Mask Series, 1961
Saul Steinberg

Manchester Art Gallery
12 Feb - 6 June 2004



















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Facts and Figures

25 million people a year visit a publicly funded arts event. 8.7 million people visited galleries in 1999/2000. The cultural sector generates revenues of around �115 billion and employs 1.3 million people. It contributes over �10 billion in exports and accounts for over five per cent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Output from the sector grew by more than twice that of the economy as a whole in the late 1990s. The sector is seen as a major contributor to social and community development.

The creative industries account for 7.9% of GDP and in the last three years have grown by 16% as opposed to 6% for the economy as a whole. In London they make up 20% of all new jobs. Recognition of the creative and cultural economy is called for.