Once again Tyler Green has some great analysis, this time on how the so called victory of a 50 million dollar arts stimulus inclusion... isn't one. The US is going to need a new cultural plan to help us gain a new competitive edge in a world economy where new ideas will determine who is on top. We can't beat China for workforce or manufacturing but we can innovate. That takes supple minds, a majority of which need culture to develop.

In Britain there is a slack space movement. This has been happening in Portland for at least a decade but the city could encourage it more.

Zach Feuer is downsizing his gallery stable. Frankly Tal R was one of his best artists (and very influential on all of the others), so this might be a good thing for him to step into a bigger spotlight.

As ever, Edward Winkleman does a great job discussing the ways gallerists are digging in to hang on. It isn't solid doom but nobody should be underestimating the current situation. The active gallerists will create their own luck.