Visual Arts
State of the Copyfight: Intellectual property in the digital age
Organizations such as the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Creative Commons claim that Big Brother isn’t just watching you, he’s colonized…
Rochdale leads the way in community podcasting
A community arts venture in Rochdale is leading the way in arts podcasting.
Questions about politics, racism, regeneration and modern art
Arts Hub's UK Editor looks at some of the arts issues over the past month and what's going on in…
An honest comeback
The Treasury's new tax credit system looks all set to rejuvenate the industry it almost destroyed three years earlier. Craig…
Gibert and George: you can't have one without the other
Described as art's odd couple, Gilbert and George are rarely out of the headlines when they release a new artwork.…
An Actor's Business: Location Matters
On January 8, 2007, Canadian actors went on strike in a dispute over how they should be paid for performances…
The Collectors: Museums and the ethics of acquisition
A former curator at the Getty Museum is on trial in Italy for receiving stolen antiquities; governments of Italy and…
An Essay on Painting - Disinformation and The Origin of Painting
DJ and installation artist Joe Banks has pioneered the use of electromagnetic noise through his ground-breaking Disinformation project. He uses…
An ugly duckling no more: the Barb turns 25
March is the 25th birthday of the much loved, and much hated Barbican Centre in London. Out of a bomb…
Taking Off
The concept behind Sky Orchestra was inspired by a research trip to Tunisia in 2002. I was staying in a…