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    Dynamic disaster? Lessons from the Oasis ticketing row

    With headlines raging around Ticketmaster and Oasis, will there be fallout for arts organisations that price dynamically? Robin Cantrill-Fenwick thinks it’s time to get ahead of a growing conversation.

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    The search for new funding and business models

    There has been a lot of talk about the future of UK arts funding over the summer. Fran Sanderson has been assessing various funding streams to find ways to maximise their impact.

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    Unrest, rest and action

    Part of the point of art is the lens it offers us to look at the world in a different way, to converse with people and perspectives that are not our own, to learn, to disagree and to share, writes Clare Reddington. 

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    A juggling act

    Last month Mark Langley began his new role as Principal of The Scottish Institute of Theatre, Dance, Film and Television. Here he recounts his journey from ardent opera fan to conservatoire leader.

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I would argue that this whole thing wasn't really about the actual price they charged. It was actually about a poor decision to...
Posted by Patrick Morsman on Dynamic disaster? Lessons from the Oasis ticketing row
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Since the data from this research purports to be UK-wide, it would be good to be able to see whether there are any differences between the...
Posted by Geraint Talfan Davies on Smaller arts organisations facing worst financial struggles
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PLEASE the new Chair must be a woman... it's been men, men, men in senior positions for way too long. Even if men do good work at...
Posted by bobbyb2020 on Government yet to decide on ACE Chair appointment
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Arguments about excellence creates a false binary, as certain artforms are excellent therefore other artforms aren’t (and therefore should...
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I recall one Jeremy Newton the then Deputy Director of Eastern Arts, (later to become CEO of NESTA) speaking at a meeting of the Council of...
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Good grief - I would have thought ACE would have been doing this for the past 10 years. Before ACE asks for funding it should sort the mess...
Posted by Chris Hodgkins on ACE embarks on arts investment lobbying drive
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As a thought experiment, I’m curious about the rationale for privileging one musical genre over any other. What makes orchestral music ‘the...
Posted by Dave Camlin on Orchestral music as an agent for change
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The ACE has an exemplary track record in dealing with cases affected by race discrimination. It has fought hard and consistently to build...
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This case has shown the need for respect and probity on both sides of a court case. Any and every court case must meet these fundamental...
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Is it possible to find out the details of where exactly in the published accounts this financial information is coming from? For instance,...
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