30 Aug 2023 3 minute read
... Trojan horse. IMAGEPLOTTER/ALAMY Ten years ago, the UK arts and culture scene was awash with oil company logos. From ... the industry was deeply embedded in the most high-profile arts institutions. Today, things look very different. Earlier ... its destructive activities behind a friendly façade of arts and education. High-profile arts partnerships also ...
12 Sep 2023 3 minute read
... prerequisite in all kinds of careers from politics to the arts, the loss of affordable working-class enclaves means ...
7 Sep 2023 3 minute read
... Roger Ballen’s newly opened Inside Out Centre for the Arts is different. Standing on Jan Smuts Avenue, in central ... in Johannesburg, as there is little public funding for the arts in South Africa , with this space sponsored by ... thing is,’ artist and photographer Ballen says, ‘fine arts, sculpture and even graffiti in South Africa are ...
22 Jun 2023 5 minute read
... from the city council’s $6 billion investment in the arts. Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, has ...
28 Feb 2023 5 minute read
... crowded basement of Chișinău’s National Museum of Fine Arts , Soviet-era bronze and aluminium castings by Claudia ...
8 Feb 2023 4 minute read
... encouragement – and they are also wake-up calls. What arts projects are you currently involved in, and why? I’m ...
31 Jan 2023 4 minute read
... ‘In Cuba I witnessed the great levelling ability of the arts, if education is funded properly,’ he tells me. ... Cuba’s approach, encouraging interest in sport and the arts from an early age – funding lessons for youngsters and ... in political and business circles of the benefits of the arts. These are all old arguments which we are losing. I ...
11 Jan 2023 3 minute read
... with the oil giant BP, and the Perth and Darwin arts festivals in Australia will no longer be sponsored by ... Santos, respectively. Firms have spent decades sponsoring arts and culture in order to ‘artwash’ their brand, deter ... ending oil, gas and coal company partnerships at dozens of arts institutions in multiple countries, helping to reduce ...
25 Nov 2022 3 minute read
... plantation system. Gordon, whose background is in arts and curation, says that some of these troupes have been ...