Visual Arts
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…
Selling out, or understanding the value? Arts Marketing in the 21st century
Arts administrators have always needed to possess an odd mix of skills including aesthetic appreciation, dogged precision and good business…
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…
The Values of the Parthenon, the Honour of the European Union and the Legacies of an Ecumenical Debt
In a recent paper by Angelos Delivorrias, Director of the Benaki Museum in Athens, the history of the Parthenon Marbles…
Say less, mean more
Earlier this month the Arts Council of Northern Ireland launched its Public Art Handbook for Northern Ireland but is it…
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…