Host: Lord Ed Vaizey, Former UK Culture Minister
Program: The Times, Times Radio (www.thetimes.com/radio).

On a Frieze Week Times Radio Culture panel hosted by former UK Culture Minister Ed Vaizey, Juliette Vartikar from ArtSustainability, alongside Gareth Harris, Chief Contributing Editor of the Art Newspaper, and Jenny Niven, Director of the Edinburgh International Book Festival, discussed the pressing questions surrounding the topic of ethics of corporate sponsorship in the arts. From the complexities around determining corporate sustainability, to social and climate protesters pressuring museums and festivals, listen at the audio track above to hear an engaging debate.

Guests:

Juliette Vartikar, Founder of ArtSustainability and a Sustainable Investment Specialist
Juliette's career spans across sustainability, art, and investing and has worked for 15 years in banks and fund managers looking at sustainability - and her company ArtSustainability looks at how to decarbonise the art world.

Gareth Harris, Chief Contributing Editor of The Art Newspaper
Gareth has written numerous articles on the visual arts and the art market for the FT, The New York Times, The Times, Apollo Magazine and has covered the evolution of this topic of corporate art sponsorship for many years journalistically.

Jenny Niven, Director of the Edinburgh International Book Festival
Jenny, a leading cultural producer and director, took up the role of Director of the Book Festival in September 2023. In this role Jenny has dealt first-hand with issues surrounding corporate arts sponsorship, needing to make a decision around Baillie Gifford sponsorship of the Edinburgh International Book festival in the face of protests.