Problematising Philanthropy in the UK Cultural Sector
Abstract
This chapter outlines the post-recession funding landscape in the UK cultural
sector as one view of the creative economy. Focusing on the promotion of
philanthropy as a hegemonic funding model for arts organisations and a policy
response to public resourcing of the arts, the chapter draws on the empirical
evidence of funding changes in the East Midlands, UK, through the ‘Leadership
for the Future’ programme by the Arts Council. Drawing on anecdotal evidence,
the chapter notes shifting patterns in how the arts are valued in the UK, the
dialectical tensions created through new funding pressures and regimes, and the
eventual impact in arts curation, which arises from the involvement of private
funding partners in an otherwise public art domain
Description
Citation : Jordan, J. and Jindal, R. (2020) Problematising Philanthropy in the UK Cultural Sector. In: Granger, R. (ed.) Value Construction in the Creative Economy: Negotiating Innovation and Transformation, chapter 4, London: Palgrave.
ISBN : 9783030370343