Judith Dobrzynski recently posted a fascinating piece on some of the issues raised by Hicham Daoudi's three-year €450,000 grant to the Pompidou Center that "must be spent on art by Moroccan artists." While there's no doubt that the "source market" of an artistic object has a strong bearing on the value the international art market confers on such object -- with a lesser value being given to art originating from "transitional" and "developing" economies, to use Iain Robertson's terminology -- museums like the Pompidou are supposed to be independent (if there ever was such a thing in the art world) barometers of the aesthetic and art historical value of cultural artefacts and "affirmative action" grants entirely compromise their role. Furthermore, as the managing director of Art Holding Morocco and founder of the Marrakech art fair, it's Daoudi himself who stands to gain the most from the grant as the Pompidou's seal of approval will greatly enhance the value of his art holdings in Morrocan artists. Cunning market manipulation on Daoudi's part and an unfortunate precedent on the Pompidou's (notwithstanding that yes, museums are strapped for cash and money is apparently fungible...).
For more on the Marrakech art fair, click here.
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Not sure what the point of your post is. An individual or organization has every right to stipulate exactly how their donations and grants are to be used. If the receiver of the grant or donation does not wish to agree to such stipulations, they have every right to turn down the offer.
ReplyDeleteThis is routinely done by those making large financial contributions to art foundations and museums. It's called "philanthropy" and this is most often the primary motivation behind any kind of philanthropy.
There is no "cunning" market manipulation here. If the person making such stipulations was Western and in regards to Western art, would you be complaining and making such accusations? Thus, one can only deduce that you are making such allegations based on racist and xenophobic motives, especially considering how marginalized non-Western art is in Western countries.