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UK artist-run initiatives UK are funded by the Arts Council, the national development agency for the arts in the UK, distributing public money from Government and the National Lottery. City Racing: The Life and Times of an Artist-Run Gallery, published in 2002 is a revealing account by the artists, of a ten-year-long ARI based in London from 1988-1998 UK artist-run initiatives There are numerous active artist-run initiatives (ARIs) in the United Kingdom, often working around and critiquing the functioning of larger art institutions and organisations. An ARI is a project independently run by visual artists which generally showcases the work of local and