The rejuvinated Turner Prize shortlist, which includes three women, more broadly reflects the different identities in the UK and sends the signal that the capital of culture is everywhere, says David Osbaldeston.
There is a rocky road ahead for classical music, but by using digital to serve and enhance analogue, the next generation of listeners can be reached and have their lives enriched, argues Alan Davey.
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The Moat Brae house and garden in Dumfries, which inspired the creation of ‘Peter Pan’, will open in autumn 2018 with backing from funders including The National Lottery and Creative...
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The university has stopped taking applications for undergraduate fine art, and the School of Music and Fine Art – which reportedly had a £500k deficit – will close as an academic...
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The introduction of two-year Open Project Funding is thought to have led to a drop in the number of arts organisations applying for Regular Funding.
Can visiting a museum feel too much like going to the dentist? Not if you use smartphone and virtual reality technology to excite and entertain visitors, says Nikki Erlick.
Nick Ahad tours Leeds Grand – the theatre plagued by fraud convictions, cancelled performances and structural issues – as it prepares to make its comeback.
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The Opus Theatre, set to be established in the grade II-listed His Place Community Church, will offer a programme of concerts, plays and literary events during the week. The church will be used for...
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A research project into audience development practices across Europe has issued a set of recommendations and guides for cultural organisations.
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The size of an arts organisation is more important than location when it comes to attracting donations and sponsorship, new analysis has found.
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Ahead of the general election, the Museums Association has published Museums Manifesto 2017 calling for sustained public investment, the continuation of free entry to national museums, simplified...
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As part of a Scottish Opera initiative to take miniature productions around the country, a converted boat will tour 25-minute opera performances to coastal resorts along the Clyde estuary.
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A House of Lords inquiry raises concerns that young people from diverse backgrounds are being discouraged from entering careers in theatre, putting the sector’s future cultural and economic success at risk.
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(IN ESTONIAN) Tallinn’s ‘Multifunctional Centre for the Arts’ will offer almost 900 square metres of exhibition space and aims to provide key support services to local grassroots...
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(IN GREEK) Blaming the Ministry of Education and Culture’s cinema advisory committee for a debt of €180k incurred while producing his film ‘Akamas’, Cypriot filmmaker Panicos...
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(IN CROATIAN) Five minority theatres in Romania, Italy, Serbia, Albania and Croatia will combine to produce a play and a series of workshops in Spring 2018 using European Union funding.
(IN CZECH) Given the Prague National Theatre’s ensemble currently features ten actresses under 40, Tomáš Šťástka asks: what space is there for older women?
(IN BULGARIAN) Dnevnik profiles Buglaria’s new Culture Minister, Boil Banov, who trained as a theatre director and is renowned for uniting drama and puppetry at the Ivan Dimov Theater.
To have gender parity in ballet, women must find time to create and continue to challenge the inequality that has for so long plagued choreography, writes Jorie Goins.
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The new relief, which would have allowed galleries and museums to claim up to £100k back on new temporary, touring or permanent exhibitions, has been removed from the Finance Bill to allow the...
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Labour politician MICHAEL DUGHER, who announced his intention to leave politics in April, has been appointed as UK Music’s new Chief Executive. The Former Shadow Culture Secretary will join in...
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The Director of Bergen Kunsthall, MARTIN CLARK, will take up the post of Director of Camden Arts Centre from September 2017. He replaces JENNI LOMAX, who steps down in July after 26 years in the role...
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CHRISTOPHER BREWARD, currently Principal of Edinburgh College of Art, has been appointed as National Galleries of Scotland’s new Director of Collection and Research.
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Formerly Head of Learning & Participation at Alexandra Palace, SARAH JAMES has been appointed Director of The Architecture Centre. She follows CHRISTINE DAVIS, who left after five years in post.
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ALISON O’HARA is to become New Writing North’s Executive Director (Business & Operations). She is joined by WILL MACKIE, who takes up the post of Senior Programme Manager (Writing...