The longest bull run in nearly a century of art-market history ended at Sotheby’s in London on September 15th 2008 with the sale of 56 works by Damien Hirst. With all but two pieces sold, the collection brought in more than $70 million, a record sale for a single artist. The event also marked the [...]
Filed under: Arts & Culture, Business, News on December 2nd, 2009 @ 6:14 pm
Tagged with: art, Business, economy, innovation
My amazing wife Stacy Cohen just launched her new website. It was timed in conjunction with the launch of her new book “The Last Train From Paris“, which you can order on Amazon.
I am extremely proud of her amazing new novel and hope you’ll visit her new site and have a look.
Filed under: Arts & Culture, News on October 5th, 2009 @ 6:42 pm
Tagged with: Amazon.com, book, launch, novel, stacy, stacy cohen
I’ve written about the crowd sourcing model for funding previously, both as it applies to charities with social media-styled Jolkona and artistic endeavors in the form of Kickstarter, and now I see today on ReadWriteWeb that this concept is being applied in similar ways with several new models.
Spot.us funds citizen journalism, SellABand allows fans to help [...]
Filed under: Arts & Culture, Business, News on August 25th, 2009 @ 3:45 pm
Tagged with: charity, Contenture, crowd sourced, donation, entrepreneur, funding, innovation, investing, investment, Kickstarter, micro funding, resources, SellABand, Spot.us, start-up, startup, success
Though there is little doubt that the internet is fundamentally changing the ways that news is produced, distributed and consumed, how exactly is this revolution being shaped? As traditional media and online upstarts increasingly inhabit the same realms, questions arise over who is breaking the highest profile stories, how these stories are being covered by [...]
Filed under: Arts & Culture, News, Technology on August 6th, 2009 @ 7:47 pm
Tagged with: analysis, Berkman Center, media, Media Cloud, News, research, researchers
It’s nearly impossible these days to pick up a newspaper or read a blog and not find some discussion of the future of the media business and what it means for journalism. To say that it’s an experimental time in the way content is distributed and funded is a bit of an understatement perhaps, as [...]
Filed under: Arts & Culture, News on July 31st, 2009 @ 1:36 pm
Tagged with: Business, funding, inspirational, integrity, journalism, marketing, media, News, reporting, web
I’ve been highlighting some of thoughts from around the web on topics ranging from business and philanthropy to art and society. I hope that by sharing these insights, I’m contributing to the pool of knowledge that is freely accessible to everyone online and creating an environment for discussion. To that end, I’ve recently participated in [...]
Filed under: Arts & Culture, News on July 31st, 2009 @ 11:14 am
Tagged with: art, discussion, forum, insights, interview, knowledge, opportunity, philanthropist, philanthropy, sharing, The Importance of Art, thought, video, web
In a piece for the New York Times titled “Has Wikipedia Created Rorschach Chat Sheet,” author Noam Cohen exposes an interesting clash between the decades old practice of human medicine and the phenomenon of technology. The offense is not that Wikipedia purports to have the answers to nearly everything under the sun, it’s that a test [...]
Filed under: Arts & Culture, News on July 29th, 2009 @ 1:50 pm
Tagged with: copyright, infringement, intellectual property, International Society of the Rorschach and Projective Methods, internet, Rorschach, sharing, Technology, web, Wikipedia
The Young Creative Entrepeneur Awards are based in the UK and support creative entrepreneurs in the development of a “competitive and sustainable creative economy that extends cultural engagement and supports cultural diversity through the development of a strong independent creative sector.” Within the fields of visual arts, communication, interactive technology, design, music, fashion, and publishing, [...]
Filed under: Arts & Culture, News on July 28th, 2009 @ 10:30 am
Tagged with: art, Business, creative capital, creative economy, economy, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, leadership, people, profits, success, United Kingdom, Young Creative Entrepreneur Awards
In the interest of sharing knowledge and creating a more active discussion on my site, I wanted to take a moment and collect some of my insights on business, culture and philanthropy from around the web.
“By inspiring communities, motivating organizations, and equipping local leaders with programs and facilities, we can make a difference in the [...]
Filed under: Arts & Culture, Business, Expertise, News, Philanthropy on July 27th, 2009 @ 12:19 pm
Tagged with: Business, communication, Community, global, innovation, innovative, insights, people, philanthrop, philanthropy, process, sharing, strategy, success
This week, Blue Shield of California Foundation (BSCF) announced nearly $9 million in new grants for helping the state meet pressing health needs.
This week industrial engineer James Dyson stressed the role of science and engineering with the release of a new report entitled “Making the UK the leading high-tech exporter in Europe”. Dyson – who is perhaps best known for his bagless vacuum cleaners – is calling for more investment and support for innovative engineering.