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Arts organisations are continuing to embrace digital technology, but not all at the same rate and a cautious approach is emerging, according to a recent survey.
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Capital expenditure will bear the brunt of cuts to the arts in Scotland next year under draft budget plans that see funding for culture fall from £170m to £154m.
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£75m has been allocated to the UK’s 123 music education hubs for 2016/17, maintaining funding from 2015/16, though not yet returning to the £82m allocated in the first year of the...
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A new ‘Centre for Music’ on the current Museum of London site hopes to be the Tate Modern of music.
With an average of 40% of theatre seats still empty, theatres need to ask themselves if spending money chasing contributed income is always the wisest policy, says David Brownlee.
The new multi-million pound venue for the London Symphony Orchestra is surprisingly old fashioned and may disrupt the delicate ecology of London’s musical life, says Ivan Hewett.
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A Canadian study found that art – providing it avoids abstraction, extreme conditions and depictions of water – could trigger previously unheard memories from people with dementia.
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Creating an “extension of the UK theatre scene”, the Ambassador Theatre Group is to take control of the vacant Hudson Theatre in New York, opening it to the public from November 2016.
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Brixton Council has agreed plans to move the venue to a purpose-built home in Somerleyton Road, with a 120-seat theatre, a 70-seat theatre and seven studio spaces.
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Universal Music Group’s website, which was launched in 2012 featuring ‘jargon free’ reviews, podcasts and playlists for newcomers to classical music, is to stop commissioning...
Arts People
Arts Council England Deputy Chief Executive ALTHEA EFUNSHILE is to step down in October 2016, having been in the role since 2012 and with the organisation since 2007. She is to lead and complete the...
Arts People
GEMMA OKELL is to leave Salisbury Arts Centre after 10 years with the organisation – and four years as Director – to take time off to go travelling.
Arts People
CEO of West Australian Ballet STEVEN ROTH is to become Executive Director at Scottish Ballet from March 2016, joining the recently appointed Chief Executive / Artistic Director CHRISTOPHER HAMPSON.
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JULIE LOMAX, Director of Visual Arts at Australia Council for the Arts, is to be Director of Development at Liverpool Biennial from March 2016. She will be joined by KITTY SCOTT, currently Carol and...
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Membership of the Dance Touring Partnership has helped Warwick Arts Centre programme distinctive work and attract new audiences. Alan Rivett discusses the benefits and dangers of collaborative working.
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Could paintbrushes, violins and even magic wands soon be crucial tools for medical professionals? Yvonne Farquharson hopes so.
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A new, nimbler box office system has given Mercury Theatre the power to turn around a steady decline in ticket sales. Libby Penn explains how.
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The arts sector still has enthusiasm for digital technology but some are now taking a more cautious approach, according to a recent survey. Sam Mitchell discusses the findings.
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At the start of their careers, artists need more than just brilliant ideas - they need to develop skills that will enable them to shape and sustain their practice. Ann Drew explains how applying for an enterprise award can help them achieve this.
Thomas Marks criticises the BBC’s decision to report the purchase of top art by universities as ‘furnishing’.
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The Really Useful Theatres Group has purchased the St James Theatre – a mere three years after it opened – for an undisclosed fee, potentially to use the venue as a space to develop new...
Alva Noë argues that being bored by art is a good thing – it means that art actually has the power to disrupt, and that the viewer has been forced outside of their comfort zone.
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Historic England has released a list of lost and stolen public art, alongside an appeal for stories and photos, to help track down missing pieces.
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The Rijksmuseum is to change the wording of “insulting” artwork titles – removing words like “negro” – prompting concerns about censorship.
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When you look at a painting in a gallery, do you ever wonder how it got there? David Gosling explains how to stay cool and focused whilst moving priceless pieces of art.