The impact of COVID-19 on cultural consumption habits

Crique

To date, very few studies have been carried out on the ways in which the extended closure of Montreal’s theaters has affected the cultural consumption habits of performing arts audiences. However, the few studies carried out during the pandemic in Quebec and other national contexts seem to indicate that, despite audiences’ stated desire to resume […]

Capturing cultural value

Femme observant des oeuvres

What is cultural value? Unlike sectors such as commerce or construction, the impact of the arts and culture sector is not measured economically, but socially. We’re thinking in particular of the sense of belonging and well-being felt by the population, as Jesse Wente, Canadian First Nations arts journalist and Chairman of the Canada Council for […]

A(rt)nalysis: merging art, culture and data

Patrimoine

There’s so much excitement surrounding “big data”! But what happens when data and the arts and culture meet? Mystery for some, adulation for others. Whatever the case, bringing these two apriori opposed worlds together opens up new learning and new opportunities: better understanding audiences, measuring the value created, developing new business models, learning from creative […]