Arts employers could be breaking the law by relying on unpaid interns to perform roles that should be left to paid workers, preventing young people from working-class backgrounds from gaining a foothold, experts have said. Institutions are getting away with exploiting carve-outs in employment legislation to keep interns working for free, they said, which stops…

Pat Greene is Bungalower Media’s first sponsored Resident Reporter. Greene has joined our team as our Arts and Culture Correspondent, supported by the efforts of Interstruct Design + Build, an award-winning Orlando-based design and build firm. Vicki Landon has built an impressive arts career rooted in her passion for theater and a deep commitment to…

Elizabeth Fortescue Feb 26, 2025 – 2.35pm Subscribe to gift this article Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe now Already a subscriber? A Christie’s auction in New York next week is blowing the art market wide open with the offer of 34 works by artists who haven’t just…

Elizabeth Fortescue Feb 26, 2025 – 2.35pm Subscribe to gift this article Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe now Already a subscriber? A Christie’s auction in New York next week is blowing the art market wide open with the offer of 34 works by artists who haven’t just…

Calling this a moment of crisis for the arts, some of Chicago’s top cultural leaders want the city to mobilize a response amid new Trump-era arts funding rules. “We have an opportunity right now as a city to show what supporting artists and arts organizations can look like in our nation,” said Brooke Flanagan, Steppenwolf…

Calling this a moment of crisis for the arts, some of Chicago’s top cultural leaders want the city to mobilize a response amid new Trump-era arts funding rules. “We have an opportunity right now as a city to show what supporting artists and arts organizations can look like in our nation,” said Brooke Flanagan, Steppenwolf…

The Financial Secretary said that Hong Kong will continue to attract and support international and large-scale arts and cultural events through the Mega Arts and Cultural Events Fund.  This fund, first launched in April 2023, has updated its assessment criteria to ensure that funded events promote tourism and provide economic benefits. Paul Chan also revealed…

Cuyahoga Arts & Culture is thinking like it’s 2035. The agency’s board on Tuesday discussed its grantmaking process for the next decade. The move follows the passage of an increase in the county’s cigarette tax, which funds CAC, from 30 cents per pack to 70 cents. CAC Executive Director Jill Paulsen said that more than…

I would like to preface this article by saying I was born a reader. From the moment I first learned how to read I was infatuated with the creative and exciting world that I was introduced to, and I spent a large percentage of my younger years with my nose buried in a book. Now,…

From Tarik Kiswanson’s unveiling of his first public artwork, Nest, to Rand Abdul Jabbar’s monumental Crown, near Etihad Square, and Lúcia Koch’s inconspicuous Deep Spaces throughout the city’s downtown, the Public Art Abu Dhabi Biennial’s second phase has kicked into full gear. In total, nine new installations and artwork have been unveiled as the inaugural…