UNESCO consultation on the Status of the Artist
14 November 2022
Contributions
SAA contribution to the UNESCO consultation on the Status of the Artist
The SAA submitted its contribution to the UNESCO consultation on the implementation of the 1980 Recommendation on the Status of the Artist on 14 November 2022. The responses will be presented in a report to the 42nd session of the UNESCO General Conference in November 2023. The consultation will guide future interventions in this area, enabling it to develop tailored tools and programmes to support the implementation of the 1980 Recommendation.
More than 40 years ago, the UNESCO Recommendations on the Status of Artist stated that Member States should take necessary measures to ensure that “the artist is remunerated for the distribution and commercial exploitation of his work”, that a system should be provided for that is “guaranteeing the exclusive moral and material rights of artists”, and that those “cultural industries benefiting from technological changes” should “play their part in the effort to encourage and stimulate artistic creation” by, among other activities, providing “payment of royalties” to artists.
This is a consolidated version of the SAA’s response to the consultation, highlighting some of our key points.