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Editorial

By: a-n

This double issue of a-n Magazine profiles the work of two artists who have received a total of £45,000 in prizes and awards in the last twelve months: Matthew Darbyshire received £20,000 from the Vauxhall Collective 2008/09 commission, and Nina Murdoch received £25,000 last year from the Threadneedle Prize for painting and sculpture.

Significantly, both of these awards are raised from the commercial sector, not public funds. The Vauxhall Collective is a creative support scheme funded by Vauxhall Motors (also supporters of the annual Vauxhall Art Car Boot Fair), and the Threadneedle Prize is an initiative set up in 2008 by the international asset management firm of the same name (in partnership with the Mall Galleries, London). Such acts of ?enerosity?aren? simply philanthropic; associating with the art world by way of financial support has benefits for the company in terms of kudos as well as accounting responsibilities. Jonathan Tuchner, Director at Arts & Business, comments: "The corporate sector has done a huge amount to help ensure a healthy, vibrant and successful cultural sector, both through the partnerships they have developed with the arts and through the skills and expertise that they have shared to help artists prosper. "It is the private sector that will recover first from this recession. Businesses will be looking to cultural solutions; individuals will be looking to support dynamic artists and cultural bodies." Artist groups can use this to broker individual relationships with companies, an...

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