Monday, 30 December 2019
Art critic Jason Farago looks beneath the peel of a very famous banana. Are you a philistine if you don't get it? And what is it really worth?
Tuesday, 17 December 2019
Organisations outside the art world are often better at reaching underserved populations and improving accessibility, writes Catherine G. Wagley. Why isn't the sector deferring to the experts?
Monday, 16 December 2019
Language tells us a lot about what we value, and how those values shift over time. George Dunford and Gina Fairley look at the arts sector's top 10 buzzwords of 2019.
Thursday, 12 December 2019
Charlotte Anne Creamore considers the likely impact of Brexit on independent publishing: "the independent publishing industry is not a microcosm."
Rachel Spencer Hewitt details a replicable and sustainable model for including parents in the performing arts. It takes more than just a babysitter, she writes.
Wednesday, 11 December 2019
British institutions are taking a renewed interest in Black artists. Collaboration is growing, says Aurella Yussuf - but will it be broad enough and sustained enough to make positive change?
Tuesday, 10 December 2019
Can the arts help aspiring business people become better managers? Bartleby attends an MBA class to find out.
Monday, 09 December 2019
Innovation and creativity flourish outside of cities - but our urban bias doesn't reflect that. Richard Shearmur looks at why we ignore innovation in smaller centres.
Friday, 06 December 2019
The so-called 'Festival of Brexit' is poorly-timed, provocative and parochial, writes Tom Morton. It is a battleground in a culture war the Government may not win.
Thursday, 05 December 2019
Anya Samek studies whether a personalised, heartfelt thank you call is will encourage donors to give again. Spoiler alert: it doesn't
Gallery-goers are ready to give up because of overcrowding, says Sirin Kale. Why aren't timed entry tickets working?
Wednesday, 04 December 2019
Mark Hudson argues allowing artists to award the Turner Prize to themselves destroys the purpose of the competition - discerning the best.
Tuesday, 03 December 2019
Northern Ballet gets half the Arts Council England funding that English National Ballet receives, and less still than Birmingham Royal Ballet, writes Rob Parsons. Its Chief Executive says funding disparities are hampering its attractiveness and ability to compete with southern companies.
Monday, 02 December 2019
Lyn Gardner argues that arts organisations should give up their royal patronage, saying what was once considered a badge of pride now "peddles the idea that theatre, dance and the arts are only for the elite".
Friday, 29 November 2019
Jane Culbert considers the growing pains associated with becoming a national arts organisation: "inevitably, some of the intimacy will be lost."
Wednesday, 27 November 2019
“While many of us pride ourselves on empathy and engagement with world cultures, we lack empathy for creators and audiences of 100 years ago”, says Alexander Adams. Adapting performances to present day sensibilities mustn’t extend to falsification.
Extinction Rebellion has an instantly recognisable visual identity and an army of people creating art around the world. Anna Behrmann explains why creativity is fundamental to the movement’s ethos.
Tuesday, 26 November 2019
How has the CEO and founder of 50 successful galleries in Mayfair and across the UK been tackling “the elitism that dominates the world of culture”? Frances Hedges talked to Helen Swaby to find out.
Friday, 22 November 2019
Manchester Museum's decision to repatriate artefacts to Aboriginal Australians reflects an "existential crisis" in the sector, its Director says. Maximiliano Duron considers what this gesture could mean for the future of thousands of looted objects.
Thursday, 21 November 2019
When she started out Canadian literature barely existed - now she sells hundreds of thousands of books a week. Tajja Isen and Daniel Viola talk to people who have known Margaret Atwood throughout her career about the author's rise to uncommon fame.