US EditionIreland Announces Scheme to Provide Basic Income for Artists
- A permanent basic income of €325 for 2,000 artists in Ireland will be launched, as announced by Minister for Arts and Culture Patrick O'Donovan.
- The Basic Income for the Arts scheme will have three-year cycles for artist selection, starting applications in May 2026.
- BIA Artist's Alliance expressed distress about the scheme, stating it leaves many artists facing 'precarity and deprivation'.
- Minister O'Donovan aims to increase funding and the number of recipients, but budget constraints limit current provisions.
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Ireland introduces a basic income for artists. The initiative "Basic Income for the Arts" provides that 2,000 authorised artists residing in Ireland receive 325 euros per week. According to the Irish Minister of Culture O'Donovan, it is the world's first programme of this kind.
Ireland announces a permanent basic income of 325 euros per week for artists residing in the country.
Basic income for arts given randomly, not by quality
“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder”: Arts Minister Patrick O’Donovan says that artists who receive taxpayer money under the Basic Income for the Arts scheme are selected “randomly”, not based on the perceived quality of their work. The post Basic income for arts given randomly, not by quality appeared first on Gript.
Should a state finance the life of artists? Ireland has decided after three years of testing: a basic income for 2000 creatives is sustained, the Minister of Culture boasts of a pioneering act.
The program was already tested during the pandemic and it more than paid for itself.
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