sponsorship

[ssmart]

Should corporate sponsors of the arts be allowed a say in the works or events that they sponsor? Can art remain independent of the sponsor?

[janelh]

I don't think you can make a blanket judgement on this issue, as it depends rather on the relationship between artist(s) and sponsor, and what arrangement they make between themselves.

[incitatus]

Why should it remain independent of the sponsor? You pay for the event, you get what you like. No-one is limiting what the artist does with the rest of his time but if you give a comission you are paying for a product. If you then don't like it you may have no taste but you shouldnt have to fork out for it.