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...Nepal has an opportunity to cast aside the ancient regime of kings for a modern republic, where women, low-caste groups and indigenous minorities will be fully enfranchised. The Maoists sparked this change with blood and guts in the countryside - it's up to them to bring it to peaceful fruition within the halls of power...
...vibrancy is fading; they also have a nice retort to free-market enthusiasts decrying her plan. Albanel's project is roughly based on the "Own Art" scheme launched in Britain in 2004 by Arts Council England. The program is credited with having created 10,000 new, mostly middle class modern art collectors in just three years, and inspired a similar program in the Netherlands...
...Along with promoting France's modern cultural works, Abanel is also looking to protect significant French economic interests in the arts sector, which currently employs around 50,000 people across 10,000 companies. Public auctions yield around $2 billion in annual business, and Albanel estimates that sales between private parties represents as much as $10 billion per year. But while the French art market has been growing by around 13% a year, others are growing faster...
...ranked it behind 41.7% for the U.S. and 29.7% for Britain; France's take was just 6.4%, according to a recent study by art specialist Artprice. Just three decades ago, French art sales made up a quarter of the world total. But the picture gets even worse in the modern art sector, where French activity in 2007 represented a mere 2.8% stake of the world market, Artprice reported...
...Should Albanel's plan succeed in creating a new generation of French collectors eager to keep France's modern art works at home,in some cases literally,the nation just may snatch its third place spot back from China. And if they can do that, perhaps French officials can come up with an equally efficient policy for getting the foreign-owned photos of their under-dressed First Lady back under domestic wraps...