The Financial Times takes an inside look at the recently opened second location of the Long Museum in Shanghai, operated by Director Wang Wei and her husband Liu Yiqian.  “Our idea initially was to have only one museum,” Wang says, “but the government came to us, encouraged us to open another and gave us a discount on the land, on condition that we make a cultural project. I probably would have been happy with one.” (more…)

Vanessa Branson, the founder of the Marrakech Biennale and sister to Richard Branson, is interviewed in Financial Times this week, previewing the fifth edition of the event, and its continued mission of “building bridges between cultures.”  “I want to stress how the arts send a really positive message to the rest of the world and are an economic driver – innovation creates great business,” Branson says. (more…)