Which funding model serves the arts best? On June 10th, the same day the Dutch art world received the devastating news on the extent of the culture cuts, art professionals gathered in New York City for a conference comparing different models of private and public funding in the United States and the Netherlands.
The annual conference of the College Art Association is a major forum for art historians and other professionals in the visual arts in the United States. The bad weather prevented a lot of speakers from attending, but nonetheless METROPOLIS M reports the interesting outcome of this academic marathon.
Obamamania is no longer limited to American politics. The individual as leader has been reinstated and is being held high aloft. We can say that this is remarkable, after decades of the author being declared dead, of the cultural world giving itself over to endless system analyses of the economy, of politics and other power structures. What does this revival of the ultra-personal creative subject mean for art and culture?
