Film
Branding Culture
The idea that one city can have more culture oozing from it's Central Park than anywhere else has been fueling…
Cultural Places: For a new demographic
"'New demographic' is a term blissfully unknown in the academic literature; Google Scholar, the standard source, contains not a single…
Art in the aftermath
In the aftermath of terrible disaster, art and artists often play a role in providing relief for trauma victims and…
Honorific!
Next year French President Jacques Chirac will most likely exit the presidential office for good. He will be remembered, he…
Cultural icons - what happens when they're gone?
Cultural icons are mortal like the rest of us, but who ought to decide what happens to their legacy after…
Quiet please...
In recent years increasing numbers of actor/audience conflicts and difficulties have led writers, actors, social commentators and web loggers to…
To have and to have not
One of the current buzzwords in the cultural world centres around the notion of a rising “Pro-Am class, aka the…
An Australian Abroad - Dancing The Dream with Simone Sault
The world is a very small place and with the other side less than a day away, it’s no surprise…
No man is an arts island
Over the last two decades, the island of Singapore has worked tirelessly to transform itself into one of the Asia–Pacific’s…
Arts score big time during World Cup 2006
The FIFA World Cup 2006 has netted a wealth of opportunities for artists, galleries and museums all over the world.