Democratize culture! A comparative history of cultural policies
Democratize culture! A comparative cultural policies Published under the direction of Martin Lawrence and Philippe Poirrier history, here is the summary of the online journal Contemporary Territories (http://tristan.u-bourgogne.fr/CGC/publications/Democratiser_culture/Democratiser_culture.html) , No. 5, April 2013 (our contribution focuses on the United States of America). Introduction - A comparative analysis of the democratization of culture history - Philippe [...]
An interview with Robert Rubin
In the newspaper Le Monde, February 25, 2012, the American businessman and collector Robert Rubin, also president of the Centre Pompidou Foundation (we find the presentation in English below), is interviewed by journalist Michel Guerrin. Some of his remarks, which are bound to react. "We demand to culture [...]
Democratize culture. A comparative history of cultural policies
Democratize culture. A comparative cultural policy A study day on the subject history is organized by the Centre d'histoire de Sciences Po, University of Burgundy Centre Georges Chevrier and History Committee of the Ministry of Culture and Communication Thursday, February 9, 2012. 56, rue Jacob - 75006 Paris. The goal [...]
Tourism of mass destruction
Here is the presentation of the book by André Girod, just published in the collection of management culture in the Harmattan (http://www.editions-harmattan.fr/index.asp?navig=catalogue&obj=livre&no = 35427). "More than fifty years to ride his hump around the world, tour the Touring Club de France, founder of Franco-American classes, André Girod has closely followed the emergence and evolution of [...]
For a history of cultural policies in the world (1945-2011)
Here is the presentation of the book just published in French Literature ; Can download the summary and introduction), under the direction of Philippe Poirrier and under the auspices of the history of the Ministry of Culture, which has also recently published the following book: The international symposium [...]
Price escalation and leadership
As we announced, it did not take long for the price increase recently decided by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York spread to other museums (http://blog.option.culture. marrot.org /? p = 3843). So the MoMA, the insolent financial health (beyond the economic difficulties) and wealthy donors, who passed his entrance fee of 20 to 25 [...]
"U.S. to Send Visual Artists as Cultural Ambassadors"
News on the front of cultural diplomacy (we do not speak here only of "public diplomacy") of the United States of America. After sending dancers and musicians touring the world, it is the turn of painters and sculptors to be enrolled under the banner of Uncle Sam to suggest that Obama's America is [.. .]
Culture to market risk. The sponsorship deal with its players
Just published, under the direction of Jean-Pierre Renaud ALLINNE and Carrier, the collective work culture to market risk. The sponsorship deal with its players (L'Harmattan, 2010; http://www.editions-harmattan.fr/index.asp?navig=catalogue&obj=numero&no_revue=&no=30825, ISBN: 978-2-296-11324-4 • 226 pages). The book follows a symposium held at the University of Pau in June 2008 under the title: The funds of the [...]
Time to break the taboo about financing U.S. Culture
For our English friends, an article previously published on the website Viral Culture (http://culturevirale.free.fr), which takes on a new relevance with the economic crisis. Some APÉNDICE of American museums (see for instance A. Ellis, The Art Newspaper, March 2004) Have made the recommendation That American museums, based on Their current financial situation, loosen rules on deaccessioning (a [...]
Terra Foundation for American Art
The Terra Foundation for American Art, based in Chicago, has given purpose is to promote the study, understanding and appreciation of the visual arts of the United States of America. In order to promote international dialogue on American art, the foundation supports and collaborates worldwide with innovative projects and ambitious exhibitions, research and education. Terra [...]
Crisis of American culture
Since the outbreak of the global crisis, the cultural sector is particularly affected in the United States: why? As we have shown in our work on the American model of financing of culture (museums and culture funding to the U.S., PUL), the system works well in good times but all the lights turn red [. ..]
Museum and Co.: the masks and all the shelters!
We announced in our note of 17 November 2009 the book was published by the American Paul Werner Museum & Co.: globalization of culture (http://www.editions-harmattan.fr/index.asp?navig=catalogue&obj = Book & no = 29955). To read an emergency, this book - previously published in English - is a real bomb in the museum world. As a boosted boxer, but with a good dose of humor [...]
Endowment or endowments?
As previously announced, we return to the question of the endowment. This is a tool capitalization grants which should be considered as an additional instrument in the range of fundraising techniques. With regard to the development trend of philanthropy (a phenomenon explained in our books), it is necessary to measure [...]
Crisis of American cultural institutions
As we know, the current economic, social and financial crisis is severely affecting the cultural institutions of the United States of America: hiring freezes or reductions, resource depletion, reduced programming postponement or cancellation of some events etc.. A concrete example is provided by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), one of the major [...]
New Museum, New York
An article by Deborah Sontag and Robin Pogrebin in the New York Times of 11 November 2009 highlights one of the dangers that museums now, and perhaps even more in the future as a reminder the famous "Sensation" exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum of Art, which had already raised a [...]
