Visual Arts
Flying high - the revival of circus arts
The days of lions and elephants parading around every Big Top are gone, but the circus arts are flourishing with…
Culture is Capital
Tourists are said by some to be nothing more than cultural parasites. Indeed like moths to light, they swarm to…
Tainted Art
Art theft has always been with us and recovered pieces hold a particular fascination once they go back on display.…
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…