Web 2.0 critic Andrew Keen has been getting his share of criticism from bloggers and 2.0s around the Web. But his contribution to the discussion about how to address Web 2.0, is vital to professionals working in the arts and culture. His book The Cult of the Amateur: How Today’s Internet Is Killing Our Culture has been used as a point of reference in our article Brave New Museum: a conversation about museums in the digital age, which will be part of the Culture 2.0 book to be published in August 2007.

Wired editor Tony Long wrote an elegant article on its Web site today, overlooking the discussion.

Read the article (Wired, June 21, 2007)

The Centre of Contemporary Architecture in Russia is calling for entries for the PORTFOLIO competition to take part in the open architectural competition with international participation for the most innovative architectural concept of new Museum in Perm city, where the collections of Perm Art Gallery would move to.

PRIZE FUND $ 300 000 USA
1st Prize $ 100 000
2nd Prize $ 70 000
3rd Prize $ 50 000
Awards: 8 Special awards $ 10 000 each

This will be the first Russian museum responding to the demands of the 21st century. Building of the museum should become an outstanding work of actual architecture and the most contemporary site in museum landscape of Russia. Perm region is one of the most mighty and ambitious in Russia. Its vast territory is extended between Europe and Asia, on the boundary between Ural mountains and steppe flatland.

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