Alvaro Barrington - Art Futures: The Value of Culture Panel discussion at Whitechapel Gallery

Join Whitechapel Gallery for a public discussion on the economic dimensions of contemporary culture.

Arts institutions today face their most challenging financial context for a generation. In the face of increasingly severe pressures on public funding and philanthropic support, how might we consider the ‘value’ of arts and culture?

The second in a topical new talks series, Art Futures, this timely panel discussion explores how alternative notions of value might reshape funding models, as well as speak to the broader, and vital, role of public arts institutions within a democracy.

Whitechapel Gallery’s newly appointed Economist-in-Residence and UCL Professor Mariana Mazzucato offers an initial provocation drawing on her forthcoming book The Common Good Economy, before joining artist Alvaro Barrington and philanthropy strategist Darren Isom in conversation.

The panel will be chaired by Gilane Tawadros, Director of Whitechapel Gallery.