Thursday, 23 February 2017
New York’s Museum of Modern Art has emphasised is promoting work by artists from countries hit by President Trump’s stalled travel ban. Will British institutions make a similar response to Brexit, asks Robert Hewison.
An American High School Band decided to include at least one piece by a female composer and one by a BME composer in each concert. Solvejg Wastvedt explains what happened.
Wednesday, 22 February 2017
What challenges await Tristram Hunt and Maria Balshaw? Martin Bailey puts himself in the shoes of the new V&A and Tate chiefs.
A fair pay campaign for off-Broadway actors recently led to historic increases. Diep Tran examines how it pulled it off.
Wednesday, 15 February 2017
A data-driven approach to social media led Bodleian Libraries to adopt a sassy, sarcastic and warm persona. Adam Koszary shares the story.
Research into cultural value is geared towards unobtainable proof. It’s time to pause and reassess what we are trying to understand – and why – argues Francois Matarasso.
Tuesday, 14 February 2017
Saziso Phiri tells Wayne Burrows about the story behind Nottingham’s ‘Anti Gallery’.
Monday, 13 February 2017
Gloria De Piero MP explains why Labour is launching an inquiry into working class representation in the arts.
Tuesday, 07 February 2017
Women artists are consistently under-exhibited in major galleries. But recent appointments, such as Maria Balshaw at Tate, and a new wave of independent and commercial galleries, suggest things may be changing, argues Hannah Ellis-Petersen.
Monday, 06 February 2017
A strong chair takes legal and financial responsibility for an arts organisation. Caroline Sharpen outlines seven essential qualities for an effective leader of the board.
The lack of female leadership in classical music mirrors precisely the lack of female leadership in the corporate world, argues conductor Anna Edwards.
Besides being a blow to diversity and the objectivity of the funding landscape, the death of the National Endowment for the Arts would be a deeply symbolic loss, says Isaac Kaplan.
Thursday, 02 February 2017
Manchester’s cultural boom must be managed correctly to ease the North / South divide, whilst also avoiding tensions between the East and the West of the country, says Ben Walmsley.
Confidence in Liverpool was renewed by its year of culture. A similar change will surely come to Hull at the end of its period of cultural activities, argues David Barnett.
Wednesday, 01 February 2017
The next NPO funding round will bring some disappointments, but it’s time to be more positive about life outside the national portfolio, says Lyn Gardner.
Tuesday, 31 January 2017
There’s no huge difference between Assemble, the architects that won the Turner Prize, and the squatters that have turned a Russian oligarch’s London home into a homeless hostel, says Will Gompertz.
Monday, 30 January 2017
Combine coding and dancing and you get chaotic, but compelling performances, says Kelsey Lannin.
Could a partnership between Kings College London, Ericsson, and a number of arts organisations lead to a ‘Netflix for the performance arts’? Tom Bawden investigates.
An arts organisation can only become a successful fundraiser if the board understands the importance of the profession, says Caroline Sharpen.
Friday, 27 January 2017
How will the 56 ‘state agencies’ funded by the US’s National Endowment for the Arts react if the body is shut down? Leonard Jacobs wrote to all of them to ask.