Can French corporations ever become legitimate cultural partners in the financing of the arts in France?

Catherine Morel ()
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Catherine Morel: Audencia Recherche - Audencia Business School

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Abstract: The aim of this article is to critically assess the content and rationale of the French 2003 law on private patronage and foundations. More specifically, it investigates the extent to which this law can truly encourage companies to become more involved in arts support. Before reviewing and explaining the major aspects of the reform and the advantages it is meant to bring to corporate donors, a short historical account is offered to demonstrate that even though the involvement of the private sector in the support of the arts has been on the agenda of various Ministers of Culture over the last forty years, the development of adequate and effective measures to encourage such an involvement has been difficult and erratic and, above all, has been met with little success. The third part of the article questions the relevance of a law largely based on tax reductions to support the arts in France and wonders whose interests it will really serve.

Keywords: Art; Patronage; Business; Law; Tax incentives; France (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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Published in International Journal of Cultural Policy, 2005, 11 (2), pp.199-213. ⟨10.1080/10286630500198229⟩

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DOI: 10.1080/10286630500198229

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