The city of London has unveiled a plan for “artist zones,” designed to shield creatives from rising rents in the British capital. “You grow as a capital city and that puts pressure on infrastructure that layers down into the arts world,” says the city’s Deputy Mayor for Culture Justine Simons. “If you look at the average salary of an artist it’s about £10,000 a year. The average property price in London is about £600,000 a year. There is real pressure on affordability. We’re predicting we’ll lose 30 per cent of artist spaces in the next five years so that is a particular pressure area.”
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