99% of Victorians are ‘in the market’ for culture – what does this mean?

Victoria is ahead of New York and the UK in terms of culture market interest with $3.4 billion in annual arts spending, says new report.
The vast majority of Victorians have or are willing to engage with arts and culture. A woman surrounded by spinning lights inside a market.

‘Audience Atlas Victoria 2024’ is a report based on 2876 responses to questions about the appetite for arts and culture in Victoria, conducted by research consultancy Morris Hargreaves McIntyre and published by Creative Victoria.

In it is one figure that stands out as perhaps a surprise: that 99% of the adult population in Victoria are ‘in the market’ for arts and culture, higher than New York city (90%), the UK (85%) and China (60%) – cities and countries that have the biggest art markets worldwide.

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Celina Lei is ArtsHub's Content Manager. She has previously worked across global art hubs in Beijing, Hong Kong and New York in both the commercial art sector and art criticism. She took part in drafting NAVA’s revised Code of Practice - Art Fairs and was the project manager of ArtsHub’s diverse writers initiative, Amplify Collective. Celina is based in Naarm/Melbourne. Instagram @lleizy_