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Nørgaard Kristensen - Kunsten.nu – a digital media platform for engaging audiences in visual arts

Nørgaard Kristensen, N. (2022) Kunsten.nu – a digital media platform for engaging audiences in visual arts. INVENT Case study

This case study explores kunsten.nu, a Danish language digital platform dedicated to disseminating news, reviews, and debate about contemporary visual arts in ways that make visual arts accessible and approachable to a broader public. The platform has existed as kunsten.nu since 2008 with support from, among others, the Danish Arts Foundation. Advertisements have also long played a key role in the site’s business model. Both sources of 
funding are currently drying out, however. As a niche, digital born cultural platform, the case thus  speaks into some of the broader transformations of the current cultural media and communication landscape, prompted by digitalization. It spotlights  cultural policy issues, such as the boundaries between Danish cultural and media policy. The case study is based on digital ethnography and qualitative interviews with the creator and CEO of kunsten.nu.