The pandemic has not only reaffirmed our ephemeral condition, teaching us to live in the moment. It has also underlined the importance of art and culture as a positive reinforcement in life and as a way to deal with its difficulties. And it has most of all emphasized the adaptability of artists.

Artists are turning to new technologies to gain visibility and make sales to collectors. In this article, I would like to make an overview of the available tools that visual artists may use to self-promote online, build a community around their work and communicate their vision to a wide audience globally.

Even for successful Visual Artists their income from art alone is sometimes not sufficient to live properly. Combining their artistic work with experience in arts management can help making a living. But, as the example of Mickey Smith shows, even that doesn't always help against unpredictable changes in life.

How to build an independent art scene? For those directly involved in the Lubumbashi Biennial in the Democratic Republic of Congo, this is an urgent question that has clear social consequences. By investing in its own locality while forging its place in the world, the Biennial is leading the way.*

Lisa Harborth and Alexis Rojas talk about the arts sector in Guatemala and its mutual relationship with politics and society, the influence of the international art market on local artists and the personal purposes of his art.

Mexico Citys program Small Cultural Enterprises was started ten years ago to support local artists in building up their own enterprises. The program teaches general knowledge in arts management and supports artists in building up their own enterprises. Small Cultural Enterprises thereby compensates the lack of management education during artistic studies in university.