Arts People
Following four years as Craft Northern Ireland’s Chief Executive Officer, ALAN KANE has decided to retire.
Arts People
SARAH GARDNER, the founding Executive Director of IFACCA (International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies), has stepped down after 16 years to pursue new personal and professional...
Feature
In the competitive world of apps, how can a cultural tour app stand out? Researchers at King’s College London and the University of Melbourne identify five key features.
Case study
Digital platforms enhance audience engagement in museums and galleries but can the same be done in the performing arts? Ben Walmsley discusses a research project in contemporary dance.
Arts People
From FACT to Castelfield Gallery, Helen Wewiora takes us through the steps of her career in contemporary art.
From issue 303
Case study
Performing in concert halls around the world makes setting ticket prices tricky. So, explains Jane Donald, the RSNO begins by asking one simple question.
News
Election candidates are being asked to recognise and campaign to mitigate the strains facing the dance sector.
News
The bipartisan spending bill for the current fiscal year – which is expected to be approved by US Congress this week – includes $150m for the National Endowment for the Arts, marking at...
News
The winner of the Glyndebourne Opera Cup, which will be broadcast on Sky Arts, will win £15,000 and a role on stage at one of the world’s great opera houses.
Creativity is key to the jobs of the future, but cuts to arts education mean students aren’t developing the skills they need. What can we do about it? Jennifer Tuckett has a few ideas.
News
Plans to turn the former Royal High School – which has been disused since the 1960s – into a music school and arts venue have been revealed by the ‘Perfect Harmony’ campaign,...
News
Cornelia Parker, the Turner-nominated artist who publicly backed Green Party MP Caroline Lucas in 2015, has received a £17k commission to cover the election and produce a piece of art that will...
News
(IN FRENCH) About 60 arts organisations and unions are to march in opposition to the far-right candidate’s “anti-democratic ideas” and “rejection of the other”, ahead of...
News
A drive to boost the recognition of women’s artistic and economic value is at the heart of an initiative that will help female artists showcase their work and collaborate at music industry festivals.
Both French presidential candidates – centrist Emmanuel Macron and the far-right Marine Le Pen – have culture sections in their policy proposals and values. Victoria Stapley-Brown dissects them.
News
A notice put up in staff rooms at Tate Modern and Tate Britain asked staff – many of whom are paid below the London living wage – to “put money towards a sailing boat” as a...
News
A £30k, 40-seat venue has been built in a Dorset care home to present “old fashioned kinds of shows” to residents. It is believed to be the first purpose-built theatre in a care...
News
Levels of arts engagement in England have been static for the past decade, and have fallen significantly among the Asian population, according to a new Government report.
News
A consultation by Hackney Council is being seen as an “unprecedented opportunity” to secure the place of arts and culture in the district.
Arts People
The Founding Director of Situations, CLAIRE DOHERTY, is to take up a new post as Director of Arnolfini in August.
Arts People
The Incorporated Society of Musicians (ISM) has selected SUE STURROCK, former Director of Communications at the Royal College of Music, as President for 2017/18.
Arts People
Six new trustees are to join the Theatres Trust Board in July. They include: PAM BONE, an independent adviser specializing in planning and resource development for the creative industries; PAUL...
Arts People
Executive Producer of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra since 2013, MANUS CAREY has been appointed Director of Performance at the Royal Northern College of Music and will join the organisation in...
Feature
Recent controversy at Shakespeare’s Globe made little mention of a key point raised by Dominic Dromgoole: the importance of £5 tickets. Nicky Goulder says the incoming artistic director should fight to keep them.
News
(IN ITALIAN) Working in partnership with the Italian Government, businessman Oscar Fairnetti’s €1m investment will see the historic Leonardo Da Vinci painting have its air filtration...