How Arts Council England was duped by artist agents
NewsWe are the only ones to have exposed the scandal by which ACE wound up paying £3-4 million in Covid rescue funds to large artist agencies such as HarrisonParrott, Askonas Holt, Intermusica, Oligarch-owned IMG and KD Schmid.
If any of these agencies had gone bust, no artists would have suffered.
The proof?
Eighteen months ago, in mid-lockdown, Maria Mot broke away from Intermusica with two-dozen artists including Lise Davidsen, Gerald Finley, Ruxandra Donose and Freddie de Tommaso.
Today, without a penny of public money, Maria’s start-up lists 32 singers on her books. The latest to join is the outstanding international soprano Anna Pirozzi (pictured).
The ACE’s involvement with artist agencies has been either downright incompetent or borderline corrupt.
The national press would not touch the story. Slippedisc.com has now written to MPs calling for a Parliamentary inquiry that can cross-examine the ACE’s CEO Darren Henley and its chair, Sir Nicholas Serota.
Artists deserve answers and the major agencies need to give than money back.
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