Monday, 17 March 2014
Manchester’s arts scene has benefited from a much-needed injection of style, thanks to "the Maria effect", says Katie Popperwell.
Thursday, 13 March 2014
Marketing a new musical? Phil Willmott argues that audience enthusiasm on social media will get more bums on seats than good reviews.
Australian James Arvanitakis asks who should fund the arts if there is no such thing as ‘clean money’.
Wednesday, 12 March 2014
Greg Klerkx reports on the latest Schools Forum, where teachers discussed the potential of the new National Curriculum to develop schools’ arts and culture offer.
Michael Grandage encourages the sector to rally against plans to cut scholarships for trainee actors and dancers.
The arts spending crunch is prompting a new climate of collaboration among former rivals, with organisations clubbing together to share knowledge and resources, says James Pickford.
Monday, 10 March 2014
Sunil Iyengar and Ayanna Hudson report that US figures showing the contribution of arts education to the economy are in line with other claims that have fueled arts advocates in recent years.
Thursday, 06 March 2014
The Conservatoire, Blackheath's multi-arts centre, was on the brink of closure in 2012, until it adopted a social business model.
Jori Finkel explores the shifting territory that exists between art fairs and biennials.
Wednesday, 05 March 2014
Collections Trust CEO Nick Poole identifies 10 lessons from High Speed Rail that the museum sector can apply to its own political strategy.
Mixed Blood Theatre in Minneapolis explains how it’s balancing the books since it stopped charging for tickets.
“Redress the balance at our peril”: Simon Tait sums up the views of theatre union BECTU, which has weighed in on the regional distribution of arts funding debate.
Thursday, 27 February 2014
Kate Molleson describes her experience of the English National Opera from a cinema in Glasgow. No, it wasn’t as powerful as the real thing, but using a music video director to mastermind the filming provided something vivid and immersive.
Matt Trueman on crowd-funded theatre which is widening the pool of investors. Will the new model change commercial theatre for good?
Monday, 24 February 2014
Thierry Dufay wonders whether it’s time for arts and cultural advocacy to be united world-wide against the sector’s growing challenges.
Alexandra Wilson reflects on opera’s previous place in popular culture and its more recent elitist overtones. Is it time to change the conversation?
Hannah Furness on Alan Ayckbourn’s call for theatre to get its ‘liveness’ back to compete with film and computer games.
In a world where art fairs have siphoned attendance from galleries and online sales negate a physical art experience, Blake Gopnik regrets the trend towards art being solely about private exchange.
François Matarasso says funding cuts do not mean the world of art is in crisis: the arts profession does not equal the arts.
Debra Allcock Tyler on formal evaluation measures that demand ‘evidence of the bleedin’ obvious’.