Arts Publicist Shocks World: It's Not About the Money
Meet Harrison Kelly. He runs a firm in Hong Kong called Flatcap Asia which represents such clients as Random House, Hachette UK and the “Shakespeare in the Port” festival. Oh, and he’s only 25.
We assumed his profile in the South China Morning Post would concern the struggles of top agencies as they attempt to expand into Southeast Asia, but it’s more a commentary on the state of PR in the arts.
Get ready for a shocker: turns out that most arts publicists, like the artists they represent, don’t do it for the money!
Why? Because there is none, silly.
As Kelly himself puts it:
“There’s a lot of value in [the arts], which isn’t necessarily financial.
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