year. […]
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Women Making the London Olympics Museum of London Docklands 5 March – 2 May In March 2009 Jennette Arnold OBE, a member of the London Assembly was invited to the Olympic Park to meet some of the first women on site as part of the Women into Construction project. The sight of Jacqueline Shinkwin operating […]
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AIR reports on a crucial victory for photographers’ rights. Earlier this month, The Digital Economy Bill become law, but only after several key clauses were sacrificed. Crucially for artists clause 43, which relates to the copyright of images and orphan works, was removed. To listen to my audio report click here: AIR Podcast April 2010
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Jack J Hutchinson 