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Price first, design later - how the arts can learn from IKEA
Setting the price point for an arts event can often be the death of it. IKEA demonstrate how flipping the…
Spencer Tunick on lending his signature aesthetic to global activism
ArtsHub speaks to New York-based photographer and installation artist Spencer Tunick about global activism and what it's like to direct…
Brook Andrew named as Biennale of Sydney’s next Artistic Director
ArtsHub sat down with Brook Andrew on the eve of his Biennale appointment, and discovered what he meant when he…
From New York to New Zealand – how a coup is changing a gallery
ArtsHub speaks with Neal Stimler, The Met’s Public Engagement guru who is changing the face of the Auckland Art Gallery,…
Author Raymond E Feist on the art of world-building
The internationally renowned fantasy novelist reveals the magic behind his writing, and why it’s good to talk to your characters.
What sponsors want from the arts
Sponsorships are not philanthropic donations – they are business investments from which companies want a return. We ask major sponsors…
Broadway in a year of reckoning
What is the responsibility of theatre-makers towards live shows that either were created or are set in the past –…
Short term contract, long-term exhaustion
Working on the festival circuit is like a fairground ride: fast paced and exhilarating, but also exhausting and hard to…
How to handle criticism and naysayers
For any artist, the sting of criticism is inevitable. Here’s how to distinguish when it’s useful, how to handle it,…
A beginner’s guide to the foggy wilderness of ambient music
Brian Eno’s 'Music For Airports' celebrates its 40th anniversary this month. To celebrate, we explore the ambient genre.