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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…
Listen Up
Hovering on the cusp of the arts world, audio artists manipulate sound to create unique aural landscapes with the aim…
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…
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…
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…
Missing, presumed stolen
Last August, the art world stifled a collective scream of frustration when two paintings were stolen from the Munch Museum…