Wednesday, 11 September 2013
As Richard Demarco’s art and document collection archive is to be moved from Craigcrook Castle in Edinburgh, Tiffany Jenkins says we do not value the past enough and should take more care of it.
Monday, 09 September 2013
Mark Lawson considers whether audiences who buy discounted tickets are a special case, and if there’s a correlation between entry price and receptivity.
Joe Turnbull says the subtle intricacies of the 'Art Everywhere' images were no match for the attention-seeking catchy slogans, bold text and in-your-face images of commercial adverts.
Wendy Earle says a good arts education should give young people enough knowledge to enter into intelligent debate about what is good and what is not.
Wednesday, 04 September 2013
Matt Bolton explores the role of art in the 'so-called "regeneration" of Peckham', where the top floor of a disused multi-storey car park has become a new hang-out for 'creatives'.
Contemporary art galleries are getting bigger. Kelly Crow explores the reasons for expansion.
Thursday, 29 August 2013
The Artistic Director of the Southbank Centre talks about her passion for the arts, inclusivity in the sector and her belief in the power of arts education.
Wednesday, 28 August 2013
Charlotte Higgins explores a renewed relationship between British artists and the countryside as big names opt out of the urban sprawl.
Julian Lloyd Webber writes of his experience leading the In Harmony programme for children from disadvantaged areas in the UK.
Tiffany Jenkins criticises the Scottish Government's recent study that linked participation in culture to good health and high life satisfaction.
Tuesday, 20 August 2013
Lyn Gardner asks if traditional theatre is being usurped by ‘new-fangled tech’.
Jonathan Jones asks if the Royal Collection is the best place for our art to be kept.
Joan Bakewell comments on appropriate locations for public sculpture.
Stop using the economy as a scape-goat for poor adjustment to change, says Michael Kaiser.
Matt Lehrman explores the language used by arts institutions to label their audiences.
Thursday, 15 August 2013
Alison Pilling on what really happens inside a What Next? meeting.
Alan Davey says funded organisations do not lose their right to question and seek the truth.
Tuesday, 13 August 2013
How our aesthetic judgment is affected by exposure to art of differing quality.
Independent on Sunday editor Lisa Markwell explains her decision to cut critics at the paper
Monday, 12 August 2013
In a letter to the BBC, Alexander Robinson takes issue with the broadcaster’s coverage of opera and asks why the media can’t be a spirited advocate for the arts.