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(L-R): Catherine Goodman, Stuart Roden. Trustees at National Gallery.
Prime Minister RISHI SUNAK has reappointed CATHERINE GOODMAN and STUART RODEN as trustees of the National Gallery.  The pair were first...
Headshot of Edward Benyon with a blurred background, he has grey hair and wears a navy gilet and white shirt.
Eastside Educational Trust has elected EDWARD BENYON as Chair. Estate Manager at the family-owned Benyon Estate in Hackney, Benyon succeeds...
Christopher Barron
CHRISTOPHER BARRON will become Welsh National Opera's (WNO) Interim General Director in early January 2024.  Barron brings experience in...
Jane Hytch, Chief Executive, Imagineer
Founding member and Chief Executive JANE HYTCH is stepping down from Coventry's outdoor arts organisation Imagineer. Hytch leaves to begin...
Tom Sleigh
Current Chair of Barbican Centre TOM SLEIGH has been named Chair of Norwich Theatre.  Sleigh succeeds MICHAEL NEWEY, who will complete his...

Latest Features

  • Image of Pauline Tambling

    Pauline Tambling, who played a huge role in the arts education and training world for four decades, has died. Her friend and colleague Sally Bacon pays tribute to her. 

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  • Dictionary entry: Merger

    Last week, The Audience Agency announced a merger with fellow sector support charity, Culture24. Here, CEO Anne Torreggiani explains why they have joined forces and how their work together will support a more future-focused sector.

  • Image of a man using a video camera

    In their latest collaborative research project, Euella Jackson and Jess Bunyan of Rising Arts Agency have been exploring the unequal balance of power inherent in partnership working. 

  • Image of two dominoes

    There is a domino effect at play across the sector at the moment, with the number of closures since last year reaching double figures. No doubt there are more to come, but Emily Williams thinks it can be done humanely.

  • Tombola for random selection

    An ancient practice of balloting is being put to use in application processes with the twin aims of reducing unpaid labour and increasing fairness, writes Martin O’Leary.

  • East London youth dance company

    Impact investment is an ideal partner for the arts sector where taking creative risks, experimentation and imagination are second nature, writes Fran Sanderson

  • Two actors on stage

    This week a trio of plays opens at Live Theatre Newcastle in which, for the first time, every show is captioned. For Vici Wreford-Sinnott, playwright and disability activist, it shows how times are changing.

Readers' Comments

I had the pleasure (and it was a pleasure) of working with Pauline both at Arts Council England and also at Creative & Cultural Skills...
Posted by Rob West on A trailblazer over four decades
Thank you Pauline for this succint and crystal clear analysis of the journey we've been on, and where we've landed. I agree with...
Pauline is so correct in her opinion and analysis piece on how the arts (and Heritage sector to some degree) are not stepping up to the...
Did 'the sector' coalesce around one or two specific asks for this year's Autumn Statement? All experience points to the...
It is a great shame and also very painful for the organisations that have been forced to close down. The consequences for staff are even...
Artworks Bradford has closed down and disability arts organisation Artlink in Leeds: "'It is with much regret that after over...
I work for one of those unsuccessful organisations that isn't yet included in those numbers, Golden Tree Productions in Cornwall (...
Well, firstly, I didn't intend to post a blank comment! I've just completed the survey, and I'm appalled at the limited...
Posted by Simon Ryder on Freelance frustration
It's not new news to state that our arts ecology runs on a trickle-down model. Artists’ livelihood and development prospects are...

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