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Insight: From connection to impact – Strategic networking in the arts
Art and culture programme consultant, Malaya del Rosario, shares her thoughts and advice on how arts organisations can optimise network-building initiatives. Networks play a pivotal role in the sustainability of art organisations, yet the question of how they can be optimised remains largely underexplored. Many art leaders and managers perceive network-building as a ‘nice to…
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5 artworks to discover now from Art Basel in Switzerland
A version of this article was also published in print by Art+ Magazine, Issue 86, 2023, Philippines. Many art goers in Asia may be more familiar with Art Basel Hong Kong, but the art fair’s origins are in the charming city of Basel in Switzerland, which started 53 years ago. Opening its first year with…
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Interview on Living in Switzerland podcast
On December 8, 2023 I was featured in an interview conducted with Kathrin Spinnler for Rigby AG and their podcast series Living in Switzerland. The podcast is called The Swiss Art Scene with Nikolai Kleist Burkal can be found here. (available on various podcast platforms) The series aims to provide information about various aspects of…
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Relocation of Art-Beats
It was been a while and a pandemic ago since Art-Beats was initially launched. It was lunched at the cusp of the pandemic in Manila, and I think it is safe to say, no one could anticipate the ramifications of that disruptive force on people’s everyday life and the art world. As many artist were…
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Checking the pulse on art criticism
Throughout art history art criticism has contributed greatly to discussions and understanding of art. Criticism has played a key role in the sense-making of art by offering a personal assessment of artworks, while bridging the gap of understanding from artwork to audience. I picked up this topic for two reasons. Firstly, I was interested in…
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Art Scenes and their mechanism
Art scenes may be considered exciting places to experience art or to be seen as an artist, but the term art scene is often being used quite liberally (by myself included). But having a workable definition of art scenes can actually be quite useful in understanding the mechanisms of art, art activity, and the stage…