Writing and Publishing
da Vinci Code Decoded
Dan Brown didn't search for the Holy Grail. He wrote it. The da Vinci Code has sold around 20 million…
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…
Florida defrocked
Richard Florida’s Rise of the Creative Class was published in 2002. Since then, in between speaking engagements, he has written…
Art in China – the lotus is in bloom
That China will become the next world superpower has been the argument of economists for decades, and few now doubt…
An Ancient Prejudice: Women Artists and the Struggle for Equality
In 1989, New York feminist collective The Guerrilla Girls dared to ask the question, 'Do women have to be naked…
Creative Clusters Conference 2005: Unlocking the secrets of a creative economy
The creative and cultural industries are now big business. Sources suggest that, creative industries in the UK are growing twice…
Is it war on terror or war on the arts?
Last year, Arts Hub UK carried the story of US citizen Steve Kurtz, a Buffalo University Professor of Art, who…
When disaster strikes
In a post 9/11 climate, preparation in the face of an emergency is an integral part of government administration and…
Arts Institutions - Just in it for the money?
What's the world coming to when the Guggenheim starts selling the rights to its name? Yes this icon of the…
Global ravers give birth to Gen W
Western marketing firms have made their business out of understanding generations that come in letters of the alphabet such as…