Ideas – A Restless Art

‘Write this down’

It was the end of a long day. We’d run out of time and the guards needed to get us

In the dusty hall of a disused prison workshop, 30 people shuffle into a big circle. Silence falls. They draw

“And then this: do not depend on the hope of results. […] You may have to face the fact that

Evaluation has become a dominant preoccupation in participatory art in the past generation. It’s a fascinating field, and I’ve played

When I talk about community art practice with younger or less experienced artists, I often warn against offering friendship to

In the new episode of ‘A Culture of Possibility’, Arlene and I spoke with two old friends, David Slater and

For decades, longer even, cultural policy in Europe has been imagined as a conflict between two ideas. The first is

In January, I began an experiment in podcasting, following an invitation from Owen Kelly and Sophie Hope, who host an

BBC Radio has just broadcast a programme entitled ‘Everyone is an Artist’. It’s part of Archive on 4, a series

Many professional artists believe that working with non-professionals leads to an unavoidable decline in quality. That conviction is so integral