Martin Škurek has prepared a guide for all freelance artists who are thinking about their retirement
1. 9. 2025 work in culture
An artist’s creative career can take many forms – it may lead through studios, stages, music venues, or film sets. But whether you paint, act, dance, or write, you all share one thing: artists age too, and one day it becomes necessary to think about retirement.
The handbook The Artist in Retirement is intended for all self-employed artists who are already of retirement age or approaching it and want to clearly understand how pension insurance works. You will learn what your entitlements are, how your pension amount is calculated, what influences its level, and how to make sure in time that you meet the required insurance period. The handbook was created as part of the project Comprehensive Research and Support for the Development of Cultural and Creative Industries in the Olomouc Agglomeration. You can download the handbook here.
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CIRG – the Cultural Industries Research Group focuses on research into cultural and media industries, particularly on current issues, challenges, and conflicts arising from tensions between intellectual property law, the business models of cultural industries, the digitalization and platformization of cultural sectors, and changing consumer habits. The group’s name is an acronym of its English title, Cultural Industries Research Group. CIRG is an informal association of experts from media studies, intellectual property law, media law, media ethics, cultural economics and cultural management, sociology of culture, and data analysis. The group operates on the basis of project-based funding through applied research projects (TAČR, NAKI, EEA and Norway Grants, OP JAK Intersectoral Cooperation), basic research projects (GAČR, ZIF Bielefeld, OP VVV Excellent Research, DFG), as well as contract research (State Cinematography Fund, Association of Audiovisual Producers).
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Take Part in Research on the Social Situation of Retired Artists
We have prepared a questionnaire aimed at mapping the social situation of artists of retirement age. Are you a creator or a performing artist aged 60 or over? Help us improve the situation of senior artists by completing a short questionnaire.
moreJoin the Research on the Impact of Copyright on Artists’ Work
We have prepared a questionnaire that explores artists’ views on how current copyright regulations affect their creative work. Are you a creator or performing artist? Help us with our research by completing a short questionnaire!
moreParticipate in Research on Artists’ Working Conditions
Authors and artists, we have prepared a questionnaire mapping the working conditions of artists. The results will be used, in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture, to develop proposals for improving the social and economic situation of artists. Help yourself and others by taking part in the research!
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