The Latin word for care, curā, forms the basis of ‘curating’ – the caring of objects that is foundational in Western museum practice. Recently a forum centred on this idea of care at the Ian Potter Museum of Art suggested that it’s time we extend this care to artists and the broader community.
This is reflected in the alarmingly low income that many artists earn from actual creative work, and the number of grants given to individual artists, which have continually decreased in recent years. ‘Artist’ is still not recognised as an occupation by Centrelink.
