Galleries going digital

Now is the time for galleries and museums to embrace digital publishing, argues The Getty’s Anne Helmreich.

Good reads

Can Labour restore our 'superpower' arts?

Polly Toynbee looks ahead to the challenges in the arts sector that will greet a possible new Labour government.

Misogyny in music

Having contributed to a recent House of Commons report - Misogyny In Music - researcher and former A&R manager Sally Anne Gross isn't surprised the government rejected its findings.

Should museums remain free?

Richard Morrison speaks to sector leaders about the cost of keeping our national museums free in an arts funding crisis, especially when over half of regional museums now charge admission.

Opinion

Call for more joined-up thinking in music education

01 May 2024 Opinion

The decimation of arts education has hit the music sector particularly hard. Deborah Annetts of the Independent Society of Musicians calls on government departments to work together to stop the decline.
Education

Music

EBacc
Let's get smart about paying artists

26 Apr 2024 Opinion

To mark World Intellectual Property Day, Adele Morse thinks it’s time the UK caught up with other countries in paying its artists fairly.
Law

Supporting artists
A cultural revolution in the arts

24 Apr 2024 Opinion

Co-Founder of Freedom in the Arts, Rosie Kay, thinks the arts in the UK have strayed into a culture of intolerance, which has led to cancellation and a climate of self-censorship that has to be addressed.
Policy

Equality
The race for London’s City Hall

24 Apr 2024 Opinion

Voters across England go to the polls next week (2 May) to elect many thousands of new councillors and 10 metro mayors – one of them being the Mayor of London. Phoebe Gardiner outlines what mayoral hopefuls need to understand about the capital’s culture.
Policy

Arts funding

Placemaking

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