Are you up to the challenge? Vicky Prior says there’s much to learn from Max Stafford-Clark’s journal from the years following the cuts.
The authors write “with passion and authority”, making this book relevant to a wider readership than the title suggests, finds Julia Ient.
Liz Hill tells the Culture Media and Sport Select Committee why she believes ACE can’t be trusted with the task of Rebalancing our Cultural Capital.
Liz Hill concludes that Arts Council England’s ‘This England’ report is based on a carefully constructed analysis designed to disguise a London-centric funding strategy and preserve the status quo.
Cara Courage says ‘Art Cities of the Future’ only scratches the surface of new arts locations, but is still a comprehensive compendium to the new wave.
In an era of cuts, what choices would you make? Three arts professionals make the case for their priorities.
If the arts are to be relevant to people’s lives, the creative experience and access to subsidy must be available to more than the privileged, and perceived barriers between professional and nonprofessional artists must be broken down, says Vikki Heywood in a prologue to her speech at the No Boundaries conference.
Rich Hadley believes that cultural organisations must lose their "remote, elitist, rarified, out of touch and unyielding" image.
Rosie Cooper says ‘Biennials and Beyond’ is a vital book that has landed in a world full of curators.
'The Audience Experience' is for the academic or researcher but also provides an expanded tool box of approaches to audience insight for arts professionals willing to dig, says Ivan Wadeson.