Statens Art Fund
Statens Kunstfond is a state institution for the promotion of Danish art . The foundation was set up without any significant foundation assets; it receives funds from the budget every year . Its headquarters are on HC Andersens Boulevard in the center of Copenhagen .
history
The first Statens Art Fund was founded in 1956 under the umbrella of the Ministry of Education in order to ensure the design of state buildings and facilities with art ( art in architecture ). In 1961 the art foundation was assigned to the newly created Ministry of Culture . On May 27, 1964, the Danish Folketing Parliament passed Act No. 170, which fundamentally reorganized state funding for culture. It was expanded to include the visual arts , literature and music . Later came crafts (from 1969), architecture (from 1978) as well as film and theater add (since 1994). The driving force behind the law was the social democratic minister of culture Julius Bomholt (1896–1969).
An important prerequisite was a law of 1956 on artistic design, which was created under the leadership of Bomholt under pressure from several thousand artists. Among other things, extensive support from the state was called for at a large demonstration in front of the Christiansborg Parliament . It was hoped that this would lead to better working conditions and more orders, which in turn would increase the production of important art. The new legislation allowed, among other things, the artistic design of public buildings and pension payments to Danish artists (and their widowed spouses).
State art funding through Statens Kunstfond quickly met with fierce resistance. The warehouse manager Peter Rindal (1923–2009) initiated a signature campaign in 1965, during which more than 60,000 signatures were collected. In particular, she was against buying modern art from tax revenues. Artists whose works did not catch on with the public are also not worthy of funding. Basically, abstract art is just charlatanism . The debate also revealed that many citizens in the Danish province felt that the metropolis of Copenhagen was influenced by others, both culturally and politically. The current, named Rindalism after Rindal , remained largely ineffective. The populist progress party later sent Rindal to the board of directors of Statens Kunstfond.
organization
Statens Kunstfond is managed by a board of six. A board of directors reviews the activities of the fund. It currently consists of 48 members appointed by various institutions and organizations involved in cultural life.
Most of the decisions are made in the eight specialist committees: they each consist of three members who are appointed by the Danish Minister of Culture for three years. The specialist committees also judge the artistic quality. The technical committees discuss and decide on the use of the allocated budget (figures for 2013):
- Architecture (architecture budget ), 1.2 million euros
- Fine arts ( Det Billedkunstneriske Indkøbs- og Legatudvalg ), 3 million euros
- Film and theater ( film and scene art budget ), 1.1 million euros
- Arts and crafts and design ( Kunsthåndværk- og Designudvalget ), 1.8 million euros
- Literature ( literature budget ), 2.2 million euros
- Classical music ( Tonekunstudvalget for Klassisk Musik ), 1 million euros
- Contemporary music ( Tonekunstudvalget for Rytmisk Musik ), 1.1 million euros
- Art in Public Space ( Udvalget for Art i det Open Rum ), 1.7 million euros
Funding instruments
There are a variety of funding instruments: work grants, travel grants, purchases, awards, commissioned work, competitions.
Work grants are limited to a maximum of three years. The law also enables lifelong support for currently 275 artists. Candidates for this funding are proposed by the Board of Directors and, after approval by the Parliament's Budget Committee, are awarded by the Minister of Culture. The majority of artist wages must be offset against taxable income, so that annual salaries fluctuate between 2,200 and 20,500 euros.
In 2013, the specialist committees had a total of 13.2 million euros at their disposal. An additional 4.2 million euros was available for lifelong artist wages and pensions.
Web links
- kunst.dk Official website of Statens Kunstfond and Statens Kunstråd (Danish, English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Den Store Danske : Statens Kunstfond , accessed on September 11, 2011 (Danish)
- ↑ Statens Kunstfond: Samlet beskrivelse af Statens Kunstfond ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on September 11, 2011 (Danish)
- ^ A b Peter Michael Hornung (Red.): Politics Kunstleksikon . 1st edition. Politics Forlag A / S, Copenhagen 2000, ISBN 87-567-6136-8 , Statens Kunstfond, p. 420 ff . (Danish).
- ↑ Den Danske Ordbog : rindalisme , accessed on September 11, 2011 (Danish)
- ↑ Kaare R. Skou: Dansk politik A – Å . 1st edition. Aschehoug Dansk Forlag A / S, Copenhagen 2005, ISBN 87-11-11652-8 , rindalisme, p. 581 (Danish).
- ↑ Statens Kunstfond: Statens Kunstfonds Bestyrelse ( Memento of the original from August 16, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on September 11, 2011 (Danish)
- ↑ Statens Kunstfond: Statens Kunstfonds Repræsentantskab ( Memento of the original from August 16, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on September 11, 2011 (Danish)
Coordinates: 55 ° 40 ′ 41.2 ″ N , 12 ° 33 ′ 52.9 ″ E