We discussed: - how to balance being a curator, critic, and artist - Arts funding in Europe - artistic freedom - the politics of arts funding - good and bad money funding the arts - every choice has some form of detrimental effects - ethics in Arts funding - Artists fees and other forms of paying artists a living wage - how the art world is broken - the roles of art galleries versus art institutions - the younger generation not being engaged in the art world - does being older create art patronage - the role of contemporary art criticism   People + Places mentioned: Galerie 35m2 - https://35m2.cz Gallery of Fine Arts in Náchod - https://www.gvun.cz Anna Daučíková - https://litost.gallery/en/exhibiting/anna-daucikova/   4 artists he recommends: Jonne Väisänen - https://jonnevaisanen.com ida idaida - https://idaidaida.com Viktor Kakos - https://viktorkakos.com Victor Marx - https://marxarkitektur.se Nongkran Panmongkol     https://www.facebook.com/lexa.peroutka http://fbgallery.cz/upsidedown   Hosted by Matthew Dols http://matthewdols.com Supported in part by: EEA Grants from Iceland, Liechtenstein + Norway https://eeagrants.org and we appreciate the assistance of our partners in this project: Hunt Kastner – https://huntkastner.com Kunstsentrene i Norge – https://www.kunstsentrene.no