Publicly funded arts institutions are under more pressure than ever to quantify the social benefits they bring, as would be done for schools and hospitals. But why is it so different when it comes to art? The arts have undergone a dramatic change these last years, including intensive growth of the global art market but … More Why should we fund the arts?
Kjell Nupen’s fountain in the Nupen park recently sparked a discussion in the media.[1] Nupen’s intention of the work was to give something back to the residents who he meant “really” owns the city, thus giving it to the public rather than the private. The municipality approved his idea, and later Falconbridge Nilkkelsenverk AS (today … More Does the Nupen fountain belong to everybody?
By sematikotemo IKEA is planning to cut over 7.500 jobs around the globe over the next two years. The reason for this is that the whole retail industry is changing. If IKEA wants to stay relevant they have to adapt to the growing demands of the customers. More and more people prefer online shopping and … More ADAPTING TO A MARKET IN CHANGE
By tn1708 In the post published September 6thcalled “Monetizing Banksy, who decides?”, student xkandinsky has chosen to write about the famous artist Banksy and his work. The text describes the difficulties with public art and in what way it can affect the communities. Who decides the boundaries in art? The famous artist Banksy has received … More Comment on “Monetizing Banksy, who decides?”
Starting with the title, ‘’How much for rotten Apples’’, I think that, since the writer is extolling that apple hasn’t always been doing a good thing, the title could have been ‘’Apple, using unfair business practices” As we can see, Apple had forced consumers to make updates to their mobile phones that caused “serious malfunctions” … More Apple comment
By Randomdude88 Art has always been an important part of UKs history. Everything from the Stonehenge (2600 BC) to J. M. W. Turner (1775-1851) is a huge part of UKs culture and it will always stay that way. Art has many sets of values that is important for us: Historical Social Symbolic Spiritual Aesthetic Authenticity … More Is this the end of art in the UK?
by bighughhef 4th of September this year, after several years of debate locally, but also on a national basis, the construction of Kristiansand´s newest art museum started. “Kunstsilo” translated directly into “the art silo” is and old grain silo that was proposed to rebuild into an art museum a couple of years back when a … More Kristiansand´s newest art museum still up for debate.
We get an introduction to the fashion industry and more specifically the brand Nike, in katt000´s post. Although the title can be a bit misleading, the writer explains to us how our attention are brought to the design of a clothing rather than the purpose. The text you are about to read, will be a … More Response to “The purpose fashions.” by katt000
By Trolljegeren10 About 7 months ago, YieldStreet, a rapidly expanding investment platform acquired Athena Art Finance, a company providing loans collateralized by artwork to art collectors and dealers. They basically buy people’s art for up to five years, and loan them 50% of the arts appraised value. Athena was founded in 2015 to help art … More The ethics of financing art
By Fourcade22 A few months ago, I was visiting the Vatican museum in the Vatican state in Rome. The museum was first opened in the 16th century and has had many visitors since. Both religious and non-religious. At the museum there are both things from the different popes, as well as lots of historical statues … More A trip to the Vatican Museum
Making sense of art and design industries 