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Art Fund has announced that SANDY NAIRNE, former Director of the National Portrait Gallery, will become the organisation's Chair of Trustees.
He succeeds CHRIS SMITH (Lord Smith of...
News
Labour leader sets out his plans for creative education, improving conditions for freelancers, and his hope to boost funding for arts and culture organisations across the country.
Arts People
Fuel theatre company has appointed INE VAN RIET as its new Executive Director.
She joins Fuel this week, following the departure of INES TERCIO, who stepped down from the role last December...
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Creative Scotland has withdrawn funding for a project featuring participants engaging in "non-simulated" sex and "hardcore" acts.
The funding body had previously agreed to...
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London's Vault Festival of theatre and performance has announced its closure after funding for its new venue fell through.
Arts People
ANNA TURZYNSKI is to become the new Arts Director at Sunny Bank Mills in Farsley, succeeding JANE KAY, founder and co-owner of the Yorkshire arts venue.
Having worked in small organisations across...
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A charity providing affordable artist workshop space in Bath has been saved from closure thanks to a local council rent subsidy.
44AD, which is based in premises on the city’s Abbey Street,...
Feature
What do cultural leaders really think about the problems they, and the arts and cultural sector, face? Steven Hadley is the Editor of a new book on the subject.
A night out at a gig in the UK costs a fortune. But, as John Harris writes, the venues where artists learn their craft are falling silent.
After an aggressive cyber attack on the British Library, its Chief Executive Sir Roly Keating has written a report to share his understanding of what happened.
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The institution says its reliance on legacy infrastructure has impacted its ability to restore services quickly in the wake of a major ransomware attack last October.
According to new research from Spectrix and Indigo Ltd, classical and opera audiences are the most engaged arts attenders. Jo Johnson has been digging into the data.
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A yoga centre in Shropshire has been awarded a £22,000 Arts Council England grant for a community project that will combine creativity and wellbeing.
Jenna Blair Yoga in Shrewsbury will...
The value and benefit of culture is not just economic. Here Dr Henry Kippin and Professor Katy Shaw discuss culture and devolution in the context of the North East.
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Tate Britain has unveiled a new video work made in response to a 1927 mural that has been closed to the public since 2020 due to its offensive imagery.
‘Vive Voce’, a two-screen 20-...
Opinion
The cultural sector welcomed last week’s Spring Budget but, as Lara Carmona writes, not being able to leverage public investment at the scale needed is like having your best player benched indefinitely.
The war in Israel and Palestine has spilt over into our cultural life, says Katie Razzall as she interviews artists about the challenges of speaking out and the importance of maintaining nuance.
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Calls for co-ordinated response to heritage crimes from police forces across England as study highlights impact of opportunistic offenders and organised crime groups on the sector.
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Police are investigating an incident of vandalism at Cambridge University which saw two pro-Palestine protesters spray paint on then slash a portrait of former Conservative Prime Minister and Foreign...
Arts People
DAVID SULKIN OBE has been appointed the new Chair of the Board for Hoxton Hall in London, replacing interim Chair ALISTAIR ELDER who remains a trustee.
The board made the announcement saying...
Feature
A car park in Peckham has been transformed into a cultural hub, setting the benchmark for regeneration without gentrification, writes Joseph Winters.
Arts People
The Postal Museum has announced the appointment of its new Chair, SUE WILKINSON OBE.
She succeeds RICK WILLS who is stepping down this month after more than eight years at the helm, during...
Arts People
MARTIN DEBRYSHIRE is leaving his role as CEO of Stockroom, a production company and writers room for theatre.
Derbyshire has spent eleven years at the company, overseeing the production of...
News
The Library Campaign says Birmingham City Council’s plan to close 25 of its local libraries as part of far-reaching budget cuts would breach the Public Libraries and Museums Act.
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The Fitzwilliam Museum’s five main painting galleries will reopen entirely on Friday (15 March).
The galleries at the Cambridge-based museum have been closed for a major refurbishment and...