If governments really care about developing creative citizens and reaching larger slices of society, shouldn’t they be finding extra money for this work, rather than re-directing stretched arts budgets towards ‘cultural democracy’, asks Nan Van Houte.
Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, the superstar conductor at the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, is a force of reckless positivism who has made all things possible for women on the podium, writes Norman Lebrecht.
The 'visual word-of-mouth' phenomenon prompted by Instagram can be part of the artistic experience. But should it be influencing curatorial activity? Ben Luke reports.
Algorithms may be able to identify what people care about, but for the inspiration needed to make a connection with them, look to the world of the arts, says Bruno Bertelli.
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Scottish Opera 'troubleshooter' Alexander Reedijk has been brought in to lead a rescue bid at the troubled Greenock venue, where six directors have left the board and chief executive Sean...
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A 17,000 sq metre optical illusion celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Louvre museum's glass pyramid left paper debris scattered around Paris as visitor footfall destroyed the paper-based...
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Southbank Centre’s Creative Director has called for a “much more disruptive intervention”.
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The pledge to set up the programme is part of the region’s first ever cultural strategy, which will run for five years until 2024.
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Organisations including Sheffield Theatres, the Young Vic, Chichester Festival Theatre and Equity have pledged support for Stage Sight, a new initiative set up by lighting designer Prema Mehta, which...
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The DCMS committee heard there had been no press coverage challenging the expenditure of £50m on arts activities to commemorate the First World War.
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KATIE POSNER, a freelance director who was previously Associate Director for Pilot Theatre, and CHARLOTTE BENNETT, Associate Director at Soho Theatre, where she leads the new writing department, have...
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MARK ALLINSON is leaving Thurrock Council’s Thameside Theatre after 34 years with the organisation. Having spent the previous 32 years as Arts Manager, he is looking to ‘do something...
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Currently Director of Communications at Glyndebourne, where he has been leading the organisation’s broadcast and online streaming work, GEORGE BRUELL has been appointed as Director of Creative...
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National Theatre Director RUFUS NORRIS and Executive Director LISA BURGER have new job titles reflecting their work together leading the organisation.
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IAN BONE, formerly Head of Production at Culture Creative, has become Company Director and GARY CAMPBELL, previously at English Heritage and Northumberland County Council, and Museum Manager at...
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A digital project will enable real-time collaboration across a consortium of six leading training institutions for performing artists.
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Total visits to attractions in the UK were up 8.7% on the previous year, driven in large part by regional success and the so-called “Dippy effect”.
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The two Suffolk-based cultural organisations, which originate from the same founders, Peter Pears and Benjamin Britten, have announced that they will merge by April 2020. The new organisation, to be...
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The gallery on England’s south coast will reopen as ‘Hastings Contemporary’ after cutting ties with major supporter the Jerwood Foundation. The relaunch, set for 6 July, has been...
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London’s Space 18, originally due to open in mid-April, will now open in September. The venue, spread over seven buildings and 200 different rooms, has had its opening delayed in order to...
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The University of West Scotland’s Paisley Campus has opened a Centre for Culture, Sport and Events to produce research aimed at cultural policy makers. The initiative is part of Renfrewshire...
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The dance organisation will move into a £9m “self-financing, energy-efficient” space in Kent in September 2020, following the granting of planning permission and more than £3m...
Musician Lucy Rose did not know she needed therapy until she wrote her fourth album, when her songs were suddenly charged with a raw and at times desolate emotion. Mark Savage explores how her own art delivered the support she needed.
North Wales Police, concerned about vulnerable young people being used to sell drugs on behalf of dealers living miles away, has begun working with Theatr Clwyd to teach school pupils about such ‘county lines’ drug dealing operations. Can it work, asks the BBC.
Rejecting arts sponsorship deemed unpalatable suggests a naïve, defensive sentiment that culture should be expunged of the compromises of the outside world – but arms are still made, oil is still pumped, and profits still accrue, writes JJ Charlesworth.