When Tessa MacKay first got in touch to suggest that we meet for a coffee and a chat, I did what everybody does these days and immediately fed her name into Google. What I discovered were some remarkable paintings, but also – and less remarkably – a creation entitled ‘Tessa Mackay’ whose talents, successes, ambitions and interests had been (to some extent) curated in the ‘experience machine’ that is the Worldwide Web.
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A look at the cross-continental sloshing of capital beneath the art market bubble.
Monetisation The advert said MONETISE YOUR FOLLOWERS so he thought he would respond by painting them in the changing light, like waterlilies in a pond.
Why Ireland's Basic Income for the Arts program is just the first step in better supporting the country's artists.
For these five artists, creation is an act of resistance, and anti-colonialism is the methodology.
Now, more than ever, we need art to do the heavy lifting of defining our values.