Opinions & Analysis
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…
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,…