The conclusion is presented after the Arts Council, on the government's commission, has investigated and analyzed the regional development of the arts sector since 2018.
The Arts Council gives the cultural actors right, who have pointed out that the state grants in practice decrease since they are no longer indexed to keep pace with the cost development. Not only the regional institutions risk being weakened, but also the local and free cultural life that they collaborate with, writes the Arts Council in its report.
The government is also advised to increase the free grant to visual arts. The indexed compensation to artists for exhibitions makes organizers feel that they cannot afford as many exhibitions, according to the Arts Council, which presented its new report at Folk and Culture in Eskilstuna.
