Thursday, 07 November 2013
Roger Tomlinson admits he has not protested “loud enough or long enough” about the arts funding imbalance.
Wednesday, 06 November 2013
Sunny Widmann says we need to start developing leaders at every stage in their arts career, if we are to persuade them not to leave the sector.
Tuesday, 05 November 2013
Jaime Weinman asks: should there be more streamlining for orchestras and opera companies as funding diminishes?
Michael Kaiser questions the future of performing arts in an era where technology is changing everything, especially theatre.
Friday, 01 November 2013
Even if geographic boundaries are less relevant in the digital era, questions about where art is made, who makes it, with whom, and for whom are still important in the arts funding debate, says Marcus Romer.
Thursday, 31 October 2013
Dominic Cavendish reflects on the continuing acceptance of recorded and live cinema screenings of theatre which are taking the place of live productions.
Susan Elkin says theatre for young audiences isn’t an inferior genre and should be taken seriously.
Wednesday, 30 October 2013
Rupert Christiansen asks if half empty theatres should still be subsidised.
Josie Gurney-Read reports on the Your Paintings project which toured 26 masterpieces worth around £14m to schools across the UK.
Tuesday, 29 October 2013
Trevor O’Donnell says amateur marketing is so deeply ingrained in the arts the damage it’s doing is not questioned – “give professional marketing a try”.
Monday, 28 October 2013
Lyn Gardner reflects on refreshing regional theatre opposing ‘homogeneous’ nationwide programming.
Gaining City of Culture status is more than a shallow exercise in cosmetics, says Clive Gillman, as Dundee aspires to the 2017 title.
Thursday, 24 October 2013
Ian Youngs speaks to leading figures from the stage community who each assess the state of British theatre.
Londonderry's year as UK City of Culture has been a triumph, but will gains be frittered away through lack of vision and ambition, asks Charlotte Higgins.
David Batty reports on the new wave of visual art education outside of the “London art bubble”, and rising tuition fees.
Tuesday, 22 October 2013
Jody Ulich reflects on how best to persuade policy makers that the one thing you shouldn’t cut is the thing that feeds the economy.
Friday, 18 October 2013
When most communities suffer from an “oversaturation” of non-profit arts organisations trying to engage the same audience, Kelvin Dinkins Jr. asks if merging is the answer.
Simon Kelner defies anyone not to be entertained, entranced, illuminated or provoked by Grayson Perry’s first Reith lecture.
Thursday, 17 October 2013
Robert Ashton wonders what the public’s ‘basic’ needs and priorities are, and whether arts funding can be justified in an age of austerity.
Wednesday, 16 October 2013
Jonathan Jones asks if Damien Hirst is an appropriate mentor for young artists, having helped to define a cultural landscape where “empty images mean more than words, and money means more than either”.