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Thu 01 Jan 2009Arts looking for new dawn
Many people involved in the arts in the US are hoping their new president will repay their support with cabinet-level representation. But if such a post never materialises, can artists learn to coordinate their interests more effectively? asks BELINDA McKEON.
AS PRESIDENTIAL portraits go, it’s a change – no surprise there. But the portrait of the US’s brand-new president, unveiled last weekend at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery in Washington, represents a departure from form radical enough to raise the eyebrow of even the most slogan-weary watcher of Barack Obama’s journey to the White House.
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