Cantillon: Aesthetics of random selection a curious aspect of warmly received scheme
Minister for Arts Catherine Martin has championed the Basic Income for the Arts pilot scheme. Photograph: Alan Betson
The Government’s Basic Income for the Arts pilot scheme, which will see artists and creative sector workers receive a weekly payment of €325 for three years and is open for applications from today until May 12th, is something of a curio. This is not least because of one key facet of how it will function: random selection.The reception within the arts sector for such a scheme – championed by […]
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