Monday, 23 April 2018
Composer Howard Goodall explains why Brexit would be disastrous for his line of work, focusing on travel, copyright, royalties, and a post-referendum ‘hostile environment’.
Danielle Rose, reflecting on a recent report showing working-class people are ‘significantly excluded’ from arts careers, charts her own path to success and suggests how the sector needs to change.
Thursday, 19 April 2018
The Government’s decision to commit a few extra million pounds of funding towards arts education is commendable, but it is undermined by the EBacc and education policy that pits subjects against each other, argues the ISM’s Deborah Annetts.
Wednesday, 18 April 2018
Sean Farrell explores the trend for pop and rock stars to expand into publishing, public appearances and house gigs to extend their careers or make up for dwindling royalties.
Tuesday, 17 April 2018
Concert halls aren’t elitist, argues Linda Shaver-Gleason, but they do provide something unique – an individual aesthetic experience in a communal context.
How are orchestras responding to new trends for community outreach and performances in outdoor locations? Anne Midgette offers her perspective.
Friday, 13 April 2018
Cultural spaces lack authentically inclusionary attitudes when it comes to race, writes Ali Meghji, who introduces new research into how discourse should change.
What can arts organisations learn from a high-profile cheating scandal in cricket? Scott O'Hara outlines lessons for arts boards and managers.
Catherine Hickley outlines plans to introduce free entry to major museums in Germany, in the hope it will help visitors feel as if the public collections “belong to them”.
Thursday, 12 April 2018
Complaints about the cost of a special exhibition at the National Gallery are misguided. We should instead ask whether cultural institutions do enough to attract anyone other than tourists and the affluent middle classes, writes Stephanie Dieckvoss.
Monday, 09 April 2018
Gavin Barlow, Artistic Director and CEO of the Albany, makes five public pledges for the venue in its push to support artists.
Friday, 06 April 2018
Grant application forms force arts organisations to put down the right sorts of answers to receive funding. Nonprofit AF suggests what arts organisations would actually say if they were free to be honest.
Alistair Brown asks why a local authority would want to get rid of 90% of its art when doing so would add such a small amount to its bottom line.
Derek Bermel, whose latest season at American Composers Orchestra programmed living female composers almost exclusively, offers simple steps for opera organisations to become more diverse.
Thursday, 05 April 2018
Will Saunders, one of the architects of the BBC’s digital transformation, asks what it really means for culture to be digital and the best approach to unlocking new opportunities.
Controversy ensued when Artist Sonia Boyce removed a painting of ‘Hylas and the Nymphs’ from the wall at Manchester Art Gallery earlier this year. Ben Luke meets the artist to hear her side of the story.
Wednesday, 04 April 2018
After receiving thanks for participating in the development of Scotland’s upcoming Cultural Strategy – despite having no involvement – Kirsty Gunn questions who is really behind the new policy.
William Norris lays into boring arts marketing copy, saying organisations shouldn’t be using routine headlines and text to sell a product as exciting as artistic performances.
Theatre too often uses regional accents for laughs, or as traits of hollow characters with no personal agency. This must change if society is to truly open up, argues Sonya Hale.
Tuesday, 27 March 2018
Cultural organisations should be strengthening their policies on commemorating philanthropic donations and naming rights if they want to avoid public condemnation, says Tanya Tikhnenko.