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Engage, the association that promotes the understanding and enjoyment of the visual arts, launched the enquire report, Inspiring Learning in Galleries on the 6 November at Tate Modern, London.

Every age rewrites its history in its own image. Each age produces art that reflects that image, whether consciously or not.

I have recently been very badly treated by a gallery – as in not told about artworks sold, then not paid, then given bouncing cheques and downright lies and evasion.

The recent coverage in a-n publications on good practice and rates of pay for artists is very useful, but I think that an important issue has not been covered.

I read with interest your latest Good Practice publication, Negotiating your practice.

I am writing about the article in October’s a-n Magazine reviewing The Edinburgh Annuale, ‘Annuale III’ by Guyan Porter.

Avigail Ochert is correct in her observation that for the purposes of considering salaries “artists’ pay scales should not be compared or equated with teachers&#146’”.