We've set up this group blog for commenting and conversing further on the insights raised during the symposium Mountains of butter, lakes of wine. The symposium gathers speakers from artists, museum directors, writers to curators to present their views and discuss the realities (and almost realities) of the changing funding conditions of contemporary art throughout Europe today. This blog is really intended as a way of publishing as well as giving an access point for those interested to follow the burning issues raised during the course of the weekend. We happily invite anyone interested to follow this discussion — you can actively join the discussion by creating your own Lab for Culture profile and then sign into the discussion group.