Thursday, 04 December 2014
From logistical challenges to discrimination, Corinne Ramey talks to professional classical musicians who are navigating the stage with a disability.
With newspapers shutting down their arts review sections left, right and centre, does theatre now stop when the curtain comes down, asks Tim Walker.
Tuesday, 02 December 2014
State art funding shouldn't be used to pay for work that appeals “to a self-congratulatory in-group” says Julian Spalding.
New York arts organisations are finding new ways of cultivating international donors and supporters, finds Pia Catton.
Geraint Talfan Davies explains why Welsh National Opera has to look internationally for much of its fund-raising.
Monday, 24 November 2014
"The public sector must rid itself of any vestiges of 1980s-style entitlement thinking and embrace a more entrepreneurial spirit" says John Kampfner, as the Creative Industries Federation opens for business.
University galleries are making art education accessible while their more commercialised counterparts have "shamelessly surrendered themselves to consumer imperatives", argues Alana Shilling-Janoff.
Groups of arts organisations across England have been funded by Arts Council England's Catalyst programme to increase their earning potential. Trevelyan Wright tells the story so far in Stoke-on-Trent.
Will the new Tate Modern be an art gallery, or sit among the "visitor attractions that reify the ever‑widening gulf between haves and have-nots"? Will Self shares his views.
Friday, 21 November 2014
Something about dancing to music seems to temporarily alleviate the motor problems that affect people with Parkinson’s disease, explains Judith Mackrell.
Thursday, 20 November 2014
Philip Bernays explains how the Theatre Royal in Newcastle is breaking pantomime box office records whilst preparing for the loss of £650,000 City Council funding from April next year.
Tuesday, 18 November 2014
Google CEO Larry Page attributes his obsession with speed and his love of beautiful design to having played saxophone and studied music composition.
Monday, 17 November 2014
In an age when people increasingly define themselves by what they do, rather than what they have, do museums represent the last gasp of high culture? Christopher Beanland looks to the future.
Veena Vasista shows how the arts are inspiring and equipping people to use their power and creativity to promote social justice.
Sunday, 16 November 2014
The unequal provision of cultural education gives the alumni of independent schools a substantial advantage throughout life, writes Sir Anthony Seldon, Master of Wellington College.
Thursday, 13 November 2014
The sector had better raise its fundraising game as public money is not coming back, says Arts Council England's first ever Head of Philanthropy.
Wednesday, 12 November 2014
It is the duty of public venues to support genuine but difficult art, and those that hold back for fear they will offend are shirking their responsibilities, argues Alexander Adams.
Tuesday, 11 November 2014
Unions shouldn't shriek in horror when they get national press attention that highlights embarassing inequities in wages, says The EvilImp.
Michael Nabarro says there is significant hidden wealth amongst the individuals in an arts organisation's database, and uncovering it is relatively straightforward and inexpensive.
Monday, 10 November 2014
Brendan O’Neill talks to Peter Gelb about why The Met stuck to its plans and allowed New York's opera-goers to see The Death of Klinghoffer - but won't let it be broadcast in Europe.