Webwhat happens when you land your dream exhibition opportunity but can no longer sell your work to sustain yourself financially? Find out inside this special episode. Webas the arts increasingly depend on private and corporate funding, questions arise about how closely artists and institutions should examine the sources of finance. Webireland has recently set in motion its €25mn basic income for the arts pilot, which will give weekly payments of €325 to 2,000 artists over a period of three years. Webyet since the financial crisis of 2008, artists, political activists and writers have challenged the associations of debt with shame and failure and have been keen to. Webit may sound naïve, too obvious, but how about paying freelance artists more, and adopting a social security system, as in france, where it is possible for. Webframed this way, the biggest financial issue for wealthy artists from musicians to painters to writers is much the same as for people who earn the bulk of.