Opinions & Analysis
Theatre, trauma and the age of Trump
Perhaps you’re not ready to have the intersectionality conversation with your Trump-supporting uncle. But you could share a theatre that…
2016's best-selling music shows are stuck in a time warp
In 2016, the most commercially successful music in the world wasn’t Beyoncé, Britney or Bieber. It was arguably more problematic.
The Imitation Game has changed
As technology improves the quality of reproduction, the old values are being newly debated.
Is a Master of Fine Arts the ‘new MBA’?
Enlightened universities are now embedding the principles of design and creativity into their business schools, as businesses recognise the value…
Artists building barricades against Trump
In difficult times, artists have more power than we think to influence the direction of politics and society.
Trump's win shows why we need the arts
President Trump is not the outcome of voters' dispassionate assessment of self-interest. The arts and humanities teach us that is…
Live art for the virtual generation
In a world where you can be simultaneously on a suburban bus and at a concert half a world away,…
Dissecting the Dylan Nobel controversy
Dylan's Nobel Prize in Literature has been variously described as an inspired choice, a thoughtless slight to real writers or…
Why useless art is useful
Visual arts is useless, edgeless and homeless...and that is a good thing both for artists and for society.
Outing anonymous authors
The identity of novelist Elena Ferrente has been exposed, creating an international storm around the right of authors to remain…