PATRONAGE – UNEXPLORED AND POORLY REGULATED

What is patronage and does it have a ground in our country? The legal framework of patronage creates problems. The status of legal entities is not spelled out. The legal framework mixes institutes, with vicious practice, such as philanthropy and NGOs, but the distinguishing criterion is missing, in favour of the patrons. Patrons have existed without legal regulation, but the law is a public evaluation of an activity if the one who supports culture wants to enter the relevant hypothesis. It should be clear that encouraging culture is an indulgence for the propertied, not that cultural institutions are prepared to accept money from anyone and for anything. The law should create respect with the patrons who are not petty for a reward but for a touch with the culture bearers!