Category: issues

“Muslim extremists continued destroying the heritage of the ancient Malian city of Timbuktu on Monday, razing tombs and attacking the gate of a 600-year-old mosque, despite growing international outcry.”

“Should we limit the tenure of all of our leadership – senior and middle management to some arbitrary maximum term? Would this result in new ideas, leaner and more productive organizations, fresher perspectives, increased support and better results given an organization’s mission statement? Or would it simply be pushing good people out at the peak of their performance level when they still have much more to contribute?”

“Some of the most legendary works in history are lost – and their lost-ness is part of their fascination. Lost art can never disappoint. It is beyond criticism. It can easily become a myth, tantalising those who hear or read of it, obsessing them, driving them to rediscover or somehow recreate it. Art detectives may waste their entire lives searching for absent masterpieces.”

This is a 37% increase from the funds currently allotted. Approximately 70 of the 300 projects to receive funding from the EU in 2011 were related to conservation.

“America is the best place to do philosophy that there has ever been, surpassing even the Athens of those ingenious and polite men Socrates, Plato and Aristotle.”

“Why does this matter? Because critics perform two essential tasks in the cultural ecosystem – and as with any ecosystem, if you knock out one part, the entire network is at risk of unravelling.”

“Today’s funders ask: ‘How can you help us to deliver our vision?’ Someone ought to tell them: ‘Surely it’s the other way round.'”

“Fears that the return of The Winnipeg Jets would divert Winnipeggers’ entertainment dollars away from the arts seem to be unfounded, at least this year.” But arts groups say they do have to change their fundraising strategies to keep limited entertainment dollars coming their way.

“Efforts to improve the problematic sound in two of the nation’s main classical music venues – Melbourne’s Arts Centre and the Sydney Opera House – have required some heavy lifting.”

“The sector directly employed some 84,000 people in 2010. The study defines the sector with a total of 16 different industries, from software and electronic publishing to the performing arts.”