1st Edition

Cultural Philanthropy and Entrepreneurship

    220 Pages 14 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge

    Continuing pressure on the funding of arts and culture in Europe is forcing cultural organizations to rethink their traditional ways of working. This book examines how an entrepreneurial arts organisation can leverage cultural philanthropy as alternative sources of funding.

    Authors in the book address issues around trust and the language of the cultural entrepreneur, how sustainable partnerships can be created and developed, and overcoming the dominant logics of cultural organisations as obstacles to engaged collaboration with private partners.

    Through a comprehensive analysis of real-life case studies and expert insights, this book offers fresh perspectives on the challenges and opportunities inherent in cultural philanthropy. It provides invaluable insights for scholars and practitioners alike, offering a multifaceted exploration from historical, legal, and management viewpoints within the arts sector.

    Introduction

    Annick Schramme & Nathalie Verboven 

    Part 1: Philanthropy and cultural entrepreneurship 

    1: The Anxiety of Asking: Entrepreneurial and Patronage Practices in the Creative Sector

    Helleke van den Braber 

    2: A Value Based Approach to Philanthropy: How to Do Right By Contributing

    Arjo Klamer 

    3: What a Girl Wants, What Culture Needs: Exploring Women’s Motivations to Give to the Dutch Cultural Sector

    Janneke Wienen 

    Part 2: Tax incentives and Philanthropy 

    4: Tax Incentives for Cultural Entrepreneurship

    Sigrid Hemels 

    5: Art Collections: Boon or Curse for Philanthropic Opportunities in Belgium?

    Oliver Lenaerts 

    6: Are Private Art Loans Philanthropic? Private Art Collectors as a Key Element in the Collection Management Policy of Public Museums

    Laura D’hoore 

    Part 3: Philantropy and museums from an historical perspective: the case of Belgium 

    7: Private Collectors and Public Museums: Historical Perspectives on a Complex Relationship, Nineteenth Century to Today

    Ulrike Müller 

    8: Locally Anchored? The Antwerp Art World and the Modern Art Collection of the Royal Museum of Fine Arts

    Herwig Todts 

    Appendices: Interviews with cases 

    Case 1: Middelheim museum

    Sara Weyns 

    Case 2: Préhistomuseum

    Fernand Collin 

    Case 3 : Musée de la Photographie

    Selin Eskin 

    Case 4: From Maecenas to The Giving Pledge

    Wim Pijbes 

    Case 5: Introdans

    Marieke van ’t Hoff 

    Case 6: Flagey

    Olivier Thuysbaert

    Biography

    Annick Schramme is Professor and Academic Director of the Master Cultural Management and the postgraduate program on Responsible Fashion at the University of Antwerp, Belgium.  

    Ulrike Müller is an Assistant Professor in Heritage Studies at the University of Antwerp, Belgium, and Post-Doctoral Researcher at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium.

    Nathalie Verboven is a Researcher and Teaching Assistant in Cultural Management and the Summer School on Responsible Fashion Management at the University of Antwerp, Belgium.

    Laura D’hoore is a Researcher and Teaching Assistant in Cultural Management at the University of Antwerp, Belgium.