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Who are we?
Art is Business is a mission driven company and a platform on which players from the corporate, private and artistic scene can meet, and collaborations can be created from the knowledge shared here, so that society can get a healthy and high-quality spiritual vision of the future, and the topic of sustainable culture can reach as many people as possible. The tools for this are Art is Business print and online media, Connections events, the Art is Business Award, corporate and art trainings, the Art and Events agency service, and the Art is Business community and circle of friends.
Our aims:
1. Value-based knowledge sharing, during which the corporate sphere increasingly sees the advantages inherent in artistic collaborations.
2. Dissemination of a business-based approach to artistic actors.
3. Creating practical solutions in the spirit of long-term cooperation.
4. Lobbying in order for the current government and municipalities to help the sectors operate in the field of cultural financing, the appearance of for-profit actors and management education.
Areas of activity of Art is Business
GOAL: Shaping the value-based future and community building
Art is Business - Next Generation Program
Art is Business is an educational and inspirational program created for university students, through which it tries to emphasize the importance of art for future managers.
Art is Business Learning
The educational program of Art is Business, in which it tries to draw attention to different points of the art-and-business world, in addition to everyday practical implementation.
Perspective - Mentoring Program
Art is Business' business mentoring program, with which it aims to provide assistance to actors in the performing arts sector with the help of corporate and art managers for sustainable operation.
Art is Business Award
Art is Business is an annual award - corporate, patron, artistic and tourism actors can prove that they are serious about artistic collaborations.
Art is Business Connections
Art is Business is a high-prestige networking event series in which experts share their knowledge and encourage common thinking on current and permanent topics. A series that takes place 6-8 times a year with hundreds of participants, the participants of which are mainly company leaders, managers, art professionals and artists.
Building professional communities
For doctors: Doctors for Art and for construction industry players: ArkForum
Art is Business community and circle of friends
Thousands of open and value-oriented corporate top managers and professionals, as well as art managers and artists, are connected to the initiative. The closest are the members of the Circle of Friends, for whom the organization also provides private events and additional services. One of the most powerful means of reaching the community is the newsletter, which has thousands of active recipients.
GOAL: Information transfer
Art is Business media
Art is Business publishes its printed magazine three times a year and continuously operates its online medium, in which inspiring domestic and international corporate, artistic and educational professionals present themselves, and readers can read about good examples. The main target audience of the print page is corporate and cultural management, as well as those who can induce change in the field of domestic corporate and cultural financing.
Two country-specific issues per year: In 2025: Belgium and Italy ( Previous publications: Spain, Austria, France, Israel, Netherlands, Ireland, Germany, Sweden)
GOAL: Implementation of mutual value-based projects
Art and Events: art and corporate cooperations
Art is Business' service for companies; it ranges from art consulting to performing classic agency and project management tasks.
Among other things:
1. Consulting focused on the social area of ESG strategy
2. Development and management of art sponsorship and support strategies
3. Organization of art programs for events
4. Organization of community building programs for employees:
For example: joint workshops, team building, private gallery/museum/theatre visits
5. Organization of programs supporting sales and maintaining motivation:
For example: closed, focused events for private bank clients, owners, senior managers
6. Performance of cultural press and PR tasks, media buying
7. Visual art "imaging" of offices with a rental scheme and the organization of programs based on this
8. Building and managing corporate collections
9. Art project management
Corporate Partners from the near past: Wing Zrt., Oppenheim Law Firm, Exim Bank, Hungarian Telekom, KPMG Hungary, KPMG Global Services, IO Partners, Westend Shopping Center, Allee Shopping Center, DS Automobiles
Art is Business for Culture
Art is Business for Culture is the AiB service pillar for the art market, including:
- Developing and implementing art-and-business strategies
- Networking and establishing circles of friends
- Developing sponsorship projects
- Organising networking events
- Creating service packages
Art partners from the near past: Hungarian Fine Art University, National Library, Museum Ferenczy, MODEM - Modern and Contemporary Museum, Ballett Theatre of Székesfehérvár
Art is Business in the domestic and international business communities
- Member of the international Art and Business Network since 2020
- 2021 - Bridge Budapest “Active Community Award”
- Official partner organisation of the National Association of Managers from 2022
- Since 2023 - Member of the Hungarian Public Relations Association and founder of the Cultural PR section.
