I think the message here is don’t wait for self-serving governments or tech billionaires to pass on a few cents.
PUBLIC HOLIDAYS FOR AGEING FOREIGN MONARCHS AND HORSE RACES – HOW ABOUT ONE FOR THE ARTS?
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FINE – THE ART OF DOING WHATEVER YOU WANT.
It has been a long time since I considered what constitutes ‘fine art’ or even ‘art’ and I’m surprised that the debate still continues or that anyone still feels the need to define either.
TIK TOK AND THE ART HISTORY SHUFFLE. LET’S DANCE!
Today it is Tik Tok reducing the world to the insignificant and inconsequential.
BITUMEN, BUMS ON SEATS AND THE DOLLAR VALUE OF THE ARTS
t would seem that there is both a cultural divide and a divide of expectation when it comes to Federal government support. Upwards of half a million people actively involved in the Arts may well vote with their feet at the next election and look for a better deal or at least elected officials who take them seriously. In 2019 16.4 million Australians were eligible to vote with a 92% turnout at the ballot box. A disenchanted Arts block of 500,000 could well make the difference in urban areas where Arts practitioners ostensibly reside.
THE IVORY TOWER, THE OPTIMIST AND THE FAILURE OF ARTS EDUCATION
So, while curriculum writers and critics argue about how many Australian artists might be mentioned in classrooms, their endeavours will fall on deaf ears unless the visual arts are prioritised and not left to chance and competing curriculum demands of what becomes increasingly irrelevant in people’s lives.
OF BANKSY, BIG BROTHER AND THE PAPAL INDISCRETION?
Another public case against yet another giant corporation on behalf of street artists everywhere at least keeps the rights of street artists in the public spotlight.