Opinions & Analysis
Support to jump the mid-career hurdle
Career funds and fellowships aimed at mid-career artists acknowledge that the need for support doesn't end when you hit thirty.
Open rehearsals changing audience perceptions
Open rehearsals are not just an audience development strategy. They change public understanding of how art is made.
Why I will never be a starving artist
You are no less an artist if you have a day job that doesn't require you to live on cheap…
What Brexit means for culture
UK artists and arts organisations fear they will be losers following Britain’s decision to leave the European Union.
Jeanette Winterson on why we need the imaginative life
The arts aren’t a luxury activity. They are central to life. Art is the part of us that is met,…
Exploitation is at the core of the arts industry
We have reached Year Zero, a point where cultural policy and infrastructure no longer serves the interests of the arts,…
Exposing the creative industries fallacy
The idea of creative industries is based on an economy that has no way to count the things that matter.
Jedi art warriors could save our society
The arts may contain the answer to a failing society but only if we stop buying in to the dominant…
Has the bell finally tolled for theatre subscriptions?
Probably not, but the use case is changing globally. Better data is essential to keeping up with customer needs.
Global art market declines as China pulls plug
The US market is booming with the highest ever level of sales but China's decline has punctured the global art…