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World Observatory on the Social Status of the Artist

World Observatory on the Social Status of the Artist

World Observatory on the Social Status of the Artist
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Artists and creators are vectors of cultural and artistic diversity. Their work is an essential contribution to the development of society and enables the individual to acquire knowledge and moral well-being.

With this in mind, the Recommendation concerning the Status of the Artist (UNESCO, 1980), aims to recognize the esteem necessary for providing the socio-economic safeguards to which artists are entitled as people actively engaged in cultural work. More about the Observatory... 


Since March 2008, this website is made possible thanks to the support of the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation.

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