The Centre national des arts plastiques (Cnap) has published a new version of its Practical Guide to the 1% artistic and public commissioning. This free work is mainly intended for public sponsors to help them in the development of a project, from its initiative to its execution and reception by the public. But it will also be of use to artists, architects, town planners and building and public works companies.
It mainly contains two parts: one devoted to the artistic 1% and the other to the artistic public commission.
Established in 1951, the 1% artistic in public buildings, commonly known as the 1% artistic, is "the obligation to decorate public buildings." . This system now requires public contractors to devote 1% of the cost of their construction to the commissioning or acquisition of an artist's works.
As for artistic public commissioning, it more broadly concerns public commissions for artistic projects and is governed by the new code of public commissioning that came into force on 1 April 2019.
Distributed to local authorities and State services and produced in collaboration with the General Directorate of Artistic Creation of the Ministry of Culture, this manual of good practices in artistic public commissioning explains and details the stages of the 1% and public commissioning process, from the drafting of specifications to the choice of an artist.
It includes technical and legal parts as well as testimonials from artists and different actors of the art world.
The Practical Guide to the 1% Artistic and Public Commissioning is also available free of charge in PDF format, on the Cnap website, enriched by interviews and models of administrative and legal documents.
