The Danish Arts Foundation awards the arts with more than 500 M. DKK a year granted as project or scholarship funding. The prime aim of the new Danish Arts Foundation is to promote the arts in Denmark and Danish art abroad. In total that poses more than 6500 funded projects. Despite that, The Danish Arts Foundation often bear the brunt of the criticism due to the question of how to measure the effect of the granted funding? Do you look at spreadability, the economic effects or something else? This presentation will discuss different ways of addressing the value of art when the art itself can’t be measured.

About Gitte Ørskou (f. 1971), Master of Arts in art history and museum Director at Kunsten Museum of Modern Art in Aalborg. I the years 2014-2017 Chair of the Board at The Danish Arts Foundation and Chair of the Committee for Visual Arts Project Funding at The Danish Arts Foundation.