I have filled notebooks with my thoughts on leadership: What does leadership mean? What is my relationship to power? How do power and justice relate? What does leadership mean as a practice? What does it look like to step up, to hold space, to lead with intention and grace and accountability in a time that finally seems to be ready to make room for different leadership styles.
Read MoreI had the enormous pleasure to organize a one week delegation trip Mid-September 2018 on behalf of the Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs. The purpose of the trip was to facilitate conversations between the creative economy, fine arts, design and creative entrepreneurship between Bavarian and Scottish creatives.
Read MoreIn several interviews I ask curators, academics, artists and other friends and colleagues from the creative field on their thoughts about what success in the arts looks like for them. It is part of my long-term project "Art as Labor".
Read MoreAnother take on why museums are not neutral.
Read MoreIn our productivity-obsessed culture claiming your own space, rituals, time and intentionally slowing down feels like an act of resistance.
Read MoreIn several interviews I ask curators, academics, artists and other friends and colleagues from the creative field on their thoughts about what success in the arts looks like for them. It is part of my long-term project "Art as Labor".
Read MoreThis is sort of an continuation of the thoughts I've shared in my previous article on Art as Labor. In this piece I talk about creative business models and their policies, sacrification and unpaid work.
Read MoreBefore I ever wrote a piece, I was a vivid reader for many years. Books were the castles of my imagination.
Read MoreIn several interviews I ask curators, academics, artists and other friends and colleagues from the creative field on their thoughts about what success in the arts looks like for them. It is part of my long-term project "Art as Labor".
Read MoreI guess, we all agree that it's not just about celebrating one day or month but to actually make every day of the year count. Nevertheless, I really like the thought of giving a month a topic and am joining the celebration of women's history month with a few thoughts here.
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Anabel Roque Rodríguez is a curator, writer and art historian based in Switzerland and Germany, but open to travel to other areas. She is interested in the relation of art to the public and site specific conditions. She works within the realm of contemporary art with strong roots in its historic past. To understand an development, one has to situate it retrospective. Her focus includes political art, the artist as activist, art as labor, feminism, photography and the art market.
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