The Council for Visual Artists for the City of Copenhagen (replacing the former Copenhagen Municipality´s Visual Arts Committee) has proposed that any institution applying for exhibition funds will have to include remuneration for artists in all new application budgets. As a newly established organisation in February 2019, this is the Councils’s first formal proposal. Earlier…
Artists lose royalty rights on primary market sales in Italy
Recent guidelines published by the Italian Society of Authors and Publishers (SIAE) indicate that artists working in Italian galleries may in the future see a significant proportion of current resale rights to the secondary market reduced. In February 2019, SIAE published its new policy, which states that “the resale right applies only in cases where…
W.A.G.E.
A steady stream of good news from WAGE. We receive a regular update from Working Artists and the Greater Economy in New York with information about organisations that are being W.A.G.E. certified across the U.S.
ECSPM symposium: Multilingual challenges, mediating languages and language pedagogy
EARights is proud to be a member of the European Civil Society Platform for Multilingualism (ECSPM) and to be represented at the 2019 Symposium, hosted by the University of Reading in the UK, 21-22 March 2019, which focuses on mediation as a critical aspect of communication, particularly in multilingual and multicultural settings, and as a…
Exhibition Remuneration Right in Europe – 2018 Symposium
We are pleased to report the discussions regarding exhibition payment rights continue on a European level and a number of our original collaborators continue to move forward with the current issues. This symposium ‘Exhibition Remuneration Right in Europe’ took place on 22nd November, 2018 in Brussels.
8 stories of business model transformation – a Creative Lenses project
For the last 18 months, Creative Lenses have been working with 8 cultural centres and theatre companies that were experiencing some of the most common challenges within the arts and culture sector across Europe. From funding cuts to flawed leadership.
Evig anställning
Ett konseptuellt verk av Goldin+Senneby (Simon Goldin och Jakob Senneby). Konstverket är en del av Västlänken: Kronotopia. Det finns kritiska röster som tycker verket är elitistiskt och cyniskt, att arbetsmodellen är ålderdomlig och förtryckande. Andra menar att dessa felfinnare kanske missförstått idén.
Eternal Employment
A desirable new job is opening in Sweden in 2026. It promotes a competitive salary, with annual wage increases and permanent job security – with no obligation to do anything. The artwork commission, titled Eternal Employment, is funded by the Public Art Agency Sweden and the Swedish Transport Administration, and created by the Swedish artist duo…
Borgarráð Reykjavíkur samþykkir viðbótarframlag til Listasafns Reykjavíkur
2016 hóf SÍM, Samband íslenskra myndlistarmanna, herferðina Við borgum myndlistarmönnum. Kjarninn í herferðinni var að fá framlagssamning um greiðslur til listamanna fyrir sýningar sem íslenskar menningarstofnanir setja upp.
Reykjavík City Council approve additional payments to Reykjavík Art Museum
Back in 2016 artists in Iceland launched a campaign to promote fair payment for their creative work. The We Pay Visual Artists Campaign was set up through the Association of Icelandic Artists (Samband íslenskra myndlistarmanna, SÍM). At the core of the campaign is the Contribution Contract outlining the participation and support of artists in exhibitions…