Art For Artists’ Sake A gallery at your fingertips.
18 NOVEMBEr 2017
Cover story Art For Artists’ Sake
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n recent years, the Australian Council For The Arts spearheaded one of the nation’s most comprehensive investigations into the status of our arts community. The findings – presented in the official report ‘Health Check For Careers Of Australian Artists’ – does not, however, bode well for the future of our position in the global fine arts industry. After surveying data from more than 44,000 active Australian artists, the report’s findings prove that the image of the starved artist will not disappear from our cultural scene any time soon. In fact, while the report found that the average income for active artists within Australia rings in at a measly $35,900 per annum, approximately 16 per cent of surveyed artists earn a shockingly inferior amount (less than $10,000). Inauspicious though this data may seem, one would be forgiven for thinking that the trend indicates waning commercial interest for art across the nation. Market forces, however, attest otherwise.
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