Visual Arts
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…
Everything old is new again
The world's oldest and most lionised contemporary art show, the Venice Biennale, has delivered a 51st installment of precedent setting…
Florida Defrocked
Richard Florida's Rise of the Creative Class was published in 2002. Since then, in between speaking engagements, he has written…
Charitable Instincts
Increasingly, art and artists are being used as financial tools for charity groups and organizations. Charity art is any art…
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…
When disaster strikes
In a post 9/11 climate, preparation in the face of an emergency is an integral part of government administration and…