Opinion

AMR Contemporary Art 100 Index

Could the art market be undergoing a fundamental restructuring?

In 2005, due to the timely convergence of several factors, the art investment story started gaining traction. A substantial increase in art prices sparked investment ambitions and led outsiders to take note. An excess of global liquidity and the allure of alternative investments combined to attract... >>>

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From issue 209, January 2010.
Published online 29 Jan 10 (opinion)

Response from the Barnes Foundation

The Barnes Collection's move is not a 'theft' in any sense of the word >>>

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Published online 8 Jan 10 (opinion)

Heritage marketing: Love is not enough

There must be a way to build visitor numbers to historic sites while respecting the dignity and integrity of a building and its collection >>>

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Published online 9 Dec 09 (opinion)

The New Museum responds

"This preeminent collection is one that many museums in the US would be honored to exhibit" >>>

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From issue 208, December 2009.
Published online 11 Nov 09 (opinion)

Contemporary art in the Middle East

“Orientalism” is not the issue—we have art all of our own >>>

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From issue 206, October 2009.
Published online 27 Sep 09 (opinion)

The arguments for Section 48

The law will not inhibit freedom of expression, only cruelty to animals >>>

From issue 205, September 2009.
Published online 15 Sep 09 (opinion)

African American art still needs support

The Obamas' actions have evinced an ability to transform the bully pulpit into a poetic perch >>>

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From issue 204, July/August 2009.
Published online 16 Jul 09 (opinion)

Decentralisation poses a threat to the selection and protection of sites and buildings

Numerous buildings and sites in the Netherlands are still under threat >>>

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Published online 1 Jul 09 (opinion)

If arts journalism is in trouble, what about publishing?

If we moan about “dumbing down” it only means that we are living in the age of “more” >>>

From issue 203, June 2009.
Published online 27 May 09 (opinion)

What is the sin MoCA and Jeffrey Deitch have committed?

If Deitch thrives in his new post, I suspect it will go a long way towards silencing the gasps when the next dealer is appointed to head a museum >>>

From issue 210, February 2010.
Published online 20 Jan 10 (opinion)

A tale of institutional morality

The Barnes Collection is not being saved, it is being stolen >>>

From issue 209, January 2010.
Published online 6 Jan 10 (opinion)

Turning a museum into a vanity space

Private collection shows are an insult to scholarship and curators >>>

From issue 207, November 2009.
Published online 11 Nov 09 (opinion)

Disposing of cultural artefacts in university collections

Is the deaccessioning debate the same when valuable art is not involved? >>>

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Published online 21 Oct 09 (opinion)

The arguments against Section 48

US v Stevens case poses serious threat to freedom of expression >>>

From issue 205, September 2009.
Published online 15 Sep 09 (opinion)

Closure of the Textile Conservation Centre will be a tragedy

Do we want to lose another national treasure and another worldwide resource? >>>

From issue 204, July/August 2009.
Published online 23 Jul 09 (opinion)

Are we colonialising Middle Eastern art?

No one needs western-style “fine art” with some orientalist flourishes >>>

From issue 204, July/August 2009.
Published online 8 Jul 09 (opinion)

Robbing Peter to pay… who?

Deaccessioning rules have a strange interpretation of what constitutes the public interest >>>

From issue 204, July/August 2009.
Published online 24 Jun 09 (opinion)

Iceland stuck between a rock and hard place

How will Iceland’s art institutions and galleries emerge from the economic crisis? >>>

From issue 202, May 2009.
Published online 13 May 09 (opinion)

Does Berlin really need a permanent Kunsthalle?

A Kunsthalle should shift the focus of the art world from western markets towards the emerging countries to the east >>>

From issue 202, May 2009.
Published online 29 Apr 09 (opinion)

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