Merle Radtke (*1986) is since July 2018 the director of the Kunsthalle Münster. In this interview she gives personal insights on the notion of success, fame, financial stability and more. This interview is part of an ongoing interview series exploring different aspects of labor in the art world.
Read MoreIn this ongoing interview series about what success in the arts might look like today’s guest Tehmina Goskar shares her thoughts on fame, success, financial stability and more.
Read MoreMuseums have changed over the centuries, adapting to the changes in society and the way knowledge is presented. In an age where we have so many information sources at hand we are asked to be critical about the sources and the conclusions they point to. Museums are part of the educational realm and more and more people are being critical about the kind of assumptions museums allow with the discourse they provide.
Read MoreCarla Gannis is an American transmedia artist based in New York and faculty and the assistant chairperson of The Department of Digital Arts at Pratt Institute. In this ongoing interview series I ask female art professionals about their thoughts on success, fame and more in an attempt to demystify the success narrativ that is merely centered around making six-figures. What does success in the arts look like for female art professionals?
Read MoreTina Sauerlaender is a curator and writer based in Berlin. She focuses on the impact of the digital and the internet on individual environments and society. In this ongoing interview series I ask female arts professionals about honest reflections on success, fame, role models and more as an attempt to demystify the success narration.
Read MoreIn this ongoing interview series on "What does success in the arts look like?" I ask writers, curators, artists, academics, museum workers etc. to give me a personal insight on topics such as rejection, fame, success and financial stability. The conversations are an attempt to challenge the current success narrative that emphasizes that there is just one version of success and that translates into making six-figures. All the voices are by female thinkers up to this point. I am trying to be very intentional about providing voices from diverse backgrounds to facilitate different perspectives to the usually very male dominated success narrative.
Read MoreIn this ongoing interview series on "What does success in the arts look like?" I ask writers, curators, artists, academics, museum workers etc. to give me a personal insight on topics such as rejection, fame, success and financial stability. The conversations are an attempt to challenge the current success narrative that emphasizes that there is just one version of success and that translates into making six-figures. All the voices are by female thinkers up to this point. I am trying to be very intentional about providing voices from diverse backgrounds to facilitate different perspectives to the usually very male dominated success narrative.
Read MoreFor many institutions the relationship to their sponsors is benevolent and productive, for others however, the pleasing of sponsors becomes a delicate management of compromises. You don’t bite the hand that feeds you, right? But what does this dependent position do to the autonomy of cultural institutions, education or journalism?
Read MoreEvery day we have to get our balance right between the Doing and the Non-Doing. Who are you without the doing?
Read MoreIn the tradition to review the past year, close chapters and start new ones here a few of the main learnings of 2018
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Anabel Roque Rodríguez is a curator, writer and art historian based in Switzerland and Germany, but open to travel to other areas. She is interested in the relation of art to the public and site specific conditions. She works within the realm of contemporary art with strong roots in its historic past. To understand an development, one has to situate it retrospective. Her focus includes political art, the artist as activist, art as labor, feminism, photography and the art market.
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