Writing and Publishing
Flying high - the revival of circus arts
The days of lions and elephants parading around every Big Top are gone, but the circus arts are flourishing with…
Culture is Capital
Tourists are said by some to be nothing more than cultural parasites. Indeed like moths to light, they swarm to…
Culture and the Rings
Sport and culture have long converged in the Olympic arena. The world's largest public event, the Olympic Games, is pillared…
Cultural activists are jammin'
In a week that has seen global attention focused on Bob Geldof and the Live 8 series of concerts it…
Generation W
Western marketing firms have made their business out of understanding generations that come in letters of the alphabet such as…
Charitable Instincts
Increasingly, art and artists are being used as financial tools for charity groups and organizations. Charity art is any art…
da Vinci Code Decoded
Dan Brown didn't search for the Holy Grail. He wrote it. The da Vinci Code has sold around 20 million…
Art for the Market’s Sake?
Even the most idealistic and independent artists in the US must rely more and more on private sources of funding…
Art in China – the lotus is in bloom
That China will become the next world superpower has been the argument of economists for decades, and few now doubt…
An Ancient Prejudice: Women Artists and the Struggle for Equality
In 1989, New York feminist collective The Guerrilla Girls dared to ask the question, 'Do women have to be naked…