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WHERE DOES ALL THE MONEY GO, we wonder? Why is it so hard to find ANY money to pay the artists!

Check out this NYTimes article: Major Earners in the Cultural World

Here's a NO-brainer idea, REDUCE directors pay by a $100,000 and you could pay ALL the artists you show every year!

More inspiration: Reducing Pay for Cultural Executives in New York.

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Did you know artists pay for their Biennial installations-- Check out Ben Davis' mention of W.A.G.E. in the discussion at the end of this article on ARTNET!

Also by Ben Davis “9.5 Theses on Art and Class

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W.A.G.E. is NO.1 on Tirdad Zolghadr Artforum's top 10!

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If you didn't make it to LONDON for the Frieze Talks, you can listen online to W.A.G.E.'s participation in Art and the State: Back to New Deal Funding?

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Watch this AMAZING W.A.G.E. related video: Harlan Ellison -- Pay the Writer

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W.A.G.E. makes TV for PERFORMA 09 and starts a W.A.G.E. YOU TUBE station! We are included in the PerformaTV Commission: CIRCULAR FILE CHANNEL

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W.A.G.E particiapates in EFLUX's TIME BANK.
Put W.A.G.E--I.O.U. time-based billz to use!!

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ADD this email signature to the bottom of your emails when negotiating with institutions, display W.A.G.E. solidarity!

W.A.G.E. RECOGNIZES THAT ART IS WORK, AND THEREFOR SHOULD BE MONETARILY COMPENSATED.

Working Artists and the Greater Economy (W.A.G.E.) is a group of artists, art workers, performers and independent curators fighting to get paid for making the world more interesting. // www.wageforwork.com 

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