Time to reconsider the love affair between art and social science
As the benefits of arts participation aren’t always tangible or easily quantified, how can our obsession with data be compat…
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Lockdown, Learn and Lead
How can we preserve the entrepreneurial spirit that has characterised the sector’s response to the pandemic, and which of th…
Getting operationally ready
Innovative solutions to emerging problems are showing how much can be achieved right now, but getting operationally ready for the…
Why I’m writing myself out of my job
Are you doing what you’ve always done because that’s what you were set up to do? Jo McLean explains how radical change…
Five steps towards a new future
A structured reflection process can support arts leaders to find tentative answers to the overwhelming problems they are facing. R…
Why are arts workers always pigeonholed?
By labelling people as either creators or administrators the sector is losing out on a host of valuable skills, says Rachel Griffi…
Failure seems to be the hardest word
When it's time to rebuild, the cultural sector will have to start owning up to failure if it is to learn from its previous mis…
Reasons to be cheerful
“You may be down, but you're not out”, says Ron Evans, who is convinced this pandemic is poised to be the biggest…
When the audiences go, what happens to the buildings left behind?
While our concert halls, theatres, galleries and museums sit empty, dedicated teams take centre stage to make sure venues are read…
Covid-19: Charities face £4bn ‘black hole’
Thousands of arts, culture and heritage charities improve communities, wellbeing and isolation – "functions t…
How we can stop infantilising disabled artists?
Age-old paternalistic attitudes will persist unless disabled people lead change themselves, says Vici Wreford-Sinnott.
Museums’ infrastructure is crumbling – literally
As cultural venues sit empty, a national audit finds the UK's museums in dire condition.
Self care: a life jacket in a crisis
How do arts organisations and individuals cope when what we do so instinctively is threatened? Lead the way and self care says Suz…
Covid-19: Model for 50% less income, creative businesses told
Reserves and furloughing are "no guarantee" that further cuts can be avoided.
How can we best respond to a crisis?
The challenges facing arts organisations have changed dramatically – but that doesn’t mean giving up on our core value…
The show must go on? Increasing cancellations due to Covid-19
Sector bodies have thanked audiences for continuing to attend shows as a growing number of performances, tours and events are canc…
Process, pay and ping-pong: what the arts can learn from corporate business
If arts leaders refuse to invest in their staff, do their organisations really deserve to survive? Alex Marshall calls for more su…
ArtsProfessional meets… Nicholas Serota
Lottery funding, low pay, and that boat…Amanda Parker meets the Arts Council England Chair and architect of the UK’s…
Better arts leadership? In your dreams…
The Tavistock Institute’s courses have always embraced approaches outside of the mainstream. Heather Stradling tells Jonatha…
Free to speak? Not if you work in the arts
As ArtsProfessional unveils the explosive findings from its recent Freedom of Expression survey, Liz Hill examines the soul of a s…
The human impact of avoiding controversy
Reflecting on being wrongfully dismissed by the Royal Academy of Music, Dr Francesca Carpos says the sector must create a cul…
I shouldn’t have been ‘cancelled’ for my vulgar jokes
Yes, my crude social media posts may have caused offence – but we can't only allow speech we find agreeable, says Manick…
Institutions must show leadership on freedom of expression
It’s often easier to steer clear of challenging issues – but we will all lose out if we censor material we find diffic…
When the best response is an angry one
We should pay attention to what makes people angry – it points the way to growth and real change, says Hayley Williams-Hindl…
