GIA Guest Blog: 24-Hour Diners

(9-8-10) Chicago-based artist Theaster Gates and Ute Zimmermann of GIA member organization Artadia have completed their meals and, likewise, their stints as GIA guest bloggers. But the table remains set, bottles of wine unopened.

Treating blog posts as meal prep and table talk, Theaster and Ute have crafted an engrossing conversation on the artist-funder relationship.

And folded on the table next to their dessert plates and empty glasses are a handful of unanswered questions about the expectations and impact of directly funding individual artists.

Pull up a seat and weigh in.