In London, studio size has halved since 2020, and across the UK artists are campaigning for affordable space. What happens when a country’s creative resources all suddenly disappear?
here used to be loads of little galleries near this studio, artist-run spaces and a few smaller commercial galleries. Pretty much all of them have gone now, priced out by spiralling rents,” says painter
She lives nearby so spends nothing on commuting, but her husband is also a freelance creative and they are both in the same boat, financially. How does she manage? “Somehow I do. Some months I earn more – it just depends. But I have no savings and I’ve never had a pension. I get occasional bits of funding, and teaching work. I love buying clothes, I love going out to eat, I love going on holiday. I’m thinking about all of those things all of the time and how to afford them.
Working in a collective space can be particularly beneficial for young artists, but costs, particularly in London, not to mention student debt, can make it an impossibility., 23, was delighted to secure a central London studio space after graduating from Camberwell College of Arts last summer.
It’s a very different environment for creatives now than it was when Young British Artists , including Damien Hirst,. Back then, the writer Peter Carty had a ringside seat on their antics, sharing an office as he did with a now defunct art magazine on Shoreditch High Street. He has just published his debut novel,, loosely based on the characters and milieu of the time.
But the dearth of studios in London isn’t only because of greedy developers. “There is a secondary issue of other, more commercial industries pushing artists out,” explains Philippa Hobson, spokesperson for London’s Affordable Artists Studio Network . “So, say, a picture framer or a lightbox designer who’s doing commissions for film studios.
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