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After almost 11 years as Director of Manchester’s Castlefield Gallery, KWONG LEE is stepping down to spend more time with his family in Hong Kong.
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Arts Catalyst has appointed KYOKO TACHIBANA as Curator in Residence, ahead of the departure of Curator ALEC STEADMAN, who is taking up the role of Co-Chief Curator of Cemeti Art House in Yogyakarta,...
The palpable anger of creative types over Brexit may be understandable, but their rhetoric is getting dangerously close to being anti-democratic, warns Lloyd Evans.
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The plans would see a permanent 400-seat auditorium built at the historic house near Market Harborough to replace a temporary theatre, which is currently home to the Nevill Holt Opera Festival.
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Sutton Theatres Trust, appointed 14 months ago to run council-owned venues The Secombe and The Cryer, has gone into administration, blaming low audience numbers and a failure to raise funding.
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A former city college in Inverness will be converted into a mix of studio space and housing in a joint venture between the council, an artists’ studio provider and a retirement home developer.
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A disproportionate decline in the number of students taking arts-based subjects this year could be explained by GCSE trends, the Director of the Joint Council for Qualifications has said.
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The theatre’s business model bears fruit, as a local tech company signs a rental agreement that will deliver an ongoing revenue stream for its artistic and education work.
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After considering emails between BP and the British Museum, which the Art Not Oil coalition claimed demonstrated curatorial interference by the oil giant, the Museums Association has said its Code of...
An influx of artists to Margate since the opening of Turner Contemporary may have transformed the town into a cool cultural destination, but that hasn’t solved the problem of entrenched poverty and social exclusion, finds David Batty.
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Bectu is urging workers to speak up about exploitation and poor working conditions, following the launch of a ‘whistleblowing’ website documenting alleged exploitation during the...
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ELLEN MCDOUGALL will take on the role of Artistic Director at London’s Gate Theatre from March 2017. Currently an Associate Artist at The Gate, she replaces CHRISTOPHER HAYDON, who leaves to...
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The new ‘Spend a Penny’ fund has been launched by the Theatres Trust with support from Susan and Simon Ruddick.
They protect the art, but also gain a unique insight into the works and the visitors – Katherine McMahon meets the gallery attendants.
How do you create a standardised test for art and music? Should you even try? An arts education pilot project in America has been finding out.
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A Memorandum of Understanding between the two festivals will lead to creative, business and community collaborations, and co-commissioned major works will be premiered in the two cities.
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Edinburgh Fringe Festival has defended the inclusion of the International Shalom Festival in its programme, rejecting accusations that the arts are being used “as a tool for normalising human...
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London's Palace Theatre is refusing entry to anyone who has knowingly bought a ticket from a tout. Producers Sonia Friedman and Colin Callender stressed the importance of accessible pricing and...
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Feedback on the work of the Arts Council is being gathered to contribute to a wide-ranging review of its role and effectiveness.
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The 140-seat arts centre is hoping to build a 400-seat auditorium to fill the gap left by the closure of the town’s Civic Centre venue in 2010.
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Local residents are being urged to take paying guests to accommodate the expected influx of visitors to the city next year.
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New financial and business models are needed if artists are to secure affordable studio space in a highly competitive property market, especially in London, report finds.
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The YMCA is pushing forward plans to convert a former Co-operative building in Wolverhampton into an arts centre and apartments. An earlier proposal by the city’s Central Youth Theatre to...
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Arts Council England’s #70things social media campaign marking its 70th birthday has divided opinion in its attempt to harness the power of Pokémon to raise the profile of galleries and museums...
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Delivering schemes that close the gap in arts engagement to reach under-represented groups will be the Government’s priority for culture.