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January 2008

McMaster Review: Supporting excellence in the arts - from measurement to judgement

In July 2007 James Purnell, the Secretary of State for Culture, asked Sir Brian McMaster, former Director of the Edinburgh International Festival, to undertake a review to report on:

• How the system of public sector support for the arts can encourage excellence, risk-taking and innovation
• How artistic excellence can encourage wider and deeper engagement with the arts by audiences
• How to establish a light touch and non-bureaucratic method to judge the quality of the arts in the future

The review involved artists, directors, curators, producers and administrators from across the country, and from across a wide variety of art forms.  Sir Brian was supported by Nicola Thorold and staff from DCMS and Arts Council England.

A public consultation ran from 1 - 30 November 2007, the findings of which helped inform Sir Brian's thinking ahead of his final report to the Secretary of State.

Click here to download the paper:
www.culture.gov.uk/Reference_library/Publications/
archive_2008/mcmaster_supporting_excellence_arts.htm

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