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Contemporary classical music aligns naturally with children's playful approach to sound, says Nancy Evans.
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Aidan Meller introduces Ai-Da, a sketching robot who is both an artist and a work of art.
Arts People
Ed Collier, Co-Director of independent theatre company China Plate, shines a spotlight on the artists and professionals who have shaped his career.
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Conference delegates heard that unconscious bias in recruitment continues to be a serious problem.
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Fossil fuel companies will no longer be able to back the 2019 event because the organisers feel “increasingly compromised” when programming environmentally-focused events. The festival...
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A new report, which surveyed more than 1,000 instrumental and classroom teachers, concludes there is a “real risk” that children will miss out on the “wonderful world of making...
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A damning Ofsted report has said that Plymouth School of Creative Arts, a free school which opened in 2013 in response to the marginalisation of arts subjects in mainstream education, will have its...
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A letter signed by more than 200 playwrights has called on the theatre – which has pledged to ensure 50% of its output is made up of female directors and living playwrights by 2021 – to...
Yes, visits to the National Portrait Gallery (NPG) are down – but it’s dangerous to focus on metrics of quantity alone when assessing whether arts organisations are successful, argues NPG Director Nicholas Cullinan.
If governments really care about developing creative citizens and reaching larger slices of society, shouldn’t they be finding extra money for this work, rather than re-directing stretched arts budgets towards ‘cultural democracy’, asks Nan Van Houte.
Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, the superstar conductor at the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, is a force of reckless positivism who has made all things possible for women on the podium, writes Norman Lebrecht.
The 'visual word-of-mouth' phenomenon prompted by Instagram can be part of the artistic experience. But should it be influencing curatorial activity? Ben Luke reports.
Algorithms may be able to identify what people care about, but for the inspiration needed to make a connection with them, look to the world of the arts, says Bruno Bertelli.
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Scottish Opera 'troubleshooter' Alexander Reedijk has been brought in to lead a rescue bid at the troubled Greenock venue, where six directors have left the board and chief executive Sean...
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A 17,000 sq metre optical illusion celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Louvre museum's glass pyramid left paper debris scattered around Paris as visitor footfall destroyed the paper-based...
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Southbank Centre’s Creative Director has called for a “much more disruptive intervention”.
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The pledge to set up the programme is part of the region’s first ever cultural strategy, which will run for five years until 2024.
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Organisations including Sheffield Theatres, the Young Vic, Chichester Festival Theatre and Equity have pledged support for Stage Sight, a new initiative set up by lighting designer Prema Mehta, which...
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The DCMS committee heard there had been no press coverage challenging the expenditure of £50m on arts activities to commemorate the First World War.
Arts People
KATIE POSNER, a freelance director who was previously Associate Director for Pilot Theatre, and CHARLOTTE BENNETT, Associate Director at Soho Theatre, where she leads the new writing department, have...
Arts People
MARK ALLINSON is leaving Thurrock Council’s Thameside Theatre after 34 years with the organisation. Having spent the previous 32 years as Arts Manager, he is looking to ‘do something...
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Currently Director of Communications at Glyndebourne, where he has been leading the organisation’s broadcast and online streaming work, GEORGE BRUELL has been appointed as Director of Creative...
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National Theatre Director RUFUS NORRIS and Executive Director LISA BURGER have new job titles reflecting their work together leading the organisation.
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IAN BONE, formerly Head of Production at Culture Creative, has become Company Director and GARY CAMPBELL, previously at English Heritage and Northumberland County Council, and Museum Manager at...
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A digital project will enable real-time collaboration across a consortium of six leading training institutions for performing artists.