arts investment news monthly

Public and Private Funding

Valletta 2018 launches fund to improve artists' mobility, Malta Today, 31 Dec 2014

Revitalising Culture Sector in Face of Falling Oil Prices, The Guardian, 31 Dec 2014

The death of the artist—and the birth of the creative entrepreneur, Quartz, 30 Dec 2014

Message to Cultural Groups: Rent, Don't Buy!, Clyde Fitch Report, 30 Dec 2014

Criticism in Iceland after Arts funding halved, IceNews, 27 Dec 2014

Art gallery Tate ordered to disclose BP sponsorship details, Inhabitat (blog), 26 Dec 2014

Culture ministry employees call for removal of minister, The Yemen Times, 25 Dec 2014

Putin signs decree approving Russia's state cultural policy, The Calvert Journal, 24 Dec 2014

Arts sector must be protected, Belfast Telegraph, 22 Dec 2014

Uncle Sam: Patron of the Arts, Brown Political Review, 21 Dec 2014

Italy to bring private sector into its museums in effort to make a profit, The Guardian, 21 Dec 2014

Social Impact Investing: Cultural Investment Bonds (audio file), ABC.net.au, 18 Dec 2014

The Destruction of Syria's Cultural Patrimony, New York Times, 17 Dec 2014

Icelandic artists ask for €1 per head in arts funding, Art Newspaper, 17 Dec 2014

Virtual galleries open new markets for art, BBC News, 16 Dec 2014

Where has all the funding for cultural events gone?, Daily News & Analysis, 14 Dec 2014

Mixed Reaction to China's Plan to Send Artists to Countryside, Voice of America, 12 Dec 2014

Funding Cuts for Art Institutions That Don't Promote Diversity, artnet News, 11 Dec 2014

UN Maps Reveal Destruction of Thousands of Cultural Sites, Hyperallergenic, 11 Dec 2014

Asean archaeologists dig for cultural understanding, The Nation, 11 Dec 2014

The Coming Democratization of Contemporary Art, The Atlantic, 09 Dec 2014

Singaporeans gaining interest in arts and culture, AsiaOne, 08 Dec 2014

Heritage gets a boost with new training, Libya Herald, 07 Dec 2014

Harnessing Cultural Endowment to Promote Development in Africa, The Guardian, 07 Dec 2014

Qatar- National Day: Culture Minister Says Culture is Essential Tool, MENAFN, 07 Dec 2014

Inside Frank Gehry's Guggenheim Abu Dhabi, New York Times, 06 Dec 2014

Saatchi Gallery Launches Deutsche Bank Art Prize for Schools, Broadway World, 05 Dec 2014

Egypt launches film clubs to fend off extremist thought, Al-Shorfa, 04 Dec 2014

Why Cities Can't Afford to Lose Their Artists, CityLab, 04 Dec 2014

More Singaporeans seeing value of the arts: Poll, Channel News Asia, 04 Dec 2014

Saving Culture Is Essential for Building Peace, Huffington Post, 03 Dec 2014

Big NY Arts Groups Cultivate Globetrotting Foreign Donors, Chronicle of Philanthropy (subscription) (blog), 02 Dec 2014

Creative Industries and Economic Impact

Amazon deploys its market power against creators, The News Tribune, 30 Dec 2014

Africa's Film Sector - Quality or Quantity?, Vanguard, 29 Dec 2014

Algeria: Ratification of Convention On Protection and Promotion of Diversity of Cultural Expressions to Be Discussed in 2015, AllAfrica.com, 29 Dec 2015

Ugandan fashion industry slowly gathering momentum, New Vision, 23 Dec 2014

Who Were the Most Expensive European Artists at Auction in 2014?, artnet News, 23 Dec 2014

China's Dalian Wanda Eyes Competition with Disneyland, CRIENGLISH.com, 20 Dec 2014

Is Big Data Taking Over The Fashion Industry?, Science 2.0, 17 Dec 2014

The new Gucci: not for everyone, The Independent, 12 Dec 2014

Cultural Capital: The Rise and Fall of Creative Britain, The Guardian, 12 Dec 2014

Germany Plans to Tighten Regulation of Art and Antiquities Trade, New York Times (blog), 11 Dec 2014

Time's Ripe for Publishing Stocks: Here's Why, Zacks.com, 10 Dec 2014

Korean cultural export success rooted in freedom and democracy, South China Morning Post (subscription), 09 Dec 2014

Cultural And Creative Industries In The EU Show Away Out Of The Economic Crisis, mi2n.com, 08 Dec 2014

The Business of Creativity, Huffington Post UK, 05 Dec 2014

Funding creative industries, arts and culture is a good investment, UNCTAD, 04 Dec 2014

NEWS: Creative industries worth £100bn to UK economy by 2018, B2B Marketing Online, 02 Dec 2014

Coca-Cola Supports Rise Of Artisan Craft in the Global Market, Justmeans (blog), 02 Dec 2014

London's Olympic Site To Become Arts Hub with £141 Million, HUH, 02 Dec 2014

UBS launches iPad app to deliver contemporary art news, Finextra, 02 Dec 2014

South Korea's culture industry attractive to Chinese investors, WantChinaTimes, 01 Dec 2014