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The 2010 Budget Statement in full
The full text of Finance Minister Paula Cox's Budget Statement delivered to the House of Assembly yesterday indicated that the Ministry of Culture and Social Rehabilitation is to be provided a budget of $72 million in 2010–2011. more >
Some art collectors now adding terrorism coverage
The price of the attacks on the World Trade Center in 2001 on both the insurance industry and the American psyche was high, but part of that toll is being paid by art gallery owners, museums and even some high end collectors of art, especially in New York City and a few other presumed areas of potential future terrorist acts. more >
Program primes businesses for arts support
Business for the Arts -- also known as BftA -- unveiled its artsVest program, a matching grant initiative for local organizations. more >
Half of publishers refused participation
The omission for want of space of about 50 percent of the publishing houses which applied to participate in the Riyadh Book Fair has come in for severe criticism. more >
JCCI meeting to set guidelines for cultural club
The Jeddah Information and Culture Club will be established following the first meeting of its founding members on Tuesday, according to Turrad Al-Asmari, a founding member and the director of media at the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI). more >
NEA chairman gets an earful on city tour
On the latest leg of a national fact-finding tour, National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Rocco Landesman put boots on the ground in San Diego yesterday. The visit, the first California stop on the chairman’s “Art Works” tour of American cities, came in the wake of major arts-funding disappointment for San Diego. more >
Cuban Minister for Culture calls to preserve traditions
Abel Prieto Jiménez, minister for Culture, stated in Guantánamo that one of the main challenges of the nation is to preserve and transmit the love for traditions from one generation to the next one. more >
National Arts Council Visits Luderitz
The National Arts Council of Namibia (NAC) who aims to encourage widespread public participation in arts, met with approximately 50 young people at the Luderitz Youth Centre to discuss and work out ways on how young people can build strong art organisations on local level, while promoting awareness of the value of arts and thereby also develop professional development of art leaders. more >
Culture from chaos: where next for Iraqi art?
We know about the devastation and looting – but what impact has war had on Iraq's artistic heritage? Seven years after the invasion, Hadani Ditmars returns to Baghdad to find out. more >
Cultural values meltdown
A visiting Moroccan minister has blamed the “lack of values” for the recurring financial crises that have been affecting world economies. Major financial crises occur when local culture gets separated from national economies, he said. more >
New deputy culture minister for artistic affairs appointed
Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Mohammad Hosseini appointed Hamid Shahabadi as deputy culture minister for artistic affairs here on Monday. more >
Google partners with Italy for groundbreaking book scanning deal
Blog by Mercedes Bunz. Google and the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage have reached an agreement to digitise up to a million out-of-copyright works at the national libraries in Florence and Rome, including some by Galileo. more >
Swiss Arts Council opens Joburg office
The liaison office of Pro Helvetia, the Swiss Arts Council, in Southern Africa, announces the opening of a new office in Newtown, Johannesburg. more >
Culture Minister discusses co-operation with partners
The Angolan minister of Culture, Rosa Cruz e Silva, discussed Tuesday, in Luanda, with partners, issues related to intervention in the execution of cultural projects this year. Rosa Cruz e Silva explained this year's Government action programmes, and requested support for their implementation. more >
Federal budget approach to arts funding contrasts provincial plan
Blog by Janet Smith. Two governments faced with hard times. Two very different approaches to arts funding during a recession. more >
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