Art Design Publicity magazine:
1(1) Aspirations & 1(2) Surfaces
See the content listings of the magazine issues below,
and click to see the articles.
- May/June 2009, 1(1): Aspirations Editorial
> What are your aspirations? - Four artists: Aspirations
> Anonymously, four artists share their thoughts on art PR. - The art historian: John A. Walker on Art and Celebrity
> Pump them up. Pull them down. Do you want to become an Art Star? - Communicating Damien Hirst’s diamond skull at the Rijksmuseum
> To what extent have marketing and publicity become art? - Lawyer/critic: When appropriation becomes copyright infringement
> Forget "he stole my idea", this critic lays down the law. - The organizer: Communicating BMW Art Cars
> Does this unique mix of art, design and publicity offer a blueprint? - The sociologist: Sarah Thornton & Seven Days in the Art World
> Is this the most important book on art of our time? - Re: John Latham book—John A. Walker releases legal letters
> "I am not a paid advocate or PR person for John Latham..." - The PR guy: Caught out on Abu Dhabi (Skull 2.0) (Extended remix)
>"Every art/design person should read this," says UK art professor.
- July 2009, 1(2): Surfaces Editorial
> From on the surface to beneath the surface. - The brand artist: "I’m secretly selling artwork under six artist names"
> Why sell under one brand when you don’t have to? - The design editor: "The architect is a wanker"
> Sometimes an interviewee tells you a lot more than expected... - Sarah Thornton on Artforum: Brady Bunch or Manson family?*
> Is Thornton’s Seven Days at the centre of the new triptych? - Leeds 13’s John Crossley: "I survived a national media frenzy"
> What was it like to be an art student and face full-on UK media coverage? - The students: Publicity outputs, Leeds 13-style
> Over 135, pre-Internet. TV, radio and print media. And still gathering... - The art mag editor: Patricia Bickers on London, PR & journalism
> What happens when PR, art journalism, mainstream coverage and the art world collide? - Dubai PR guy: “I woke up and stepped out of the Matrix”
> He pursued the Dubai dream, but is now haunted by what he saw. - The PR guru: Now it’s Honey’s turn
> She’s part of future art history, and public relations history too.
Surfaces links:
- diacritical blog: When the mob turns angry, what’s a museum to do?
- The Daily Mail: Chapman Brothers duped the art world pretending to be Russian
- The Independent: British Museum treasures head for Abu Dhabi (?!)
- Independent Minds: Doing deals with Dubai demeans Paris Hilton
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