Property News · March 18, 2018

London will lose creative crown if rents keep forcing artists out


Head of Space network issues warning in book marking 50th year of studios set up by artists Bridget Riley and Peter SedgelyThe head of a leading arts organisation has warned that London’s status as a world-class creative city is at risk because artists are being forced out of the capital.Anna Harding, the chief executive of Space studios, which provides premises for nearly 800 artists including three Turner prize winners, blamed rising property prices and shrinking studios for dramatically squeezing the time and space available for creative activity. Artists now face a choice between working full time to pay the rent and fitting in a few hours in their studios at weekends, or giving up entirely, she said. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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