The big mistakes arts makes with business

Some disastrous recent cases are a warning of how business arts partnerships can go off the rails.
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Business-arts partnerships have often been fraught but rarely with stakes as high as last year’s furore over the Biennale of Sydney.  A 40-year partnership failed to protect either a huge business or a major arts organisation from the fallout. The Biennale lost its founding sponsor Transfield and faced heavy criticism both within the sector and politically

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Leon Gettler
About the Author
Leon Gettler is a freelance business journalist.  He spent18 years as a journalist at Fairfax Media and has contributed to contributed to The Age, Sydney Morning Herald, the Australian Financial Review, Boss, BRW, CFO, Smart Company, Leading Company and StartUp Smart.