APPG for Visual Arts and Artists discusses falling remuneration for artists in its first meeting of 2025
The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Visual Arts and Artists held today its first meeting of 2025, where the recently published Artists’ Earnings and Contracts Report was discussed in depth.
Parliamentarians in attendance were:
Polly Billington MP (Labour, East Thanet)
Ruth Cadbury MP (Labour, Brentford and Isleworth)
The Earl of Clancarty (Crossbench Peer)
Cat Eccles MP (Labour, Stourbridge)
Lord Freyberg (Crossbench Peer)
Lord Hampton (Crossbench Peer) and
Lord Inglewood (Crossbench Peer).
The group were joined by Dr. Amy Thomas, and Dr. Arthur Ehlinger, lead researchers on the project, who highlighted the key findings from the report.
The APPG for Visual Arts and Artists has been convened to advance the understanding of how visual artists carry out their practice and develop their careers, to promote the value artists and the visual arts bring to society and the UK economy, and to foster an environment in the UK in which the visual arts sector can flourish.
DACS, together with a-n The Artists Information Company and the Contemporary Visual Arts Network (CVAN), provide the group with secretariat support, highlighting key challenges and opportunities for the sector.
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