Data Visualization: Which Country Has Dedicated the Most Money to Arts Relief During the Pandemic?
We crunched the numbers to compare how nine different countries are bailing out their culture sector.
March 15, 2021
US art galleries projected a gross revenue loss of 73 percent in the second quarter of 2020, according to a survey by the Art Dealers Association of America. Photo by: Geography Photos/Universal Images Group via Getty Images.
The pandemic has hit the arts and culture industries hard.
In the wake of lockdown-induced budget shortfalls across the sector, advocates have called on governments to offer targeted emergency bailouts for culture. Most have heeded their calls in some capacity, understanding the important role culture can have in propping up the wider economy. But which country has given the most?