Wednesday, 26 June 2019
Classical music performers and listeners are becoming increasingly dissatisfied with how streaming platforms deal with the genre – but hope is arriving in the form of new specialist services, writes Patrick Sawer.
Tuesday, 25 June 2019
Returning artworks to their countries of origin can be an incredibly delicate and complex process, writes Laura Raicovich. She spoke to curators about understanding an institution's limits and who to ask for help.
Monday, 24 June 2019
British theatre is becoming less male and less white. New directors are bringing new looks, new sounds, new subjects - and new opportunities, writes Susannah Clapp.
Friday, 21 June 2019
A mayor’s support for the cultural economy of her city has sparked protests from artists, administrators and councillors. Zachary Small looks at how a war over funding has become a battle for the non-economic value of culture.
Thursday, 20 June 2019
Arts Council England funding gives us access to creativity that the private sector could not achieve on its own, writes Ivan Hewett. But with the agency now placing 'relevance' at the heart of its decision making, are we in danger of losing art for art’s sake?
Wednesday, 19 June 2019
Trigger warning, content warning, emotive content: theatres across the UK use different terms to alert audiences to potentially distressing material. Amid objections that the practice ruins the power of surprise, Alice Saville asks whether it’s fair to trick theatregoers.
Tuesday, 18 June 2019
Art is not a subject in the academic sense, writes Michael Craig-Martin – but that is precisely its strength. As fewer schools teach art, the “true alternative” it presents for educators seeking to instil self-discipline, adaptability and a sense of responsibility in their students is being placed at risk.
Monday, 17 June 2019
Can an even split of public, philanthropic and per-ticket funding sustain opera and ballet in Europe? Sam Baker talks to “venture philanthropists” about shifting the performing arts away from a government-funded model.
Friday, 14 June 2019
African artworks were once treated as antiquities, but the UK’s cultural institutions are now opening themselves up to Black artists and their interpretations of Britishness, writes Lanre Bakare.
Thursday, 13 June 2019
An installation at Art Basel has been changed after one of its subjects said she never agreed to be part of it. The controversy reignites long-standing debates over representation in art, using images in the public record, and creating profit from trauma, writes Ej Dickson.
Wednesday, 12 June 2019
Alistair Brown considers the history and future of civic museums. While there is a risk councils may see them as financial liabilities, can they become our greatest local assets?
Tuesday, 11 June 2019
Frances Ryan talks to disabled festival-goers about the "military grade planning" they undertake to see their favourite artists perform live.
Monday, 10 June 2019
An installation raising awareness of climate change produced 55 tonnes of CO2 emissions. Emily Sharpe looks at the ways the arts sector is reckoning with its environmental impact.
Thursday, 06 June 2019
Great Yarmouth’s art school was closed and turned into flats, but affordable spaces for emerging artists on the Norfolk coast are “a tonic for today’s troubled times”, writes Kate Simon.
Wednesday, 05 June 2019
New research indicates we place different expectations on those who are passionate about their jobs. Gemma Tipton explores the ‘doing more for less’ mentality affecting the sector.
Tuesday, 04 June 2019
Rohese Devereux Taylor explores a pilot programme where dance opens a door for children to discuss their differences.
It won top prize at Venice Biennale for its experimental opera exploring the effects of consumerism, mass tourism and global warming, but Lithuania’s usually empty pavilion is a reminder of the financial strain of creating performance art, writes Elisabetta Povoledo.
How do funding bodies determine which proposals are most valuable? How accountable are publicly-funded artists to taxpayers? François Matarasso considers the competing demands in arts funding.
Sunday, 26 May 2019
Artists who feel their work can only be meaningful in the place for which it was created are an increasingly rare breed, finds Zoë Lescaze.
If the idea is beginning to crumble that the unwashed masses must accept definitions of excellence proclaimed by 'experts', will Arts Council England's commitment to “artistic excellence” soon be softening, asks John Carnwath.