Jobs in the arts require more than just labour, and remuneration can often be in alternative currencies such as praise and the occasional free drink. Harriet Lloyd-Smith speaks to people who've left the sector in search of balance and the ability to pay rent.
I’d be lying if I said I hadn’t fantasised, often, about getting the hell outta here. After one too many vapid air kisses or hallo daaarlings on art fair ‘VIP’ day; when the catalogue text is an artspeak riddle too far; when the whole spectacle begins to look like a pantomime with no gags. If I wanted to get out, I wonder how I’d actually do it, or whether I’d be of any use beyond. Does OnlyFans have a kink for washed-up arts editors?
But let’s not get dramatic, surely the art industry is just that: an industry? So like any other profession, career changes are perfectly normal, right? Sure, working in the arts can be fun, creatively rewarding and rich in variety, but boil it all down and isn’t it just labour in exchange for compensation? ... Read more on Plaster Magazine.