Sponsored artist Clare Smith, director of Dover Arts Development, says that most artists who received bursaries to be here also work in other artistic organisations alongside their practice.
There are already concerns within the cultural world that the BBC's vision of artistic organisations worth working with is narrow, and that working with the BBC is, in the words of one curator, "an absolute nightmare … they turn up mob-handed and they want to own everything".
It's been a long time coming for Australia, for an Australian orchestra to appoint an Australian as the artistic head of the organisation.
The bottom line is that the trustees of arts organisations need to decide whether taking on a sponsorship will not only further an organisation's artistic cause, but also whether the association can genuinely stand up against core values.
If any boards (and artistic directors) of arts organisations are not discussing their own ethics seriously, they cannot cite lack of material.
According to BBC editorial guidelines, the company must not "unfairly promote any commercial organisations", with artists, performers or artistic works included under this umbrella "particularly around the time of a new release".
"Guangzhou is on the edge so artists and art organisations can pursue an artistic rather than a market direction.
One request: I'd simply ask that, in any decisions about arts funding, organisations that balance artistic ambition with managing their finances responsibly are looked upon favourably.
Village Voice critic Robert Christgau connected the album's imagery with the artist's "obsession" with the organisation, but claimed that its use was purely artistic and not propaganda.
Before setting off, I arranged to meet Colette Bailey, artistic director of Southend-based arts organisation Metal.
