Abstract

This article provides a new understanding of how organisations from the profit and non-profit sectors collaborated to fundraise for the arts in Interwar Britain. The central focus is the Contemporary Art Society (CAS) an organisation established in the belief that the art being acquired for national collections was inadequate. Based on an analysis of CAS committee members; the relationship between the CAS and commercial galleries through the Society’s subscriber scheme; and a number of collaborative exhibitions organised between 1919 and 1939, we argue that the CAS exercised cultural entrepreneurship, raising revenue to shape a new direction for the British Artworld.

摘要

本文对营利和非营利部门的组织如何合作为两次世界大战期间的英国艺术筹款提供了新的理解。中心焦点是当代艺术协会 (CAS)，该组织成立的信念是，为国家收藏所收购的艺术是不够的。基于对 CAS 委员会成员的分析；通过协会的订户计划，CAS 与商业画廊之间的关系；以及 1919 年至 1939 年间组织的一些合作展览，我们认为 CAS 行使了文化创业精神，筹集了收入，为英国艺术界塑造了一个新的方向。