The mere mention of a new museum or gallery by a ‘starchitect’ can unlock all sorts of funding for cities as they seek the transformative benefits felt by Bilbao – but these spectacular buildings often end up as totemic emblems of shocking municipal waste. Ike Ijeh homes in on the biggest offenders in recent years.
Arts organisations in the UK have done much for ethnic diversity, but not enough towards including and empowering disabled people. It is time for them to act on their principles of openness and fairness and actively drive change, argues the Guardian.
We should stop packaging classical music as ‘soothing’ and instead encourage audiences to feel it on their own terms - whether that is arousing, repulsive, lulling or everything in between, writes Jennifer Gersten.
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A collaboration between the city council and the foundation’s Momentum Music Fund will award one musician £15k and two other artists up to £5k each, alongside mentoring from...
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After ten years of activity in the city’s west end, Creative Scotland-backed gallery The Common Guild has announced it will stop exhibiting in its space in Woodlands Terrace, and will seek a...
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The Royal Northern College of Music has responded to increasing complaints of mental health challenges across higher education – and among musicians as a whole – by employing a clinical...
Some of the most rewarding arts experiences can arise from spur-of-the-moment decisions, writes Megan Friel. Are venues doing all they can to offer serendipitous opportunities to engage?
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The local council has rejected an expression of interest from a community group wanting to refurbish the derelict building as a performance venue, and favours developing it as a site for testing...
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The organisation announced on Twitter that the 2019 ceremony has been cancelled, and that the awards themselves had “come to an end”. The initiative had been criticised for shortlisting a...
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The consultation, which will guide spending for the period 2019-24, includes proposals for introducing three- to five-year funding periods for grants from the National Lottery.
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The economic output from the cultural sector is now just under £30bn, having grown by 7.3% in one year.
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A new parliamentary inquiry will report on the barriers to social mobility and identify practical action that can be taken by charities and the Government to address them.
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An evidence review concludes that nuances around the impact of arts interventions are being lost as evaluations take “an overly narrow focus on data and measurements”.
Western museums should not return colonial era art. Instead of judging history through the prism of right and wrong, we should focus on the power of ancient artefacts to enlighten us about the world, writes Tiffany Jenkins.
Manchester has invested in arts projects across the city to help residents learn about and support homeless people. Helen Lock assesses whether the initiative is working.
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PRS Foundation’s Keychange initiative, which aims to encourage gender balance in festival lineups and the wider music industry, presented a manifesto to the European Parliament to seek backing...
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The arts centre has submitted plans to Bristol City Council for a £12m revamp of “dead space” behind its building, which would create new work space for over 100 creatives, and add...
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MATTHEW XIA, previously Associate Artistic Director at the Royal Exchange Theatre from 2014-17, and soon to direct performances at Hampstead Theatre, The Orange Tree and Nottingham Playhouse, has...
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Professor TOM INNS has stepped down as Director of Glasgow School of Art after five years in charge, which spanned two major fires at the Mackintosh building. In his place, the school has appointed...
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After ten years in Cambridge, most recently as Business Development Director for Cambridge Live and previously as Arts and Events Manager for Cambridge City Council, ELAINE MIDGLEY has been appointed...
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JOHN FISHER, who has been the Hodge International Chair in Opera at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, has been appointed as the first Artistic Director of the college’s David Seligman...
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EFA GRUFFUDD JONES, Chief Executive of the National Centre for Learning Welsh since 2016, will become Chair of Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru’s board from December.
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BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art has announced the appointment of IRENE ARISTIZÁBAL in the new role of Head of Curatorial and Public Practice. She will take up the position in March 2019, leading...
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MARTIN THOMAS, formerly at Arts Council England, has been appointed Executive Director at Torbay Culture Board, with responsibility for delivering the town’s ten-year Cultural Strategy and...
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DEBBIE HANNAN has been appointed Associate Director of The Bunker Theatre. She will present a new monthly podcast – The Underground Podcast – exploring what needs to change in the theatre...