German Minister of Culture Proposes to Pay Artists Percentage of Some Fees From COVID-19 Cancelations

Germany’s Minister of Culture Monika Grütters has put into plan a means of helping artists receive a percentage of the payment from prior contracts. Per the governments own statements, cultural institutions funded by the federal government will pay artists up to 60 percent of their fee as a cancelation fee if the event they were contracted for was canceled due {…}

Apr 22, 2020

Germany’s Minster of Culture Announces Aid to Solo Artists

Updated: Monika Grütters has not replied to the open letter from its artists The German Minister of Culture Monika Grütters has announced a plan to help artists who lost jobs during the coronavirus crisis. In order to to preserve cultural institutions, the Minister of Culture has proposed that solo self-employed persons, individual artists, and micro-enterprises with up to five employees {…}