Meet prize-winning painter Frances Bell: ‘I wanted to be a traditional artist – that was my passion’

It’s funny, I note, how a conversation about art always turns into a conversation about money. Bell agrees and takes aim at a system that pauperises young artists. “Institutions need to stop saying, ‘oh, it would be really good for [your CV] if you were to work for us… for free,” she says. “You do need the loop of payment, of patronage, to be complete.”