Art journalism and the impact of ‘globalisation’: New fugal modalities of storytelling in Austral-Asian writing

  • Ruth Skilbeck
Keywords: arts journalism, globalisation, cultural criticism, field theory

Abstract

The writing of art journalism has played a key yet little acknowledged role in the ongoing expansion of the international contemporary art world, and the multi-billion dollar global art economy. This article discusses some contradictory impacts of globalisation on art journalism—from extremes of sensationalist record-breaking art market reporting in the global mass media to the emergence of innovative modalities of story-telling in Australian independent journalistic art writing. 

This article discusses some contradictory impacts of gobalisation on art journalism— from extremes of sensationalist record-breaking art market reporting in the global mass media to the emergence of innovative modalities of story-telling in Australian independent art writing. 

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Published
01-09-2008
How to Cite
Skilbeck, R. (2008). Art journalism and the impact of ‘globalisation’: New fugal modalities of storytelling in Austral-Asian writing. Pacific Journalism Review : Te Koakoa, 14(2), 141-161. https://doi.org/10.24135/pjr.v14i2.949