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headlines disguise a mixed picture between art forms and formatsThe fact that ‘the share of non-highbrow art coverage slowly increases at the cost of highbrow coverage’ turns out to be ‘linked to the decline of the live event’ and the ‘rise of the commercially distributed cultural product’. So highbrow arts which were live and without capture or sale through a product saw a relative decline of coverage in the papers. Coverage of literary fiction actually grew slightly, whereas theatre coverage underwent a ‘consistent decline’.

discovered that, when it came to finding culture that might bridge the diverse experiences and habits of strangers, ‘as far as the case of book reading in Russia is concerned, this role is played by legitimate authors and genres’. The authors with the greatest potential to link strangers were not necessarily the most widely read, but comprised a common canon: Pushkin, Tolstoy, Rubina, Ulitskaya, Akunin, Vil'mont, Gogol, Dostoevsky, Chekhov and Bunin.The research took advantage of available

This research was conducted by Mikhail Sokolov and Nadezhda Sokolova at European University at Saint Petersburg, RussiaSummaryThis paper examined data from public libraries in St Petersburg, Russia, to identify whether or not an ‘omnivorous’ reading habit is only associated with people in elite or privileged status groups. The researchers took data from the city's public library network to show that highbrow categories of books are preferred by highly educated readers of all ages and

This research was conducted by Yuliya Shymko and Thomas Roulet at the University of Gent, Belgium and King’s College London, UK
Summary
There has been a great deal of discussion in the cultural sector about the types of relationships that exist (and should exist) between cultural institutions and corporate donors. Such relationships have consequences both for the corporations and the cultural partners. Using the example of theatres in Russia, this research shows that there are reputational

and more sustainable and networked communities, which in turn make a place desirable to live in.
Something to keep in mind
The authors note that they are looking at impacts on neighbourhoods, and they cannot say whether increased affluence is as a result of poorer people being displaced by richer people, or poorer people becoming more affluent.

and socio-economic), more women than men received arts lessons in childhood. In adulthood they continued to participate more in these cultural events.Highbrow cultural activities encompassed a range of activitiesIt included attending a classical concert, attending an opera, attending a live play, attending a dance performance (modern dance and ballet), attending a jazz performance, and visiting an art museum.The research was based on data from the Survey of Public Participation in the ArtsThe

nation's 95 largest urban areas.There seems to be a divide between two musical cultures in urban America‘Broadly speaking, two musical types—sophisticated and contemporary [music deemed to be ‘inspiring, intelligent, complex, and dynamic’ and ‘percussive and electric’]—are associated with more affluent, more educated, more knowledge-based places that are also denser, more diverse, and politically liberal. Two other musical types— unpretentious and intense [music deemed to be ‘relaxing

This research was conducted by Eva M. Reussner at Deakin University, AustraliaSummaryThis paper took a critical look at how strategic management might be applied to the running of museums. By applying this technique from outside the non-profit world, museums can create greater value for their visitors whilst expanding their visitor numbers. In this approach, audience research and evaluation take on increased importance in the successful running of the organisation.Strategic management is more

This research was conducted by Joshua Edelman and Maja Šorli at the University of London, UK and the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Summary
Findings from a study conducted in 2014 indicate that subsidised performances were considered more challenging than commercial performances. Amateur performances were rated of lower quality but participants praised the effort that was put into them and considered them good ‘value for money’. Subsidised performances led audience members to use their

This research was conducted by Adam Behr, Matt Brennan and Martin Cloonan at the University of Edinburgh and the University of Glasgow, UK
Summary
This paper examined how various people (particularly concert-goers) articulate the value of live music. The paper looked specifically at six concerts across a range of genres at the Queen’s Hall in Edinburgh: a 900 seat venue (in a converted church) putting on 200 live music events a year. It has a mix of income from public and commercial sources