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ARTS & INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS VOLUME 2, ISSUE 3 • AUTUMN/WINTER/17 ARTS AND CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS EDITORIAL Arts and Cultural Institutions .................................................................................................. 3 J.P. Singh THEME I: THE STATUS OF (INTER)NATIONAL ORGANISATIONS AS CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS The British Council and the Power of Theatre | Multimedia ............................................ 7 Graham Sheffield CBE On Pedro Reyes’ The People’s United Nations (2013–2014)—Overlaps and Disjunctions Between Contemporary Art and International Affairs | Longform (peer reviewed) ........................................................................................................... 25 Mafalda Dâmaso Goodbye to the National Endowment for the Arts? | Brushstrokes Naomi Adiv ................................................................................................................................... 49 THEME II: CITIES, CULTURE, AND THE PROLIFERATION OF BIENNIALS Exodus: A Mirror of Hope for the Future of Art Biennials | Multimedia Anne Murray ................................................................................................................................ 57 The Scales, Politics, and Political Economies of Contemporary Art Biennials | Longform (peer reviewed) Julia Bethwaite and Anni Kangas .............................................................................................. 73 Cities Are Driving New Cultural Policies | Brushstrokes Ana Lisa Boni and Philippe Kern ............................................................................................ 91 Our Longform articles are double-blind peer reviewed. The Brushstrokes and Multimedia articles undergo an extensive in-house editorial process.