Who Can Afford To Be An Artist in 2026? | Why Art Is Only for the Rich Now | It’s All Relative

This week on It’s All Relative, I explore one of the defining cultural questions of the 2020s: Who gets to be creative anymore?Because increasingly, traditional creative careers are becoming the preserve of the financially secure.The children of affluent families. The beneficiaries of the Bank of Mum and Dad. Those who can afford unpaid internships, unstable income and years of uncertainty. And that raises a bigger question:What has happened to working class creativity?In this episode, I explore:00:00 Intro00:53 Premise Explained02:05 Romanticising Struggling Artist03:52 Postwar Meritocracy in the Arts05:46 Access to Arts Closing07:57 Creative Industry Cuts And Class Data08:53 Creator Economy Shift12:34 Monetising Is A Slog14:12 Keep Creativity Private16:46 Arts Culture Beyond The West22:05 Community Questions

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