We had an exhibit of Canadian Inuit artists about a year ago. Yes,
the Canadian govt. does mandate an artist fee. For our exhibit the
cost was $95(Caanadian) per artist. We felt okay about paying that.
We were a little less sanguine about having to pay an extra fee to
the gallery where some of the works had been on display.
I'm on the exhibits committee for a local art center and the policy
there is to, at most, pay return shipping and insurance for art
work. We have very occasionally had a show where the artist has
requested a fee. We do very few of those, as you might guess. When
we have had national juried shows we have charged a jury fee. I
personally have had work in shows which charged entry AND hanging
fees. Strange and wonderful place, the art world.
Mariana Mace