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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…

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Generation W

Western marketing firms have made their business out of understanding generations that come in letters of the alphabet such as…

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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…

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Florida Defrocked

Richard Florida's Rise of the Creative Class was published in 2002. Since then, in between speaking engagements, he has written…

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Charitable Instincts

Increasingly, art and artists are being used as financial tools for charity groups and organizations. Charity art is any art…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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When disaster strikes

In a post 9/11 climate, preparation in the face of an emergency is an integral part of government administration and…

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Missing, presumed stolen

Last August, the art world stifled a collective scream of frustration when two paintings were stolen from the Munch Museum…