Thursday, 19 October 2017
Garth Greenwell explains how he was saved by opera – an artform that allowed him to value parts of his personality that had been sources of shame.
Wednesday, 18 October 2017
A music project helping children in foster care to express themselves through rap is empowering and drawing together communities, writes Katherine Purvis.
Engineers work to make travelling around cities healthier, more enjoyable, and less environmentally damaging – and dance may hold some of the answers they need, argues John Bingham-Hall.
Monday, 16 October 2017
Dan Kempson gives an unflinching account of personal experiences to argue that, much like Hollywood, opera must address its own epidemic of sexual harassment and assault.
Friday, 13 October 2017
Grime is on track to be as relevant to a generation as punk, and new research shows grime musicians had an influence on the way younger people voted in this year’s general election, argues Mykaell Riley.
Jane Morris traces the legacy of the Guggenheim Bilbao – an institution that has often been imitated, but never replicated.
Bendor Grosvenor lambasts galleries and museums for charging students and broadcasters to reproduce out of copyright works, saying the ‘outrageous’ fees are a tax on scholarship.
Thursday, 12 October 2017
Undertaking a capital project with relatively little organisational experience is a risky business. Sandy Gordon explains how the National Audit Office’s new framework can support organisations involved in major development programmes.
Tuesday, 10 October 2017
It’s lazy to assume providing low-cost or free experiences means your offer is accessible to everyone – audiences of all incomes pay for things they value, argues Lindsey Green.
Friday, 06 October 2017
Although gentrification is an issue, even artists who question the role of the arts within regeneration are now targets of the ‘artwashing’ criticism, and this isn’t helpful, says Anna Francis.
Thursday, 05 October 2017
Josh Halliday profiles a Bradford primary school that turned itself around after being put into ‘special measures’ by embedding music, drama and art in every school day.
Nell Frizzell asks arts leaders including Maria Balshaw and Stefan Kalmár about the biggest questions facing artists today.
Tuesday, 03 October 2017
What are museums and galleries trying to achieve when they select certain artworks to display – and why aren’t they willing to talk about these decisions, asks a frustrated Milton Ezrati.
It’s hard to reconcile the myth that university arts courses are cheap to run with the standards demanded by Britain’s £87.4bn creative industries, argues Professor John Last.
Matt Kawahara profiles the American theatre offering monthly, Netflix-style membership, giving audiences unlimited access to the venue’s programming for a flat rate.
Monday, 02 October 2017
Arts in school are under threat, but this is not the case in all schools and is not necessarily driven entirely by the EBacc. Is it time to pivot the conversation and consider whether arts education needs its own seismic shift, asks Holly Donagh.
Friday, 29 September 2017
Alex Needham asks whether Punchdrunk theatre’s latest immersive show – for which audiences of two had to enter a raffle for £55 tickets – turns theatre into a luxury, gentrified product.
Thursday, 28 September 2017
In tightened economic times box office revenue is often king, but arts organisations should remember that what worked previously may not work now, says Chad Bauman.
What has Watershed learned by trialling four virtual reality experiences, which were scheduled like cinema events and marketed in a ‘content-first’ way? Catherine Allen reports.
Wednesday, 27 September 2017
The new extension at Tate St Ives is a deft feat of engineering – chiselled 15 metres down into granite bedrock – but local refusal to embrace the gallery has turned what could have been a boon into a muted and confused outcome, writes Oliver Wainwright.