ARTICLE | Wall texts in galleries

Source: The Australian
Date: 21 December 2006

Writing a caption can be an art in itself

Didactic doesn't have to mean dumbing down in art galleries, writes Rosemary Sorensen

IN the 19th century, art museums described as didactic the printed text on the gallery wall identifying a painting or sculpture. "Art was meant to enlighten the masses, improve their social behaviours," says Lynne Seear, deputy director of the Queensland Art Gallery, "so the didactic was about educating, which is probably not applicable now."

Full article online at:
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20958754-16947,00.html

ARTICLES | Art Books in Germany

A couple of articles on the Goethe Institute's website discussing art books and art publishing Germany.

A Growing Market – The International Art Book
Initially the international art book market established itself through the western art metropolises and has in the meantime extended as far as China. Martin Zähringer describes this trend in the first part of his article and in the second part presents some art book publishing houses that are playing a leading role in this development.
http://www.goethe.de/wis/buv/thm/dik/en1663415.htm

German Art-Book Publishers Make it on the International Scene
Since the 1990's German art-book publishing has been booming. Digital lay-out processes, the involvement of museums, galleries, art collections and the art-book publishing companies themselves in various scientific-cum-journalistic projects, as well as new global sales strategies using international distribution channels have enabled the art book to become a reasonably priced medium that is available everywhere. Read on to find out about some of the key players on the German scene.
http://www.goethe.de/wis/buv/thm/dik/en1664553.htm

NEWS | Arts lose more media space ...

The end of Radio National's The Deep End ...

Radio National's weekday arts and culture program The Deep End has been axed, leaving no dedicated cultural show on the network. The Deep End featured arts news and events coverage in Australia and overseas across multiple disciplines. Segments such as Deep End Five and the Maker allowed artists and performers to discuss their craft in detail.

Read more about ABC axing online at:
http://www.artshub.com.au/ahau1/news/news.asp?Id=104171&ref=