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Basic Income for the Arts: Less Anxiety, More Productivity, Greater Life Satisfaction

Department of Culture, Communications and Sport, 04 September 2025, Ireland

The report confirms previous findings that the BIA payment is having a sustained positive impact on recipients’ lives. Recipients are spending more time on their arts practice, report higher financial investment in their arts practice, and are producing more pieces of work compared to the control group. At the same time, BIA recipients are spending less time working in other sectors, which boosts…

Sweden levels up international cultural cooperation

Swedish Arts Council, 03 September 2025, Sweden

Although Sweden is the largest country with the largest population in the Nordic region, we are a small country in the north. But despite its size, Sweden is an important exporter of art and culture. In the field of music, we are extraordinary, with exports of SEK 5.4 billion in 2023.

Major European cultural conference focuses on music, film, art and culture as Europe's way forward

Danish Agency for Culture and Palaces, 01 September 2025, Denmark

When VEGA and the Agency for Culture and Palaces open the doors to the conference Lost in Distraction?, as part of the EU Presidency's cultural programme, it will be with strong names. At the forefront is the invitation to rethink the role of culture and the arts as Europe's way forward.

Kajsa Ravin new Chair of the Board of IFACCA

Swedish Arts Council, 01 September 2025, Sweden

Last summer, Kajsa Ravin, Director General of the Swedish Arts Council, was unanimously elected as the new Chair of the Board of the International Organisation of Cultural Authorities, IFACCA. On 1 September, she will begin her term of office and, together with IFACCA's director Magdalena Moreno Mujica, will lead the organisation's delegation to the global cultural policy conference Mondiacult in…

APEC dialogue upgrades cultural industry to core agenda

Korea.net, 28 August 2025, Korea, Rep

Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Chae Hwi-young on Aug. 27 told a news conference at the hotel Hilton Gyeongju in Gyeongju, Gyeongsangbuk-do Province, "Through the adoption of the joint statement, we confirmed the economic influence of culture and the role of CCIs as a catalyst for economic growth within APEC."

Creative New Zealand welcomes Amplify strategy

Creative New Zealand - Toi Aotearoa, 28 August 2025, New Zealand

Creative New Zealand welcomes the first national strategy for arts and culture, released in Auckland this morning by Hon Paul Goldsmith, Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage. Amplify: A Creative and Cultural Strategy for New Zealand 2025-2030 supports the vision of New Zealand as a creative powerhouse with global reach.