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Ten Problems for Arts in the 2020s

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The Art Market recovered strongly in 2021, even surpassing pre-pandemic levels [1]. Yet that recovery was uneven, and particularly strong for major auction houses and galleries in the top echelons. Holding to form, the critical mass of the market orbits around a relatively small number of incredibly high-priced pieces. Relatedly, the number of staggeringly wealthy individuals rose sharply, as did the number buying art. Once again, auction houses proved the most successful in attracting new buyers. Digital remains a pivotal topic and, for the first time, sales dig into NFTs.

A public education without the arts—a fundamental mode of human expression—is incomplete. The arts are a rich source of history and cultural identity. Learning from the voices of different cultures and histories provides the opportunity to reflect on the complexity of human experience across time and place. Arts education was sorely under-resourced even before the pandemic arrived, and that was before educators had to deliver their work through computer screens—a poor substitute for the group and student-teacher dynamics that are so essential to an arts education [2].