ABSTRACT
In more open democracies the arts may reach their public in parks, private homes, on sea and in the air, in shopping arcades and churches, as well as through arts centres, concert halls, galleries and other designated arts venues. Though arts administrators frequently work to promote a particular venue, they must always bear in mind that the significant contact between artist and audience does not take place wholly in the building where the right to enjoy it was purchased, and it may take place (as with the purchase from a bookshop of a book of poetry) wholly outside it.
