Wednesday, 02 September 2015
A controversial business guide for galleries – suggesting that artists should be paid 30% of sales, instead of 50% – may have enraged the sector. But what do the art experts think?
With the video of a Taiwanese boy tripping and punching a hole through a £1m painting in a museum going viral, Jean Brown asks what museums should be doing to protect their art.
Tuesday, 01 September 2015
Lyn Gardner builds on the recent ‘A Nation’s Theatre’ debate into whether the Edinburgh Fringe is truly a level playing field, finding that artists need greater support if it is to become truly diverse.
Experimental theatre may now be more about ‘going against the grain’ than daring staging, says Matt Trueman, but artists are still happily experimenting with a fusion of form, technique and tradition.
Thursday, 27 August 2015
Mark MacNamara talks to William Stensrud about the need for classical music to accept new technologies and what it could learn from sport.
Wednesday, 26 August 2015
Workshops that invite members of the public to choreograph a short ballet are providing work for dancers during off season and maintaining the relationship between company and audience.
Tuesday, 25 August 2015
American theatre professionals share their top ten tips for starting a diversity programme.
What does sustainability mean for arts organisations? Scott Chamberlain argues that for too long the sector has used a for-profit model as its guide – with potentially dire consequences.
Monday, 24 August 2015
How Talbot Rice Gallery is helping the next generation of visual artists to develop experimental and innovative projects.
A recent Arts Fundraising & Philanthropy event suggested getting artists involved in fundraising may be key to achieving a step change in arts giving. It’s not a totally bad idea, says Amelia Crouch.
Friday, 21 August 2015
Mark Robinson welcomes the North East Case for Culture but asks, can it help change the perception of the region as a white bread white culture kind of place.
Antonia Wilson speaks to the creative minds behind Latitude Festival about design, site-specific art and those multi-coloured sheep.
Wednesday, 19 August 2015
It’s hard to escape ‘event art’ these days, but what’s the actual attraction? Tiffany Jenkins suspects it isn’t the art.
Tuesday, 18 August 2015
When it comes to funding innovation in the arts, America’s current processes simply don’t work, says Adrienne Mackey. But she’s got some ideas for how to change that.
Following complaints about Trevor Nunn’s all-white casting of The War of The Roses, Danny Lee Wynter asks, if it’s historical accuracy Nunn is after then where are the pox-ridden actors.
Monday, 17 August 2015
How Gavin Stride has helped build mutual, open and equitable relationships between arts organisations and local authorities in Surrey.
Deborah Bull reviews the first 100 days of the Conservative government, outlining what lies ahead for the arts.
In the face of cuts, the theatre sector needs to move the conversation about employment rights and pay forward, says Lorne Campbell.
Friday, 14 August 2015
Traditional gallery lighting damages works of art, so designers have been using directional LEDs to reduce UV exposure – but the potential exists for more creative ‘accenting’, says Sophia Chen.
Thursday, 13 August 2015
Jeremy Corbyn lays out his vision for the arts, staunchly opposing current cuts to arts funding that he likens to Thatcher’s attempts to “silence the provocative in favour of the populist”.