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Theme : culture
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Cultural Diplomacy and the Venice Biennale
An article on Newsnight the other day discussed the role of art as providing a space for conversation between cultures. You can see it here.Specifically, it talks about the Venice Biennale. This year, the director, Robert Storr has set out both to include countries who have never exhibited before and to provide a showcase for Islamic art.
from : samjones
15th June 2007
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Museums and Cultural Literacy
On 26th and 27th June, I'll be at a conference on Museums and International Collaboration. I'll be delivering a paper on museums, and their role in 'Building Cultural Literacy'. You can find out more, and read a synopsis of the paper here.
from : samjones
13th June 2007
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Tiger seen on Shaftesbury Avenue
The National Gallery's Grand Tour has brought some of its collection to the streets of London. It would be really intersting in the long run to see the images going to other cities and perhaps reflecting their surroundings offering new reflections on both place and painting.
from : samjones
13th June 2007
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Good politics and bad art
It's becoming commonplace to talk about a revival of political art - just look at all the plays that have recently been written about evil Mr Bush and his lapdog Mr Tony. But is any of it actually any good? I've seen a couple of examples of the genre in the last week or two, and they leave me cold. Has good politics started to equal bad art?What sparked me off today was the picture at the centre of the Royal Academy's summer exhibition. Tony and Cherie are shown being expelled from no.10 while...
from : simonparker
4th June 2007
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Women at the Top
'Women at the Top' is an event that will focus on women and leadership in the cultural and creative industries, with a provocation paper by Demos.
It will be held on Monday 4th June, 2007, from 12.30-4.30 at the Barbican, Silk St, London, EC2Y 8DS
from : samjones
29th May 2007
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From Siena to State Britain
I spoke at a debate for Resonance Fm at the Pumphouse Gallery last night. Here's a text of what I said.
from : samjones
18th May 2007
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The Mad-for-it Hatter's Tea Party
What did that handshake with Noel Gallagher really mean?
from : samjones
16th May 2007
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New Statesman - Local heroes
With new cuts to arts funding, small theatres will be the first to suffer ... but their importance to communities has never been greater.
from : samjones
19th April 2007
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Artists help public diplomacy to push Australian 'soft power' | The Arts | The Australian
Cultural diplomacy in Australia.
from : samjones
19th April 2007
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John Tusa on Arts Funding
Sir John Tusa, Director of the Barbican Centre has written a piece in today's Times that strikes out at some of the mentalities that can dog debates around cultural funding.
from : samjones
17th April 2007
