If cuts to arts funding in Northern Ireland continue at the current pace, a generation or two from now will see the severing of public funding and the sector pushed further towards the margins of society, writes Damian Magee.
For artists in Northern Ireland, the idea of a contemporary art market is something other, done elsewhere. Most do not have gallery representation – the art world here is not a commercial world; in fact, it is actively non-commercial. It exists independently from business and profit, instead holding ideas, meaning and dialogue as its most precious assets.
Not that money is a dirty word in these circle... Keep reading on a-n
For artists in Northern Ireland, the idea of a contemporary art market is something other, done elsewhere. Most do not have gallery representation – the art world here is not a commercial world; in fact, it is actively non-commercial. It exists independently from business and profit, instead holding ideas, meaning and dialogue as its most precious assets.
Not that money is a dirty word in these circle... Keep reading on a-n