More Exhibits Canceled Due to Recession
The Art Newspaper has dire news for the art world. Exhibitions are being cut or reduced as global recession hits the art world especially hard. In a report by Jason Edward Kaufman and Martin Bailey write that the situation seems considerably worse in North America than in Europe. This is probably because North American museums are much more dependent on private sponsorship and endowments'particularly hit by the recession'while Euro??pean institutions receive more government funding.
For those of us in North America, what can we do to ensure that our cherished museums do not falter? We can donate, attend and volunteer at our local museum.
As a designer, as an artist this is particularly troubling. What will you do to ensure that our museums live on?