If I built the best-ever VCR, would you rush out to buy it? Of course not. Even though my VCR might be the most excellent VCR, no one cares about VCRs anymore. Being excellent at something no one cares about doesn't get you very far. What was excellent yesterday doesn't necessarily matter today. If I'm all about apples and you bring me oranges, I don't care how good the oranges are. So when … [Read more...]
Our culture is undergoing profound changes. Our expectations for what culture can (or should) do for us are changing. Relationships between those who make and distribute culture and those who consume it are changing. And our definitions of what artists are, how they work, and how we access them and their work are changing. So...
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I can't understand why this kind of probleme often occur... Arts and politics have to be separated. An art isn't art anymore...Georgios Tzioumaris on Are Arts Leaders “Cultural” Leaders?
First of all i have to express my discomfortness with expressions like arts "leaders" or cultural "leaders". Towards which hierarchical...Hjordis Linn-Blanford on Are Arts Leaders “Cultural” Leaders?
Lets hope more leaders of arts & culture emerge from the ranks of arts & culture practitioners. Arts exists within...Michele Bauer on Are Arts Leaders “Cultural” Leaders?
This is a very interesting article and discussion. I agree that the Met appears to have demonstrated it's values without...Ed McKeon on Are Arts Leaders “Cultural” Leaders?
On the other side of the equation, arts organisations - in this case the BBC - really shouldn't get involved...Nancy Wolter on Are Arts Leaders “Cultural” Leaders?
Years ago, a poetry magazine called Ironwood, published in Tucson, Arizona, was the receipient of large National Endowment for the...ajohnny on Are Arts Leaders “Cultural” Leaders?
Exactly what I was thinking as I read this post. But if we take that position, we'll have to broaden...Samuel on Are Arts Leaders “Cultural” Leaders?
"...why does everything have to be about LGBT?" Wow - much like asking "Why does everything have to be about race?"BobG on Are Arts Leaders “Cultural” Leaders?
It seems to me, there is no connection between gay rights in Russia today and the current production in NY...Douglas McLennan on Are Arts Leaders “Cultural” Leaders?
The slippery slope argument. Which of course you could apply to almost any issue. Which you could use as a...