Arts First

Wendy Earle is joined by architecture curator and writer Vicky Richardson, historian Kevin Yuill, art critic JJ Charlesworth and co-host Niall Crowley to discuss Tate Director Maria Balshaw's book on the state and future of museums 'The Gathering of Strangers'.

Niall Crowley is joined by Art History graduate Agnes Friend and her mother, Vicky Richardson the curator and writer to review MOCO – the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Arts. MOCO is a new independent arts space that recently opened at Marble Arch in London, started by Dutch couple Kim and Lionel Logchies -Prin.

In this episode of Arts First, Linda Murdoch, Megan and Daniel Brick review David Ireland’s controversial new play The Fifth Step at the Pavilion Theatre in Glasgow, with Jack Lowden and Sean Gilder. With Wendy Earle and Niall Crowley Please subscribe to our podcast on Youtube, Spotify, Sound Cloud or Apple Podcasts to never miss an episode.

Freedom of expression is a core theme of this podcast series. Although it is a central principle of western democracy, a censorious climate is undermining it. The arts world should be a space for experimentation and freedom but has become increasingly influenced by an ‘I find that offensive’ mentality, so that artists who express ideas that run counter to dominant tropes in social media find thems...

Niall Crowley is joined by David Adam - cultural and economics specialist. Dido Powell - artist and art teacher. Manick Govinda - an independent arts writer, curator and artist’s mentor. Jane Sandeman - chief operation officer at The Passage . Dr Michael Owens co-author of ‘Play the Game: How the Olympics Came to East London’.... As much as we love sports, we are in the business of talking about t...

Artist Rachel Jordan talks to some artist friends about their expectations and anxieties under the new Government. Art critic, JJ Charlesworth, leads a conversation with special guests about the Labour Party policies outlined in their document Creating Growth, which asserts that ‘people make art, policies don’t’ — but is this just a cop out from giving the arts needed support?

This episode’s participants:  Wendy Earle, convenor; Arts&Society Forum; JJ Charlesworth, art critic; Tiffany Jenkins, writer and broadcaster; Niall Crowley, designer and writer; Dido Powell, artist and art history teacher.   Arts First is produced by the Academy of Ideas Arts & Society Forum: Find us on Facebook .