THE ART OF PHOTOJOURNALISM Image of the month
More by luck than judgement: Diana, Princess of Wales, Cornwall, May 12th, 1993, by Richard Lappas
Alan Sparrow introduces this month’s image
Sharing the garden of art
AI Profile: Laura Sillars, director, Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art
The black queens of our theatre
This image is a moment of history, a salute to the achievements of black women in British theatre. “It’s our celebration, putting a ribbon around it” says Stella Kanu.
Why we used big data to improve gender equality in the arts
This week a review, , She Said More,, looked beyond statistics to show how women in the arts are regarded, and how this has changed. It was compiled by Dr Cath Sleeman who, with Eliza Easton, explains the methods and what was found
THE WORD Easing the stress for new arts leaders
Next month the first recipients of Arts Council England’s new Transforming Leadership Fund will be announced. Here, ACE’s executive director of communication and public policy Mags Patten discusses how talent training can ease the strain on emerging leaders
THE ART OF PHOTOJOURNALISM Image of the month
Edith Piaf in White Dress, Paris, 1950, by Marilyn Stafford
TAITMAIL Abbey blues
In Ireland, the Abbey is almost synonymous with theatre. The Dublin playhouse has been woven into the history of the nation, not just the dramatic arts.
GOOD PRACTICE GUIDE The new museums challenge
Last week’s TaitMail, prompted by the appointment of a shipping executive as director of the Royal Museums Greenwich, brings a response from Roy Clare CBE, former director of the National Maritime Museum and later CEO of the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council and then director of Auckland War Memorial Museum in New Zealand
TAITMAIL Garrick, and how not to commemorate
I’m glad Nigel Hinds got an OBE in the Birthday Honours for being executive producer of 14-18 NOW - his boss, Jenny Waldman, got her CBE 18 months ago – underlining the triumph of the marathon commemoration. We haven’t always been so good at it.
THE WORD Could we make arts boards better?
No-one has better insight into the work of the arts boards than Prue Skene CBE, who as well as serving on and chairing many boards is governance associate of the Clore Leadership Programme. Last November we reported on the launch the CLP of the Cultural Governance Alliance, but she believes arts boards need a fundamental rethink, and here suggests how they could change for the better
THE ART OF PHOTOJOURNALISM Image of the month
Splashdown, 4thTest v Australia, 27thAugust 2005, by David Ashdown for The Independent
Forest stories
Artist film maker Amanda Loomes is finishing a work that will uncover secrets of our forest industries
