After the hype for contemporary Chinese art, the scene's interest seems to be shifting to India. Therefore the next UBS Arts Forum will look at the trends in contemporary Indian art and provide insights by top-experts like Ranjit Hoskoté (writer and co-curator Gwangju Biennale), Nitin Bhayana (collector, New Delhi), Elaine Ng (editor and publisher ArtAsiaPacific) and Hugo Weihe (International Director Asian Art, Christie's, New York).
angewendete Filter: intersectorial
For the first time, all major performing arts-oriented organizations got together in Denver from June 10 to 14, 2008 at the National Performing Arts Convention. Over 3500 delegates attended, gathering under the motto "taking action together", ready to take part in a wide offering of presentations, caucuses, forums, etc. and, as usual at these events, to network...
The EUConsult conference was held in Rome from Friday June 20th through Sunday June 22nd, 2008. The leadership of the group should be congratulated for their wise choice of location - Rome was more exquisite than ever and the hospitality of Pasquale Pesce (conference host) and Dr. Franco Pavancello, President of John Cabot University, where the meetings convened, were outstanding.
Glancing on the eventful history of the Baltic Sea is sufficient to understand, why this region does not also deserve attention but is one of the most pulsating and dynamic regions in Europe with the greatest economic growth. The large cultural heritage became due to the vast majority of initiatives to one of the priorities and challenges for the cultural cooperation.
Independent theatre producer Sherrie Johnson and Santee Smith, artistic director of the Kaha:wi Dance Theatre, are the first two recipients of the John Hobday Awards, which celebrate outstanding achievement in the field of arts management.
Canberra Arts Marketing supports the growth of creative, sustainable arts organisations through strategic initiatives that increase and diversify audiences and encourage their ongoing support for the arts in Canberra and the region. Canberra Arts Marketing is dedicated to the advancement of the arts in the ACT and region. It acknowledges the immense value of the arts to individuals and communities through cultural experience and economic benefit.
Authors: M. Pulh, S. Marteaux, R. Mencarelli
One opinion is widely shared by managers in the cultural sector: Consumer relations with regard to cultural products and services have changed.
One opinion is widely shared by managers in the cultural sector: Consumer relations with regard to cultural products and services have changed.
Authors: S. Boerner, S. Renz
The authors focus on operagoers subjective judgements of performance quality.
The authors focus on operagoers subjective judgements of performance quality.
Authors: J-F. Ouellet, M-A. Savard, F. Colbert
The authors develop the concept of personality as applied to performing arts venues.
The authors develop the concept of personality as applied to performing arts venues.
Authors: R. Rentschler, D. Shilbury
The authors report the results of a journal rating survey assessing 14 publications dedicated to arts management and related topics. Establishing a rating scheme for journals is an important step in the professionalization of an academic field. The authors argue that the development of a rating system in arts management is in the best interests of the discipline.
The authors report the results of a journal rating survey assessing 14 publications dedicated to arts management and related topics. Establishing a rating scheme for journals is an important step in the professionalization of an academic field. The authors argue that the development of a rating system in arts management is in the best interests of the discipline.
An essay by Richard Holloway exploring the relationship between the artist and the state.
The international seminar on May 24th at the Latvian Academy of Culture in Riga focus on the present challenges in German and Latvian arts management. The lecturers provide an insight into the academical, practical and political status quo and challenges.
Many of the most sought after museum director positions in the United States are unfilled, some for as long as a year. Over the last ten years, there has always been more than twenty different art museums without directors. And frequently, as was the case recently with the Milwaukee Museum of Art, its new director was recruited from a directorship at another art museum (the San Jose Museum of Art), leaving a vacancy there and the same number of openings. What are the causes of this
phenomenon and what are the implications?
phenomenon and what are the implications?
A research commissioned from IPSOS-REID by Cultural Careers Council Ontario underlined the importance of a professional development in Ontarios Cultural Sector.
A conference about Expressive and Instrumental Values in Economic and Sociological Perspectives, taking place in Venice from 4-8 November, 2008
Trends in arts and culture tend to be longer-lasting and less fragile than in other fields such as clothing design. Most herding models are not able to explain such stability, instead predicting informational cascades to be fragile and fads to be frequent. The present contribution is able to explain the hysterisis of trends in arts by incorporating the accumulation of consumption capital into a herding model.
This paper considers the role and value of museum networks in Europe and explores the range of benefits which museums can gain from working within networks of various types.
The Association for Cultural Economics International (ACEI) is hosting the 15th International Conference on Cultural Economics at Northeastern University in Boston, from the evening of Thursday June 12th to Sunday June 15th 2008.
An interview with Donna Walker-Kuhne, an accomplished arts administrator and adult educator, who has devoted her professional career to increasing the accessibility and connection to the arts by our Nations rapidly growing multicultural population.
Interest in public and cultural diplomacy, after a long post-Cold War decline, has surged in the last few years. This new focus inside and outside government has two causes: first, the 9/11 terrorist attacks and the perception that the U.S. is losing a war of culture against Islamic extremists; and second, the documented global collapse of positive public sentiment toward the U.S. But the task facing policy leaders translating interest into action must accommodate the reality that government cultural work has been diminished in scope even as trade in cultural products and Internet communication has increased the complexity and informal character of cross-cultural communication.