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Enriching UK cities through smart investment in culture.
The purpose of this report is to consider how we can radically increase the ability of our cities to use culture to drive inclusive growth.
Our newsletter features our favourite new articles on culture and the creative economy, as selected by the BOP team.
New ways to invest in culture in UK cities
This month saw the public launch of the Cultural Cities Enquiry Report, produced by Arts Council England and Core Cities in partnership with Virgin Money.
The report advocates for the creation of Cultural City Compacts, as part of a range of recommendations for cities to support and invest in their cultural sectors. BOP was the research partner for the initiative.
You can download the report below and find our Chief Economist’s insights on the launch here.
1. Global update: cultural policy in cities
Lagos, City of Hustle, builds an art ‘ecosystem’ (New York Times)
Will Elena Ferrante’s ‘My Brilliant Friend’ gentrify a Naples neighbourhood? (City Lab)
Can Chicago keep a $6-Billion development from displacing a 100-seat music club? (Next City)
Chicago Mayor, Rahm Emanuel on the impact of the city’s architecture biennial (Architectural Digest)
2. Cultural organisations in a changing world
What’s next for virtual reality in art and in museums? (Apollo)
The long awaited rise of LA’s downtown gallery scene (Financial Times)
“Ambitious and Risk-Taking.” Explaining The Shed’s startling fundraising success (Inside Philanthropy)
How Science Museum Group is taking a ‘location-specific’ approach to planning & development [podcast] (The Developer)
3. Industry insights: China
The Art Supermarkets catering to China’s growing middle class (Artsy)
China’s Digital Silk Road looking more like an Iron Curtain (Bloomberg)
How Peppa Pig and China’s ‘Little Miss Piggys’ are redefining cool (Sixth Tone)
Confucius and Mao at the Mall: How China is redesigning its public space (Places Journal)
4. Other recent highlights
Taiwan’s art market: matters of taste (FT)
Could design save the word? (British Council)
The economics of making shorter songs (Quartz)
How Bauhaus redefined what design could do for society (New York Times)
5. Best of The Blog
How to evaluate place-based funding programmes
How to support mid-career artists [Report]
Your BOP Newsletter - February
New ways for cities to invest in culture
Feb 20, 2019
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Investing in recovery, planning for transformation
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Recovery and renewal will depend on how we address the three dimensions of the crisis
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Jun 3, 2020
In the face of radical uncertainty leaders and policy-makers will have to take planning and collaboration to whole a new level
‘Plans are useless, planning is essential’
Paul Owens
May 13, 2020
Nobody knows what will happen next, but we have a good idea of the three necessary steps out of the crisis
Relief, Recovery and Renewal: navigating our way to a new kind of future
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A cause for optimism
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