Thursday, 02 May 2019
The Good Chance theatre, which started as a makeshift performance space in a Calais refugee camp, continues to perform and host workshops with migrants across the world – including an upcoming run in San Francisco. Amelia Parenteau charts the rise of a company committed to ‘radical inclusion’.
A GP surgery in Pocklington, East Yorkshire, is not the most obvious place to find a multi-million-pound artwork on display. But a new National Gallery scheme, taking artwork to “unusual and unexpected venues”, aims to show that the gallery’s collection belongs to the nation, writes Anita Singh.
Tuesday, 30 April 2019
The opening of the V&A museum in Dundee has transformed perceptions of the city, and even created the possibility for it to be seen as Scotland’s capital of culture, writes Brian Ferguson.
Thursday, 25 April 2019
New research finds that participating in the arts can help children improve their self-esteem, regardless of ability. Maybe that’s a way for parents to support them through school, muses Tom Jacobs.
One in three dancers in New York lives below the poverty line and may miss out on nutritious meals, according to dance organisation H+. Lauren Wingenroth drops in to their DanceMart programme, which offers dancers free food and cooking lessons.
Culture Secretary Jeremy Wright’s outright refusal to consider the repatriation of cultural objects housed in the UK is a damaging message to send. Museums should strive to build lasting and meaningful relationships with communities claiming artefacts, argues Sharon Heal.
Columnist Simon Jenkins and archaeology professor Piotr Bienkowski trade views on whether, in light of The Art Fund’s decision to disband its network of volunteers, the culture sector is becoming “too professional”.
Wednesday, 24 April 2019
Will artists’ interests always remain peripheral to Arts Council England's main priority of ensuring the resilience of arts institutions? Susan Jones isn't optimistic.
Tuesday, 23 April 2019
History will not look kindly on the BBC’s continued failure to provide equal space for female composers in the highest-profile venues during The Proms, writes The Guardian.
Thursday, 18 April 2019
If schools place the arts and sciences in separate silos, how will students learn to appreciate the need for imagination and personal creativity in science? Joe Humphreys talks to Tom McLeish.
By connecting characters on stage with the everyday lives of ordinary people, theatre makers can build the empathy needed to make change happen, says Tita Anntares.
Tuesday, 16 April 2019
Earlier this week, thousands of protestors took part in road blockades and performance art in response to the impending climate crisis. India Bourke asks, could the ecological movement behind it all – Extinction Rebellion – be the change the arts needs to see?
Monday, 15 April 2019
The restoration of a series of historic theatres in Birmingham, Alabama, is helping to revitalise the city’s economy and encourage an appreciation of its past, writes Vicky Baker.
Thursday, 11 April 2019
Men can’t complain about having to lose weight and tone up for roles – that’s just part of their job, writes Suzanne Moore.
Under the leadership of Alistair Hudson, Manchester Art Gallery and the Whitworth have taken on a new mission: creating useful art that can improve the world in unexpected ways. Ian Youngs takes a tour.
Audience members are the new programming teams at York Theatre Royal and Manchester’s Contact theatre. Catherine Love meets the people trying to help British theatres reflect the cities in which they're based.
Wednesday, 10 April 2019
New York’s new $475m multi-arts institution, The Shed, has just thrown open its doors for the first time. Alex Needham stops by as the venue rushes to complete its building work and ponders whether the institution can ever live up to its expectations.
If female theatre makers with more than 20 years’ worth of critical acclaim are not being given a platform at the National Theatre, what does that mean for ‘emerging’ playwrights, asks Natasha Sutton Williams.
A painfully reductive audit of California’s prison arts programmes – focusing only on participants’ rates of re-offending – may jeopardise the future of the crucial services in the state. The true power of these programmes cannot be measured in numbers alone, argue Jane Fonda and Sabra Williams.
Monday, 08 April 2019
Each year, Slow Art Day encourages people to take more time looking at art to engage more deeply with it. Anna Bailey considers why 200 institutions, including Tate Modern, the Ashmolean Museum, and Ulster Museum, are taking part.