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Arts Sponsorship in Crisis?

Samira Ahmed discusses the perilous situation facing arts sponsorship in the UK, amid growing protests and campaigns, with leading figures from the worlds of arts and finance.

Samira discusses the perilous situation facing arts sponsorship in the UK, amid growing protests and campaigns, with leading figures from the worlds of arts and finance.

As literary and music festivals have been engulfed in sponsorship rows this summer, resulting in many severing ties with major donors such as the investment firm Baillie Gifford. what are the implications for the future of arts institutions?

She is joined by Peter Bazalgette, Chair of the Board of Directors of the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non Fiction.
David Ross, co-founder of Carphone Warehouse, founder of Nevill Holt Opera Festival and Chair of the National Portrait Gallery.
Julia Fawcett, Chief Executive of The Lowry in Salford.
Noreen Masud, author and lecturer in 20th Century Literature at the University of Bristol.
Author and journalist John Kampfner.
Luke Syson, Director of The Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge.
City Financier Malcolm Le May.

Presenter: Samira Ahmed
Producer: Timothy Prosser

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42 minutes

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  • Tue 23 Jul 2024 19:15

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