Monday, 24 April 2017
How will record shops, digital music and royalties be affected by the UK’s departure from the European Union? The BBC’s Robert Plummer profiles an industry ‘braced for Brexit’.
Developers have realised that creating cultural spaces in new apartment blocks helps them sell homes and create communities. Nicola Venning tracks the trend across properties in the capital.
Esme Ward visits the European Solidarity Centre, Gdansk, and reports on a museum / archive / library / Trade Union HQ which has much to teach the UK about civic engagement and action.
The subjects in the BP portrait award shortlist may all be female, but this is no “all-female line-up”, says Marisa Bate. All three painters are men – and dressing up sexism in this way must not be deemed progress.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation’s Moira Sinclair argues that a resilient arts organisation starts not with a robust business model, but a really clear sense of what you are there to do.
Thursday, 20 April 2017
Artist strikes have become a common feature of the cultural landscape in Poland. Rob Sharp assesses what other countries can learn about popular opposition to the rollback of state subsidies.
What impact will the new Bridge Theatre, run by former National Theatre Directors Nicholas Hytner and Nick Starr, have on the London theatre ecology? Michael Billington weighs in.
Emma Rice, Artistic Director of Shakespeare’s Globe, pens a personal explanation of why she stood down just six months after joining the organisation, highlighting “the Board did not love me and respect me”.
Closing Inverleith House six months ago was a terrible mistake, and the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh must re-open it as permanent contemporary gallery, argues Neil Cooper.
Wednesday, 19 April 2017
Investing in culture has created a bright future for Aberdeen, despite pressing economic challenges, argues Sally Reaper.
(IN FRENCH) An old Berlin bank was turned into an art gallery just before it was destroyed. Luxembourg’s Le Quotidien reports on the 165 artists from 17 different countries given free rein over the condemned building.
Tuesday, 18 April 2017
In the space of four years, Lisbon has been transformed from a city ‘on its knees’ to one that feels hip and innovative – in large part because of creative and tech opportunities, reports Rowan Moore.
Wednesday, 12 April 2017
Dedicated venues presenting short plays to small audiences had their roots in Madrid, but the concept is being adopted across the Spanish-speaking world. Felicity Hughes tells the story.
Monday, 10 April 2017
Visitors don’t use them, so is it worth the effort of trying to make apps for cultural organisations? Dilen Schneider looks at the evidence.
Friday, 07 April 2017
Thomas Campbell’s resignation as Director of the Met – alongside a spiralling budget deficit – raises questions about the qualities museums should prioritise in their most senior staff, writes Tonya Nelson.
Noting that many highly successful black ballet dancers have lighter skin tones, Theresa Ruth Howard asks whether the industry is avoiding working with dancers with darker skin.
Why do theatres find it so hard to have spacious, acceptable toilets that don’t leave women queuing for the entire interval – non-arts businesses manage it, says Alice Jones.
It seems far easier to find the money for capital projects in the arts than to sustain the budget for making and programming work in these buildings, writes Keith Bruce.
Thursday, 06 April 2017
(IN LITHUANIAN) Can restoring a theatre to its former glory bring thriving culture back to Panevezys, the fifth largest city in Lithuania? Jaunius Pocius talks to Linas Marijus Zaikauskas of the Juozas Miltinis Drama Theatre.
(IN FRENCH) Journalist Clarisse Fabre answers questions about the French presidential candidates’ positions on arts funding, diversity, video games and censorship.