Wednesday, 24 April 2024
Cash-strapped councils are cutting cultural spending to help plug budget shortfalls, but could desperate local authorities sell off artworks to raise funds? James Goodwin looks at the legalities.
In his profile of Southbank Centre's Chief Executive Elaine Bedell, Alex Lawson uncovers the depth and inequality in the current funding crisis and lays bare the soaring costs facing the flagship arts complex.
As France prepares to slash its budget for culture, Jonny Walfisz compares how the cuts line up with arts spending across continental Europe and the UK.
Adam Behr asks why arts education is under fire when the UK’s creative industries generate more revenue than cars, oil and gas.
In the financially cut-throat musical theatre market, producers demand “a sure thing” from their creative teams. Katie Birenboim asks musical director Amanda Morton how she ensures that mentorship can flourish when the stakes are high.
Tuesday, 16 April 2024
As Goldsmiths becomes the latest higher education institution to announce redundancies in arts and humanities subjects, Zoe Williams considers whether such cuts form part of a wider attack on creative and critical thinking.
A team of researchers have reviewed creatives’ decisions during Covid-enforced lockdowns in Germany to determine what could influence career choices during another lockdown period.
How should the sector be preparing for further AI developments? Douglas McLennan shares a framework for thinking, including advice for dealing with new and emerging tech.
It’s time for the UK’s creative industry to live up to its name and push for some changes, writes Patience Wheatcroft, as she proposes a tourist tax to support the sector.
Following Arts Council of Wales’ decision to stop funding National Theatre Wales last year, Gary Raymond has an idea to support the future of English language theatre in Wales.
Wednesday, 10 April 2024
With funding increasingly moving outside London, Lina Johansson, joint artistic director of the Hackney-based theatre company Mimbre, speaks to Aysha Imtiaz warning that in 10 years time the borough may not be the creative hub it is today.
In Germany, selective government investment in the arts has given rise to cultural workers who want to have their cake and eat it, argues Ido Nahari.
In a contracting arts funding environment, Michael Kenny, Owen Garling and Steph Coulter of the Bennett Institute for Public Policy explore what the case for a cultural infrastructure might look like.
From opera and elitism to education and diversity, Richard Morrison discusses the wide-ranging problems facing the music sector in the UK and offers some solutions.
Tuesday, 09 April 2024
Clare Armistad interviews Max Hollein of New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art about dealing with accusations of hoarding while managing an annual budget of $320m without subsidy.
Thursday, 21 March 2024
14 years of Tory rule have led to access to culture being downgraded, the arts being sidelined in schools, and civic spaces being neglected. Charlotte Higgins suggests three ways for Labour to fix it.
Wednesday, 20 March 2024
The UK is to sign a UNESCO pledge to protect ‘intangible cultural heritage’. Professor Natalie Braber explains what that's important.
Following widespread consultation in search of solutions for diversifying and boosting inclusion in the music industry, UK Music Diversity Taskforce chair Ammo Talwar reviews progress.
Educational background, social circle, current job and upbringing all impact career trajectories. Now new research from Creative Access sheds light on the pervasive influence of class dynamics in the UK's creative industries.
Tuesday, 19 March 2024
Theatre director, Jenny Sealey, talks to Lauren Laverne about her drive to change the range of people we see on our stages and screens, through her work with Graeae over a quarter of a century.