Sentences with phrase «cultural arbiters»

Should we not expect or demand that the Biennial curators are rigorous cultural arbiters — especially in a show that bills itself as gauging the current state of American art?

And yet, probably because he came of age in a video store and has never quite lost the autodidact's air of bullish authority, some high - minded critics and cultural arbiters can't bring themselves to take him seriously as an intellectual.

These ideals originated in explicit instructions that cultural arbiters gave to aristocrats and noblemen, allowing them to differentiate themselves from the villains and boors.

Carter then proceeds to show how various events (like the Civil War), conditions (like the closing of the frontier), ideas (like popular views of religion and science), and personalities (like Presidents and cultural arbiters) have challenged, imperiled, undermined, stretched, invigorated, defended, or nourished that republican tradition.

Look at what happened at Apple when it decided to play cultural arbiter rather than producer of quality products.

Mr Ai positions himself in and out of his Beijing studio as a cultural arbiter.

Art of Another Kind skews toward the hometown team — given the New York School's importance as cultural arbiter, how could it not?

Not exact matches

He was an iconic scientist of the late 20th century, a stature confirmed by that arbiter of cultural relevance, The Simpsons, in which he was a featured guest star in one episode.

But in today's economy, the gallerist as cultural entrepreneur and arbiter exercises a professional hybridity far removed from Kahnweiler's day.

Artes Mundi is the UK's leading international contemporary art prize and an important arbiter of cultural exchange between the UK and the international community.