txt Art, price and value – www.strozzina.org/artpriceandvalue
[via] we make money not art
The power now exerted by the economy on political, social and cultural life has extended its hold on art production so that the whole system is undergoing a complete transformation in response to the demands of an increasingly global market. Contemporary art plays an [...]
[txt] Last stand of Berlin’s bohemians – The fight between developers and the defenders of a counterculture landmark is coming to a head – www.guardian.co.uk
Shutting down all this [Tacheles] would be a huge loss,’ he says. ‘There is a difference between the art market and art, and we are that difference.
[img] Tacheles – transCam on [...]
txt: Arts, Culture and the Public Sphere
How do cultures relate to the public sphere? To which extent is the shape of the public discourse affected by cultural codes? What are the cultural dimensions of public knowledge? Why and how does culture matter? In contemporary societies the public sphere is constantly shaped and reshaped by media [...]
txt from: Banksy’s graffiti art sells for half a million
“Perhaps the most incredible aspect of the Banksy phenomenon is neither his meteoric rise, nor the substantial sums of money that his art now commands, but that as a self-confessed guerilla artist, he has been so wholeheartedly embraced by the very establishment he satirises. We are [...]
txt from: Austrian Cultural Forum London – Visual Arts Platform – Nikola Hansalik: I want them to buy my art, do I …
“Seven telephones line the wall of an empty room, lit only by red neon lights. When lifted, the same voice speaks from each receiver and describes the future of Austrian artist Nikola Hansalik. [...]
