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Corporations and the Arts

Who pays for the arts? Who should pay for the arts? In the UK, there is controversy about corporate sponsorship of arts organisations. Andrew Dickson investigates.

Who pays for the arts, who should pay for the arts? In the UK, there is controversy about corporate sponsorship of arts organisations - particularly oil companies. In the US, there is a very different approach and state funding is much lower. Andrew Dickson examines the funding models and speaks to BP as well as a number of leading arts organisations.

Producer, Penny Murphy

(Image: Burlington House, the Piccadilly site for the Royal Academy of Arts. Credit: Fraser Mar).

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30 minutes

Last on

Sun 2 Apr 2017 21:30

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  • Thu 22 Dec 2016 20:30
  • Sun 2 Apr 2017 21:30

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