The Government have said that Arts Council need to cut admin costs by 15% by next year:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2009/feb/26/arts…
Might this be the start of a mini-revolution where artists begin to adapt, cut out the middle men and sort out their own affairs a la direct holidays and direct line car insurance? Well, perhaps not, but we could shed some brokers could we not?
I have an image in my head of a cake in need of flour and plenty is being poured in to the mix, but as it goes through numerous sieves it is gradually siphoned off and clogged up until the cake is hardly left with enough to rise.
I'm not saying the flour doesn't need sieving – it does, but you can go overboard.
