Smaller Arts Institutions Pay Better Than Larger Ones: Report

In 2010, the organization Working Artists and the Greater Economy (W.A.G.E.) published a landmark report on the state of artist compensation—and its findings were bleak. More than 58 percent of respondents said that they received no money for participating in exhibitions at U.S. institutions. When they did receive compensation for their labor, the honorarium typically ranged between $500 and $0. Ten years later, a new W.A.G.E. survey has revealed that some progress has been made.
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