International News in November 2006
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Culture at arm's length
In a Nordic context, Iceland is the 'odd one out' in the cultural sphere with cultural life flourishing nicely without too much interference from the public sector. more >
Scottish Arts Council and Scottish Screen
Culture Minister Patricia Ferguson today announced the appointment of Dr Richard Holloway to be the Chair of a new joint board for the Scottish Arts Council and Scottish Screen. more >
Small Nations: Big Subject
The University of Glamorgan is leading the way in academic research, establishing a research centre for the study of media and culture in small nations. more >
UN shows interest in supporting creative economy projects
The director of the SSC/SU (South-South Cooperation Special Unit), Yiping Zhou, stated yesterday (26) at the World Cultural Forum, that "the conventional form of thinking of business is not working. more >
CHILE CALLS FOR PROMOTING CULTURAL CO-OP WITH CHINA
Chilean President Michelle Bachelet said on Thursday that Chile and China should strengthen cultural cooperation in order to boost the comprehensive development of bilateral ties. more >
COOPERATIVE SET UP TO BOOST CHINA'S CULTURAL INDUSTRY
More than 50 academic institutions, universities and companies from China's mainland and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan on Friday launched a platform dubbed the China Cultural Industry Cooperative (CIC), which aims to promote and coordinate the booming sector. more >
Egypt becoming an Islamic state, say intellectuals
Intellectuals accused Egypt's embattled culture minister Tuesday of caving in to Islamist pressure by proposing to set up a religious committee tasked with supervising the country's artistic production. more >
UK study could see Beatles songs lose EU copyright in 2013
The UK treasury is set to refuse extending copyright on sound recordings from 50 years to 95 years when a report looking at intellectual property rights in the UK is published next week, in a situation that could see EU copyright expire on some Beatles songs in 2013. more >
Cooperative set up to boost China's cultural industry
More than 50 academic institutions, universities and companies from China's mainland and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan on Friday launched a platform dubbed the China Cultural Industry Cooperative (CIC), which aims to promote and coordinate the booming sector. more >
Breaking the deal
I hired an artist to paint a portrait. I offered $500. He agreed. We had a deal. He painted the painting. I liked it. I gave him the money. A few years later he returned. “You owe me another $450” he said. more >
Cultural Policy of Mexico
The latest in Power of Culture's 'cultural policies of non-western countries' series is on Mexico. more >
Executive claws back National Theatre cash to fund quango
Funds earmarked for the National Theatre are being clawed back by the Scottish Executive to pay for a controversial new arts quango. more >
India storms the world cultural scene
India is back in the reckoning on the global cultural map with its cuisines and festivals proving to be a rage in various countries. more >
InnoCentre the one-stop shop for HK designers
The InnoCentre, Hong Kong's first facility dedicated solely to designers, has opened in Kowloon Tong, offering a one-stop shop for the design community, especially small and medium-sized design houses, Chief Executive Donald Tsang says. more >
The race for art island: Louvre and Guggenheim battle it out
It is one of the greatest art collections in the world whose miles of galleries range from the treasures of antiquity to Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa. But Paris's Musée du Louvre could soon become Europe's biggest cultural export by opening a vast new outpost in the Middle East as part of President Jacques Chirac's desire for greater understanding between east and west. more >
To the NEA, News-Laden NPR is Making a Classical Mistake
A new report from the National Endowment for the Arts blasts public radio, saying it fails to fulfill its obligation to provide music that commercial stations won't touch. more >
In the recent election, Americans cast a vote for the arts
For people who believe taxes or bonds issues should be used to support the arts, Nov. 7 was a great day. more >
AU Calls On Member States to Promote African Culture
Member States of the African Union were called up on to promote and value African culture and languages in their day to day activities. more >
Colloquia on "Valuing the Historic Environment"
'Valuing the Historic Environment' is a new, cross disciplinary research cluster for the discussion of frameworks of value in relation to the preservation of historic environments. more >
Cultural Giving by Companies: a Two-Way Street
Partnerships between cultural institutions and corporate entities have gone creative. more >
Culture's Next Great Sales Technique
The YouTube phenomenon may be old news in some circles, but for fans of low-tech forms like classical music, opera, and dance, the video site is still being discovered as a valuable resource. more >
Deconstructing Culture in Africa
It is easy to forget that culture is ever evolving and we are what we are today. more >
Dept Calls for More Cultural Exchanges
Foreign Affairs Deputy Minister Sue van Der Merwe has called on all foreign missions in South Africa to work towards increased cultural exchanges with the country. more >
Fractional Gifts
Museums are trying to have it both ways: benefiting from tax subventions because they supposedly can’t survive in the marketplace yet stepping into the marketplace when they deem it appropriate. more >
Los Angeles Arts Funding Remains at 2000 Level, Despite Non-Profit Growth
A new study reports that funding for the arts in Los Angeles has stayed flat in recent years, even though arts activity has grown by 20 percent. more >
National Theatre Structure Progressing Well
Last week the eighth Assitej-Namibia town-based centre was successfully established in the southern town of Mariental. more >
SPANISH LABFORCULTURE.ORG NOW ONLINE
LabforCulture.org, a source of online information, debate and research on European cultural cooperation, is now available in Spanish. more >
“What is publicly owned is not publicly accessible”
A new study of art in Britain's public institutions says that "over 80 percent (120,000 pictures) are probably held in storage or in buildings without access. more >
Art Museums Ask Congress to Rethink Limits on Fractional Giving
The Whitney Museum of American Art in New York has displayed Willem de Kooning's ``Untitled VII' at least four times since 1984, while owning just 10 percent of the painting. more >
Korean cultural center to open in Hanoi
A Korean cultural center will open in in the Vietnamese capital of Hanoi to become the first such facility in Southeast Asia this weekend, South Korea's cultural ministry has announced. more >
Investing in the arts
This week, Boston is hosting nearly 300 members of Grantmakers in the Arts, the national organization of donors, trustees, and staff of public, private, and corporate foundations dedicated to supporting arts and culture. more >
The Man Who Saved the NEA
Businessman-poet Dana Gioia has steered the once-moribund arts agency in mostly mainstream directions—and it's thriving. more >
Chinese premier urges writers, artists to speak the truth
"Chinese writers and artists should reflect reality in society and encourage people to seek the truth," Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao told delegates of Chinese art and literature organizations in Beijing on Monday. more >
Ministers criticised for their absence
"Is it down to lack of interest that none of the Nordic Ministers of Culture are here to present the new culture reform?" Lars Wegendal, the Social Democrat chairperson of the Nordic Council Culture and Education and Training Committee asked during Thursday's debate in Copenhagen. more >
The Case For Public Arts Funding
What should the future role of public funding be in the UK arts scene as more of the world transitions to an American-style system of private philanthropy? more >
India to ratify UNESCO Convention on cultural diversity
The Indian Government has decided to ratify the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions, under which international assistance could be obtained to protect and promote cultural diversity. more >
Survey finds a decline in attendance for the arts
A new report by the National Endowment for the Arts on arts attendance and how it relates to volunteerism shows Americans 18 to 34 increasingly tuned out from the arts and the broader community. more >
Heritage key to education for Natives
Alaska Native students tend to complete high school, enter college and finish degrees at lower rates than their counterparts because their cultural heritage and very identity is missing from Alaska education systems, leaders in Alaska Native education say. more >
Participation in Arts, Society Linked
People who participate in the arts, even if only reading literature, are twice as likely to volunteer in their communities as those who don't, according to a new study from the National Endowment for the Arts. more >
Art sales: a feast of the old-school East
Any pundit will tell you that two of the fastest rising sectors of the art market are modern and contemporary Indian and Chinese art. Artists whose work was difficult to sell at any price in 2001 can now command six-figure sums. more >
Government supports £10m National Skills Academy
The UK Government has earmarked £7 million for the first-ever National Skills Academy for the live performing arts sector, in an attempt to boost backstage and technical training. more >
Labour has failed arts, says MU/BACS report
Labour has consistently failed to consider the effects of its legislation and policy making on Britain’s artists, despite an expressed aim to make the UK the “creative hub” of the world, according to a major new report. more >
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