BENSON BOONE @bensonboone.music-social.com #O2 London - Two hours of backwards-somersaults and British accents in a confetti-drenched spectacle: @katiecolombus.bsky.social is won over by sequins, spectacle and cheeky charm, enjoying both sincerity and showmanship theartsdesk.com/new-music/be...
Wow! 😳
The argument here isn’t that campaigners and artists should roll over and not hold companies to account. Calling for museums to ensure their sponsors meet certain environmental criteria, for example, seems sensible. But activists need to rethink their tactics and the threshold at which they act.
Ultimately, this will mean less art, culture and music. Ticket prices will be higher. More people will be excluded... Less money simply equals less access, less experimentation and less creativity. Minds will become smaller.
This is an important article, and a reminder that we must keep the conversation balanced: www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
The race is on! We have just a few months to raise the ££ needed to keep this incredible sculpture by Barbara Hepworth on display for the public, and not lost to an overseas buyer! www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/jun/05/barbara-hepworth-sculpture-with-colour-deep-blue-and-red-fundraising
"Art teaches children to question. It wakes up imaginations. It builds confidence. It encourages children to see the world differently and to make their mark." Such an important message from the @royalacademy.bsky.social: www.royalacademy.org.uk/article/art-... #ArtIsASeriousSubject #RoyalAcademy
📢📣Job Klaxon 📣📢 - Anyone want to do my job? Curatorial Lead (Public Programmes), working with teams throughout @sciencemuseumldn.bsky.social to develop, deliver and share exhibitions, events and other wonderful things that celebrate science and our collections: ce0111li.webitrent.com/ce0111li_web...
So excited for #TheHerds - an art project featuring life-size animal puppets galloping 12,000 miles from Africa to the Arctic. 44 museums and galleries have received grants from Art Fund to create programmes, events and activities for young audiences. More here: www.artfund.org/professional...
Love this Kids in Museums idea! I think I'll (obvs) have to nominate Brighton Museums into the Family Friendly Museum Award 🌞 kidsinmuseums.org.uk/what-we-do/f... @brightonnews.bsky.social @kidsinmuseums.bsky.social
It was a a wonderful night in Balham as we celebrated the most exquisite poetry from ‘On the Brink of Touch’, Fiona Bennett’s debut collection, a legacy that all of us can read, read again, read aloud, share with our friends, share with strangers.
Get your copy
www.livecanon.co.uk/store/produc...
I'm looking for an experienced Membership Marketing Manager to lead retention & growth initiatives during an exciting CRM transformation. The ideal candidate will bring strategic expertise in campaign management, customer journey optimisation & data-driven engagement programs: bit.ly/4bg8mwT
With the announcement of the £20 million Museum Renewal Fund from the DCMS, today is a good day for the museum sector. It addresses the urgent financial challenges that many civic museums have been experiencing, especially those reliant on local authority funding 🙌
Good, thoughtful piece by Tristram Hunt on how you solve one of the odd holes in UK culture policy (we're the only one of our peers that doesn't charge tourists to visit museums and art galleries) and the trade-offs in some of the mooted approaches:
“These models & the companies behind them exploit human artists using their work without permission or payment to build commercial AI products that compete with them”... “support of these models & the people who use them rewards & further incentivizes AI companies’ mass theft of human artists’ work”
Super interesting read on the nuances of selling AI art: "the AI models used to create some of the works in the sale... were trained on copyrighted works without their creators’ authorization." edition.cnn.com/2025/02/11/s... #AIArt
Want to find out about Trauma Informed Practice in #Museums #Archives and #Libraries?
Join GLAMcares for an online session with experienced practitioner Louise Thompson from Mindful Museums
Thurs 20th March, 10am-1pm, just £12. Book at docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
An important read on the recent discussions over the British Council selling off their art collection and how this sets a dangerous precedent... "Our national collections are the true wealth of the nation, a public benefit which everyone can value and share." www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
I love this concept of the National Gallery "on wheels", taking an exhibition on tour to Bradford. I also love that my imagination has painted this as if it's a rickety old caravan rumbling circus-like towards West Yorkshire... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The National Art Pass featured in this month's Vogue magazine as part of a feature for top wellness trends and activities to look forward to in 2025 - featuring visiting museums and galleries: www.vogue.co.uk/article/well...
Did your child lose their book collection in the Los Angeles fires? Are you a teacher at a school that lost its library or your classroom library? Whether you need one book or a whole library, we can replace your books. 📚
Everyone else, please boost this post so we can connect with those in need. 🙏
What a completely extraordinary evening watching the premier of #CirqueduSoleil's #Corteo at the Royal Albert Hall last night. A sweet clown imagining his own funeral is sung in a mixture of Italian, French and English. A riot of colour. A joyful fiesta. Magical, ethereal, exquisite 🎪
Adventure is afoot... 🎪
Can you help give theartsdesk.com a future?
We have just marked our 15th anniversary, but we urgently need assistance to be able to continue... Your support would be very much appreciated!
