The politics of the arts – a modest but fractious corner of the portfolio of Ben Bradshaw, secretary of state for culture, media and sport – will not decide the next general election. Yet the arts are a fascinating microcosm of the wider political theatre. We have an incumbent culture secretary who, largely through inattention, has created a vacuum into which has stepped the shadow culture secretary, Jeremy Hunt, who has assiduously and politely haunted the arts world for the last two-and-a-half years. His ministrations have brought him friends in surprising quarters and culminated in a culture manifesto that is either admirably concise or characteristically lacking in detail, depending on your perspective.
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Denmark - Are media, arts and culture really starting to censor themselves?Ranked first in the Reporters Without Borders press freedom index, Denmark is known for a deep attachment to free expression and press freedom. This was seen again on 16 September 2009, when the Copenhagen-based daily Politiken publishedThomas Rathsack's entire book Ranger – at War with the Elite as a free insert after the defence ministry tried to get the courts to ban it. The book relates Rathsack's experiences as a member of a Danish special forces unit carrying our sensitive operations inside Afghanistan.
Art Basel co-founder Ernst Beyeler diesFamed art collector Ernst Beyeler has died at the age of 88. Beyeler founded the internationally renowned Beyeler Foundation art museum in Basel after amassing an impressive personal collection, currently estimated by Swiss magazine Bilanz to be worth at least 2 billion Swiss francs. He died Thursday evening at his home near Basel. Beyeler was also a co-founder of Art Basel, the annual international art fair which has become one of the top highlights of the arts scene, in the 1970s. European art & the financial crisis: yes, it mattersArt is in crisis – again. No, it’s not a fight between alter-modernism and post-modernism or any other art world tussle. This time it’s all about the money. Governments across Europe are threatening to slash arts funding in response to the recession, most notably in Britain and Ireland where culture has always been subject to a strange use-value equation. The British Conservative party which is tipped to win the next election, for instance, has floated the idea of replacing direct funding of the arts with US-style substantial tax breaks for private investors. In short, nobody is willing to stand up and say art is worthless for fear of being accused of philistinism but, on the other hand, they don’t want to pay for it anymore. British Council and Julie's Bicycle launch Long HorizonsOn Monday February 15, Ed Miliband, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, launched Long Horizons, a series of essays debating the impact of climate change on the work of policy makers, scientists and artists at an event hosted by the British Council and Julie’s Bicycle. Europalia: Chinese culture comes to BrusselsThe largest arts festival in Europe is open until Chinese New Year on February 14th: don't miss the latest developments of this biennial event, dedicated this year to the ancient oriental culture of China.
Celebrating 25 years of the European Capital of Culture23 - 24 march - Brussels. The agenda is now available
2010 marks the 25 year anniversary of the European Capitals of Culture, which were launched in 1985. On 23-24 March 2010 the European Commission will be hosting a celebratory event and strategic conference to mark the event, to look back at the achievements of the past 25 years, and to reflect strategically on its legacy and impact.
BRITISH PAVILION ARTISTIC DIRECTOR APPOINTED FOR VENICE BIENNALE 2010The British Council has appointed muf architecture/art Llp as Artistic Directors of the British Pavilion for the 12th Venice Architecture Biennale.
UK Young Artists 2010 – Call for submissions going live soonThe first UK Young Artists event will take place in the Autumn of 2010. Artists who are selected to take part in this event could also be selected to represent the UK at the XV edition of the Biennale of Young Artists from Europe and the Mediterranean.
To register your interest and be notified when the call goes live please visit:
Representations of European IdentityCall for Papers Paper and/or panel proposals are invited for a 3-day multi-disciplinary international conference on representations of European identity entitled Europe in its Own Eyes / Europe in the Eyes of the Other to be held in Ontario, Canada, on 1-3 October 2010. The conference is intended to be as wide-ranging as possible in addressing the manner in which European identity has been and continues to be represented, including European self-representations, as well as representations by others, whether "internal" or "external" to the entity that is Europe. The deadline for submissions from a wide range of disciplines, with particular emphasis on literature, film, history, music, art, and political science, to be sent to David MacDonald at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it and Sandra Parmegiani at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , is 15 January 2010. arts.uoguelph.ca/euid2010
Impacts 08 - International conference and final report launch.Impacts 08 is now fast approaching the culmination of its five year research programme, and have been busily organising a major international conference to officially launch their final report. The date for your diaries is 12th March 2010 a perfect lead-in to the 25th anniversary of the European Capital of Culture programme later that month.
The event will feature representatives from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, Arts Council England and Research Councils UK, and well also be joined by colleagues from future European Capitals of Culture and the European Commission International Judging Panel. Spaces at the event will be limited, and were expecting demand to be high, but if youd like to express an interest in coming along, please email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . We will be back in touch at the end of January to confirm availability and start the formal registration process.
Impacts 08 - 3 new reports published.Impacts 08 - the European Capital of Culture Research Programme - have produced 3 new reports looking at the long term impacts of Liverpool hosting the 2008 Capital of Culture.
Liverpool 08 Centre of the Online Universe examines how people engaged with Liverpools Capital of Culture year through the web and specifically social media. Liverpools Arts Sector Sustainability and Experienceexplores the impressions of artists and arts organisations on the impact of Liverpool 08. And finally Liverpools Creative Industries looks at the effects on the citys changing creative industries sector.
All these reports can be found on the edocs section of Culture.info or on the Impacts website. Presentation of the second Routes AwardOn Tuesday 26 January 2010, in Brussels' Royal Flemish Theatre - a beacon of experimental drama in that culturally rich city - the second Routes Award took centre stage.
An international audience from the cultural and political worlds honoured two outstanding personalities, dramaturge Borka Pavićević and theatre-maker Stefan Kaegi. Each pushes the borders of theatre, reaching out to the many and enabling a changing world to express itself.
The awards, with a total prize money of €50,000, were presented by our former President HRH Princess Margriet of the Netherlands. The ceremony was opened by her successor as ECF President, HRH Princess Laurentien.
European study on learning benefits for cross-border mobile artists"Artists moving & learning" (October 2008- October 2010), is a project financed by the European Commission under the framework of the Lifelong Learning Program, - Multilateral Projects, Networks, Accompanying“Artists moving & learning” analyses the impact of mobility of artists in Europe from an educational and Life Long Learning perspective. What are the effects of their cross-border movements –as bursaries in artists’ residencies or as guest artists in festivals, museums or galleries? Does mobility boost the creativity and of artists? Can non-formal learning resulting from artistic mobility be formalised by integrating it into initial professional education for artists? How can instruments for life-long learning target better the needs of mobile artists? To examine these questions, the “Artists moving & learning” partners have conducted interviews with artists from the performing and visual arts in ten EU Member States: Belgium, France, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain and the UK.
The result of the “Artists moving & learning” project will be a comparative study targeting policy-makers and educators in the cultural and artistic area. The study will be presented at an international conference in June 2010. Nordic Council Film Prize: for the film “Antichrist”.The Danish film director Lars von Trier and producer Meta Louise Foldager were awarded the Nordic Council Film Prize 2009 for the film “Antichrist”. Perfectly phrased in the imagery and acting, with a richness in its cultural references, “Antichrist” puts the cinematically, psychologically and physically familiar into a challenging and unfamiliar context”. |
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