11/06/2026
Perhaps the most important part of this announcement isn't the tax break itself. It's the recognition that making art is work.
Now, I realize that what I tend to feature on social media is the loafing about, drinking w**e in Tuscany, travelling, and generally sitting around observing things for hours. It all looks terribly romantic, doesn't it? And admittedly, those are some pretty lovely perks of the job. But the reality is that there's a whole lot of unglamorous work happening behind the scenes that doesn't make for quite such an exciting social media post.
There's an enormous amount of work, skill, financial risk, discipline and entrepreneurship behind building a sustainable artistic practice.
We can love what we do and still expect it to be recognized as work. In fact, perhaps that's exactly the point.
