In his article Spring Rain, in Artforum Summer 2011, Okwui Enwezor writes about Ai Wei Wei, the Sharjah Biennale and the recent petitions against censorship. < http://www.artforum.com/inprint/id=28339 > “Variously authored by museums, disenchanted curators, artists, critics, and others, these petitions shared the easy illusion of the universal ideal of freedom of expression—willfully ignoring the fact that censorship … Continue reading
In her blog Pluversum, Beral Madra posts her press release about the removal of Aidan Salakhova’s sculptures from Azerbaijan’s pavilion which she curated in the 54th Venice Biennale. < http://www.pluversum.blogspot.com/ > “Contemporary art production and its theoretical and critical context is being employed and exploited by the official power as well as by the private sector as … Continue reading
Commissioned by a-n (The Artists’ Information Company), this research paper exposes, quantifies and discusses the likely impact on the visual arts ecology of the Arts Council England’s decisions on fifteen visual arts organisations – mostly artists’ membership and development agencies and practice-based organisations - who recently lost core funding. < http://www.a-n.co.uk/research/article/1300054/1224267 >
