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Future50, but what is it like to be an artist that sells their work? Three artists and a gallery director talk frankly about the ups and downs of the commercial art world
Rebekka Kill is captivated by how artists work in a vast array of alternative and 'convivial' spaces - clubs, bars, event spaces, festivals, cabaret clubs... We revisit her 2007 issue of Dialogue to consider the hybrid practices of music, sound and live performance
Do English artists have to be represented by London galleries? Can artists in regional cities make it in the international commercial art world without moving to the capital? Matt Price looks at Workplace in Gateshead to see how they represent North East artists
Manifesta 7 this year takes on a whole region in Italy - the Trentino, South Tyrol, confronting four cities, as well as diverse cultures and traditions. Curator, critic and publisher Axel Lapp decides how well Manifesta deals with this enormous undertaking
news
We recently advertised for a sound artist to create an ident for Axis podcasts which will soon be a regular feature on Dialogue. James Jelliman's winning ident bags him £250 and the honour of appearing on all future Axis podcasts!
Sheila McGregor is Axis' new Chief Executive, starting in the new year. Timandra Gustafson is leaving at Christmas to become a freelance consultant working with cultural organisations.
discussion
'Collaborative-participatory'? What do you think these terms mean? How do they affect artist's practice? What are the wider implications of this kind of practice?
Is photography still a distinct medium? Read the recent Cafe Artistique discussion forum
featured
to make work for a solo exhibition during a residency with Modul, an artist space in Dresden, Germany read about his experience here
