The New Economy of Art
A series of open discussions throughout 2011-12 focussing on economic developments and opportunities in the cultural sector.
A series of open discussions throughout 2011-12 that focus on the economic developments and opportunities in the cultural sector that impact on artists, from the perspective of artists. It will share knowledge and provoke action to enable artists to influence the future ecologies and economies in which they operate.
For details of forthcoming New Economy debates, see The New Economy of Art.
Market Matters
Wednesday 14 March, 6.30pm-8pm
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Market Matters explored the complex and overlapping motivations behind various kinds of ‘art market’ from commercial galleries, private dealers and auction houses to art fairs, online selling and gift economies. The debate provoked thinking about how artistic practice intersects with and creates its own economies.
Speakers Louisa Buck, Kate MacGarry and Matt Roberts set the scene before an open dialogue with the audience.
Louisa Buck is a writer and broadcaster on contemporary art. She is the London contemporary art columnist for The Art Newspaper, as well as a regular reviewer on BBC radio and TV. Her latest book A Place for Art: the Contemporary Art Commissioner’s Handbook will be published by Thames & Hudson later this year.
Kate MacGarry is founder and director of a contemporary art gallery in Shoreditch, east London. Established in 2002, the gallery represents international artists including Goshka Macuga, Dr Lakra, Francis Upritchard and Marcus Coates. Before opening the gallery Kate worked on various projects in the visual arts for eight years, most recently as a curator for a private collection, and as a co-ordinator on projects with artists in public spaces.
Matt Roberts is a curator, lecturer and visual arts correspondent. He is also founder of Matt Roberts Arts – a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to providing practical career advice to artists. Matt has exhibited over 500 artists at galleries across the UK, Sweden, Denmark and Israel and also helped to establish the Airspace gallery in Stoke-on-Trent.
What are we worth? Artists and the Economic Crisis
Tuesday 18 October, 6.30pm - 8pm
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What are we worth? considered how artists can create income in support of their practice in a period of dramatic economic, social and technological change. It encouraged discussion and debate about how artists harness their cultural assets and intellectual property – both tangible and intangible – to support their practice financially.
Speakers John Kieffer, Zineb Sedira and Bob and Roberta Smith set the scene before an open dialogue with the audience.
John Kieffer has over 25 years' experience in UK and international cultural policy, arts funding, creative programming, arts management, creative industries development, and the music industry. In 2009 he edited After The Crunch with John Holden, John Newbigin and Shelagh Wright and is working with the same team on a new book called Creativity Money Love: Learning for the 21st Century to be published in November.
Zineb Sedira is an artist whose practice encompasses photography, installation and video. She works between Algiers, London and Paris. Zineb has exhibited widely from the Venice Biennale to the Pompidou Centre and the Folkestone Triennial and solo shows in Copenhagen, Toronto, Algiers, Paris and London.
Bob and Roberta Smith's work often takes the shape of hobbies; music, cooking or DIY which is then combined with a subversive humour. Past shows have involved performances, a large installation made with personalised signs on scrap materials and wall based paintings on wooden panels. His DIY approach appropriates the languages of folk, punk and the alternative protest movements to personalise political sloganeering.
The New Economy of Art is a collaboration between Artquest, the Contemporary Art Society and DACS.
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