From participation to diversity, art is no longer standing still

In her last column of the year, Susan Jones offers four seasonal reasons to be cheerful – and a bonus new year’s resolutionTo some, I will always be that irritating person who finds some fault with how the subsidised arts operate. Over the past year I’ve ranted in this column on, among other things, the plethora of naff art language and the male-domination of arts leadership. I’ve championed our much underrated crafts scene and banged the “small is beautiful”