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EDITORIAL: ARTS AND CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS Ali Chaaouche are aware of the tremendous creativity in Oran but also of the 8 million tourists who visit the city annually. The theme of how cities prepare for presentation as cultural sites and tourism is taken up in Anna Lisa Boni and Philippe Kern’s article. The authors are European cultural officials and practitioners. Their practical advice for the cultural preparedness of cities includes a note on the cosmopolitanism of city cultural workers. In the perennial debate on whether art shapes cultural institutions or vice versa, this issue of Arts & International Affairs seems to offer a somewhat safe answer betwixt the perspectives. But the authors venture beyond safety in noting the boundaries and prov- ocations where art challenges cultural institutions, or where it reflects the prerogatives of institutions but also provides resistance and redefinition. We invite your indulgence! References Frey, Bruno S. (2003) Arts and Economics: Analysis and Cultural Policy. Berlin: Springer. Miller, Toby and George Yúdice. (2002) Cultural Policy. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. Rizzo, Ilde. (2003) Regulation. In A Handbook of Cultural Economics, ed. Ruth Towse, 408–414. Cheltanham, UK: Edward Elgar. Singh, J.P. (2011) Globalized Arts: The Entertainment Economy and Cultural Identity. New York, NY: Columbia University Press. Throsby, David. (2010) The Economics of Cultural Policy. Cambridge: Cambridge Uni- versity Press. 5