AWESOME NEWS ABOUT ARTS INTERNSHIPS! The Arts Council England has posted a public warning to employers recruiting unpaid interns via their jobs website http://www.artsjobs.org.uk. The announcement, featured prominently on the home page and every page, reads: Unpaid opportunities We recognise […]
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I want to write but I don’t want to be lonely. I get lonely. When I have poured myself out onto the page or work in isolation, I look up in a haze for interaction to fill up. […]
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Legendary innovators and creators all seem to have a specific combination of two personality traits which multiplies interests and the enjoyment of learning new things. Psychologists John Cacioppo, Richard Petter et al identified these two traits as Openness to Experience […]
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I scribble frantic shorthand as the witness shouts at me quickly as the hail that splatters my flimsy reporter’s notebook and he just wants to get inside and dry and warm and stop talking to me. The camera doesn’t register […]
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Here’s my theory. Bad art. Bad art is simply produced by an artist who is learning. That’s what failure is. And it fails because the artist didn’t have enough discipline, preparation, focus, or inherent talent. It fails because it’s […]
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In the pit, close to the stage, and I am hit with rain pelting down as I try to upgrade fans’ tickets with the iPhone entrusted to me. Lesson: Rain and bad Wi-Fi affects the ability to be nimble on […]
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Why are you still dreaming? You have all the power to do! You gained that power years ago while you were busy worrying about how far you would make it by now, and you wonder why you’re not there yet. […]
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Allow me to introduce… Criminonymous: A criminologist and advocate of restorative justice, truth and reconciliation for the most harmful crimes and social conflicts (and everywhere else where it’s appropriate). This is an astute poet well versed in economics, crime and restorative […]
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Wealthy art investors are purchasing more insurance to cover their collections. A Stonehage Group report this month showed a high performance of long-term returns on art assets relative to many other asset classes, and clients have significantly increased the level […]
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Photoshopping classical masterpieces makes us forget the brilliance of the original, argued Jonathan Jones in his Guardian blog on Monday. I think he is wrong. The internet has created a boundless gallery of online remakes of great art. […]
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