The Art of Photojournalism: Image of the Month
Kremlin time by John Robertson, April 6th 1989
THE WORD The Cheltenham funding challenge to culture survival
p of access points into culture and arts education.
So what is next for festival funding, and how can we safeguard this vital community work?
Many times in the past year our thoughts have turned to this, and what the next 80 years may hold as we adapt and evolve to best serve our audiences.
A festival is built on connection and moments of collective joy, and the power of community has never been more crucial. It will take a village, the smallest community, to ensure a world where everyone can explore and create culture, with the support of individuals and companies who align with these values.
The Art of Photojournalism: Image of the Month
A sprung trap, 2nd Test, England v Pakistan. Old Trafford. 4th June 2001, The Independent, by David Ashdown
AI Profile: Eilish McGuinness, CEO, National Lottery Heritage Fund
The future of our history
AI Profile: Christoph Lindner, vice-chancellor, Royal College of Art
RCA: reinventing the future
The RCA had many names before it got this one, and many homes. In 1837 it started out as the Government Schools of Design in Somerset House, then it was the Metropolitan School of Design inthe Marlborough House, then the Normal School of Art based where the V&A is now, then the National Art Training School.
The Art of Photojournalism: Image of the Month
Ladies’ Day, Ascot, June 2000, The Independent, by Tom Pilston
Art of Photojournalism: Image of the Month
London ,May 8th 1945, Northcliffe Collection
TAITMAIL Pooling generosity
William Hogarth’s The Pool at Bethesda is about the bible story of Christ telling the lame man to take up his bed and walk, so a perfect subject with which to decorate a hospital wall. But there’s so much more in this painting at St Bartholmew’s Hospital, Bart’s, in Smithfield, which has never until mow been on public display.
TAITMAIL Don’t let Tate be the flagship for a sinking fleet
It’s been a pretty mixed week for poor Nick Serota. On the plus side he’s been able to celebrate the 25thanniversary of his brainchild Tate Modern, a dangerously bold project in which an old power station was transformed into one of the world’s three (four if you count Guggenheim Bilbao) stand-out contemporary art centres.
MY STORY First dance, Second Hand
Second Hand Dance was founded in 2013 to introduce adults and children to dance as a sensory exploration and it is run by disabled co-director Rosie Heafford (on the right in our picture taken at Sadler’s Wells Theatre) and non-disabled co-director Claire Summerfield. This spring it’s launching the tour of a new work, The Sticky Dance.
TAITMAIL Turnstiles or hotels – which will rescue our museums?
It’s nearly a quarter of a century since Chris Smith as culture secretary ushered in free admission for national museums, bringing in a boom for visitor numbers which had directors concerned more for whether the fabric of their often Victorian buildings could cope, rather than whether enough people would come.
The Art of Photojournalism: Image of the Month
Football Fans, 1st March 1930, Daily Mail, by Frank Rust
