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I just finished reading the article. It'll be interesting to see if art really is able to negotiate its way through the recession and manages to inspire (albeit out of necessity) artists to re-think their position.
The great thing about a time when all conventional ideas seem inadequate is that unconventional ones have to start coming into play. Comfort zones, by their very nature, never inspire change and art has, for too long I think, been operating within such a zone. As such I really do hope that the arts follow the lead of those leading economists who are now starting to examine new (and often previously ridiculed) ideas. Not (as seems to be the case with the economists) to eventually return things to a status quo similar to the one we were used to, but rather in the hope of finding a new, better and more dynamic way for the arts to function within society.
Exciting times indeed.
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