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Outside the Square
Outsider Art? The term spanks of marginalization and disempowerment. Indeed this form of art has been known by many names,…
Crossover the road my friend
This week London's Medieval Baebes will be jetting across the Atlantic to begin their scarcely anticipated Canadian tour, but it's…
Play it again, Sam
The practice of borrowing from older works to create new ones is well-established among artists. And contemporary performers and artists…
But is it ethical?
According to Thomas Shanks, S.J., executive director of the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics: "Ethics is intimately bound up with…
Intellectual fakes
On November 23 and 24 the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Italy's Ministry of Productive Activities and the Italian Institute…
Spect-actor power
As a young man during the 1950s and 60s, Brasilian director Augusto Boal wanted to use theater as a means…
Right time for TBA
Portland's festival of time-based art is as much about building cultural bridges and extending a hand to the global community,…
Real culture is native
The emergence of Native American theater in recent decades represents an acceptance of modernity and could be one of the…
Bright Young Things
Pick up any lifestyle magazine from any corner of the globe and odds are you'll come across one of the…
Going once...
Critics claim art auction houses are the epitome of elitist sophistication, snobbery and skulduggery. And there is more intrigue in…