Friday, 08 August 2014
Far from classical music falling behind this brave new, digital world, Tom Service wonders if technology is finally catching up with the endless possibilities of classical musical culture.
Kenn Taylor charts the rise of education and engagement up the arts agenda, and examines the spaces that are dedicated to it.
Thursday, 07 August 2014
As the referendum approaches, Tim Cornwell reviews the concerns of arts funders.
How live cinema screenings from theatres in the capital are affecting producers in Shropshire.
Tuesday, 05 August 2014
Artist Jake Chapman sparks a debate by condemning taking children to art galleries as a "total waste of time".
Baffled by new technology? Using digital innovations to improve audience experience is easier than you think, says futurist Ben Hammersley.
Monday, 04 August 2014
Dani Garavelli argues that the temporary loss of freedom of expression is a small price to pay to help end an iniquitous system.
Thursday, 31 July 2014
Mark Robinson examines how the funding system affects the arts sector’s attitude to failure.
Wednesday, 30 July 2014
Fisun Güner on why cultural boycotts are ineffective, wrong and often hypocritical.
No museum or gallery wants to cap attendance, but some are struggling to find a balance between accessibility and art preservation.
Monday, 28 July 2014
What drew Royal de Lux’s Jean-Luc Courcoult to Liverpool, and how the city is benefitting from his giant marionettes.
Tuesday, 22 July 2014
Online streaming services have been hailed as the saviour of the music industry. But the truth is artists are making a pittance from it – and it’s hitting jazz and classical musicians especially hard, says Scott Timberg.
Monday, 21 July 2014
Carol Reid looks over the findings from Youth Music’s annual stakeholder survey, which reveal how public sector spending cuts are having widespread and primarily damaging effects.
Beyond London, UK cities do not get their fair share of arts funding and the policies and practices of the media are exacerbating this division, argues David Anderson, Director of National Museums Wales.
Friday, 18 July 2014
When pubs and corner shops become art galleries, wine bars and coffee houses, local residents can become alienated from their own communities, reveals a new report.
Thursday, 17 July 2014
Following ACE’s latest funding settlement, in which Jazz Services lost its National Portfolio status, Ivan Hewett examines how national attitudes to jazz around the world impact how it is funded.
Monday, 14 July 2014
Pippa Koszerek reports on the recent Mapping Art Practice symposium that explored the different challenges faced by artists based in and outside of London.
Following the In Battalions festival, Lyn Gardner says that now is the time to start working together, to make sure the arts are firmly on the political agenda by the next election.
Thursday, 10 July 2014
Opera is plagued by predictions of its own demise. But despite the ebb and flow of the economy it is still thriving, argues Speight Jenkins.
Women are under-represented in our galleries. Eileen Cooper, the Royal Academy’s first female Keeper, argues that quotas are needed if we are to avoid future generations seeing 21st-century art as a male pursuit.