Why Kolkata’s Gallery Experimenter launched an open fund for artists
Live Mint"Extraordinary times call for new thinking,” says Priyanka Raja, director of Kolkata’s Experimenter gallery. “An emerging artist could well use the fund as living expenses and that is fair too,” says Prateek, citing the example of the Netherlands’ MondriaanFund. And it’s in the interest of the industry—not just in the interest of our private gallery—to keep art production and the engagement with the art world going strong,” says Priyanka, adding that it’s crucial to set examples of undertaking initiatives that go beyond one’s own business. The American non-profit Artadia recently launched Artist Relief, an emergency grant for artists in dire financial circumstances, with various national grantmakers such as the Academy of American Poets, Foundation for Contemporary Arts, National YoungArts Foundation and others spearheading a $10 million relief campaign.
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