Wednesday, 20 November 2019
What's the difference between a traditional and moden opera to an enthusiast, Michael Dervan asks: "whatever it is they like, they call it traditional."
Tuesday, 19 November 2019
For Felicia Fitzpatrick, dance was liberating and ballet was a disappointment. She says the artform's Eurocentric roots leave Black ballerinas behind.
Monday, 18 November 2019
Michael Paulson asks: as authenticity and representation become more important to theatres, how do we make casting decisions that are compassionate but not condescending?
Friday, 15 November 2019
Julien Lefort-Favreau considers the "hygienisation" of urban centres brought about by gentrification and its effect on emergence of a creative class. Does redevelopment grow spaces for ideas and expression or destroy them?
Thursday, 14 November 2019
The idea is simple: show communities that live music is viable, then grow the infrastructure they need to host larger acts. Clarissa Sebag-Montefiore looks at how a festival is breathing new life into rural town halls across Australia.
Wednesday, 13 November 2019
Peter Nicholas takes aim at US President Donald Trump's winner picks for the National Medal of the Arts. He says the probelm isn't that these artists aren't deserving - it's that a broad array of artistic disciplines have been ignored.
Tuesday, 12 November 2019
As a literary programmer for Brighton Festival, Alice O'Keeffe had to reach beyond her "cosy pro-remain bubble". She asks whether publishers are doing enough to engage with a plurality of views.
Monday, 11 November 2019
Curiosity has long been hypothesised as a rational process of weighing up possible outcomes. Arianne Cohen looks at new research that suggests the attribute is more closely correlated with error.
Thursday, 07 November 2019
Former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer is a terrible dancer, writes Gia Kourlas. Why do audiences want to keep seeing him?
Wednesday, 06 November 2019
East German art reflected "the repressive circumstances of its creation", The Economist reports. Exhibiting these historical works in a contemporary context casts them in a new, but no less meaningful, light.
Tuesday, 05 November 2019
For hundreds of years, studying the humanities was the vanguard of the elite - now it's in steep decline. Clifford Siskin and William Warner ask: if the humanities are in crisis, are they even worth keeping?
Monday, 04 November 2019
Theatre criticism is under renewed threat as The Evening Standard sheds its staff and the English National Opera withdraws tickets for critics' companions. Norman Lebrecht considers what reasonable accommodations are needed to keep criticism alive.
Friday, 01 November 2019
There has been an exodus of female arts leaders in Vancouver, writes Marsha Lederman. They describe the challenges of leading while female.
Thursday, 31 October 2019
Fifty artists were asked to respond to the causes and consequences of a growing compulsive screen culture. Their works aim to wake audiences up from "our dogmatic slumbers about how the 24/7 world is changing us", Stuart Jeffries writes.
Wednesday, 30 October 2019
Is Brexit a step back for regional arts? Carys Stallard considers the dependence of small centres on EU funding and the likelihood of new Government subsidies.
Tuesday, 29 October 2019
For actors, "waiting for the phone to ring just isn't an option", writes Nicola Thorp. Shaming them for taking on day jobs is classist and unkind.
Accessibility at museums reflects a "culture of compliance" more than genuine efforts towards inclusion, says Richard Sandell. How can these institutions integrate disability into their displays and combat indifference towards disabled people?
Ella Wills explores why pianos have become a fixture at railway stations across the UK.
Thursday, 24 October 2019
Culture is not a commodity that can be bought and sold, says Mairi McFayden – it’s something we all hold in common.
Booker Prize entrants need to play by the rules. So why did the judges not feel the need to do so, asks Sam Jordison.