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Funders are increasing their demands for data from arts organisations while only paying lip service to quality in their own statistics. It’s time to stop indulging them, says Jonathan Knott.
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Less Lottery money was available for the arts in 2018/19, despite sales increasing by £255m.
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A new partnership hopes to bring disabled and non-disabled musicians together to create accessible instruments and remove barriers to participation.
An installation at Art Basel has been changed after one of its subjects said she never agreed to be part of it. The controversy reignites long-standing debates over representation in art, using images in the public record, and creating profit from trauma, writes Ej Dickson.
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The Eastern Angles Theatre Company has launched a campaign to fundraise £50,000 for a new site adjacent to Ipswich Waterfront. A company spokesman said it plans to apply to Arts Council England...
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Work will begin in August on a new café and rehearsal space at Omnibus Theatre. Artistic Director Marie McCarthy said the new spaces would “enrich the experience for both audiences and theatre...
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Organisers warn the city council’s “salami slicing” strategy could cause the event’s decline or even demise. Arts groups have lost direct funding and are being told to share...
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A model that asked people how much they would pay to save museums and cathedrals from closure can and should be applied more broadly, the charity argues.
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The place in which a cultural organisation finds itself can determine how it thrives, survives or even dies, but many organisations are now taking the lead in helping places reinvent themselves. Anne Torreggiani explores the rise of place-shaping.
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Kirklees in West Yorkshire has a vision for local development rooted firmly in its historic links to the textile and music industries, says Kath Davies.
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Jonathan Gross and Nick Wilson reflect on their recent research into cultural ecology and suggest what the future of progressive place-based policy and practice could look like.
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A perpetual, community-led art project is transforming neighbourhoods in Exeter, street by street. JoJo Spinks explains why handing control of commissioning to local people has been crucial to its success.
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The global finance hub is forging a new identity through risk-taking alliances between its commercial, public and cultural sectors, writes Tim Jones.
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The economic value of our creative industries is clear. But it's not so clear that they're a priority for candidates wanting to become the UK's next Prime Minister, says Claudia Burger.
Alistair Brown considers the history and future of civic museums. While there is a risk councils may see them as financial liabilities, can they become our greatest local assets?
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Protests are planned for Widdecombe’s first show since her comments on gay conversion therapy prompted two other venues to cancel bookings. Lowther Pavilion chairman Tim Lince said “the...
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The inaugural Largo Arts Week will star comedian Phil Jupitus and renowned sculptor David Mach. Organiser Dougi McMillan said talent in the Lower Largo villages is “often overlooked” and...
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A court has ruled the school wrongly claimed a door between its Reid and Assembly buildings was a fire exit to claim VAT. Its historic Mackintosh building has burned down twice in the past four years...
Frances Ryan talks to disabled festival-goers about the "military grade planning" they undertake to see their favourite artists perform live.
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Birmingham Airport will fund the company's latest film 'After Bach - Freefalling with Bintley', which focuses on its award-winning programme for adults with severe learning disabilities....
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The Milton Keynes venue says new plans to build 79 houses nearby present a “real threat” to its future.
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More than half a million people attended a Capital Theatres group event in the last year, Chief Executive Duncan Hendry said. He attributed the group's success to new mobile-friendly website...
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A group in Newmarket in Suffolk hopes to raise £650,000 to convert the Palomino Pub into a permanent arts space. Campaigner Lousie Eatock said the centre would offer events and...
An installation raising awareness of climate change produced 55 tonnes of CO2 emissions. Emily Sharpe looks at the ways the arts sector is reckoning with its environmental impact.
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Reiach and Hall Architects will renovate the existing Edinburgh gallery and convert a neighbouring warehouse into a two-storey installation space by 2020. The project has "opportunities for...