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Feature
For readers in the rest of the UK, Christine Hamilton reflects on how the Scottish arts world has responded to the independence referendum.
From issue 276
Arts People
As he opens Black Cultural Archives' new Heritage Centre, Director Paul Reid reflects upon those who have inspired him throughout his life and career.
The union has told the Society of London Theatre that three grades of staff, including front of house and backstage roles, currently earn less than the £8.80 per hour living wage.
From issue 276
News
New entertainment licensing exemptions will apply to local authorities, hospitals, schools, nurseries and tented circuses.
From issue 276
News
A new website dedicated to creating more international opportunities for Deaf and disabled artists is aiming to draw the attention of arts professionals, venue programmers and arts curators to the...
A 1,000-seat temporary venue will be erected in the grounds of the National Railway Museum for eight months in 2015, while the theatre is closed for redevelopment. Plans include expanding the foyer...
The disused coal mine site at Chatterley Whitfield will be the first to be transformed as part of a five-year, £450k project lead by B Arts in partnership with other arts organisations and...
Sotheby's hopes the new web platform will help it reach "the broadest possible audience around the world".
The gallery, which will also run an education programme and a restaurant, has been described as a personal, rather than commercial project by Iwan Wirth.
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Following the In Battalions festival, Lyn Gardner says that now is the time to start working together, to make sure the arts are firmly on the political agenda by the next election.
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Pippa Koszerek reports on the recent Mapping Art Practice symposium that explored the different challenges faced by artists based in and outside of London.
Following the decision to cease the £549k a year National Portfolio funding for Luton-based UK Centre for Carnival Arts, Arts Council England has pledged up to £500k a year “to work...
17 online ticket companies – including Stargreen which charges £9.25 in extra fees for a ticket to Shakespeare in Love at the Noel Coward Theatre – have until Wednesday to justify...
Northampton Borough Council sold an Egyptian statue from the collection of Northampton Museum and Art Gallery for almost £16m at auction. The sale went ahead despite wide-spread condemnation...
Until recently the event was free and drew audiences of up to 50,000, but attendance has fallen since the council introduced ticket charges in 2011.
From issue 276
Opinion
John Mathers warns that without brand ‘management’, the creative and cultural sectors could see themselves going the way of the Brazilian football team.
From issue 276
News
NPOs that focus on touring and those working with young people were twice as likely to experience cuts in the latest round of funding.
From issue 276
News
A new phase of Arts Council England’s partnership with Channel 4 will see arts organisations establish film development ‘network centres’ around the country.
From issue 276
News
End of an era for ‘additionality’ as Arts Council England grants major players three-year NPO funding from Lottery, while strategic funding is to be drawn interchangeably from Lottery and Grant in Aid.
From issue 276
Women are under-represented in our galleries. Eileen Cooper, the Royal Academy’s first female Keeper, argues that quotas are needed if we are to avoid future generations seeing 21st-century art as a male pursuit.
From issue 276
Opera is plagued by predictions of its own demise. But despite the ebb and flow of the economy it is still thriving, argues Speight Jenkins.
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The General Manager of Sheffield Theatres, SARAH NICHOLSON, is stepping down to take up the post of Executive Director of the Orange Tree Theatre in London. Replacing GILLIAN THORPE who retires, she...
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The Clore Leadership Programme has appointed outgoing Director of the National Portrait Gallery SANDY NAIRNE as its new Chair. He succeeds SIR JOHN TUSA who has been in post since 2009.
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CHRISTOPHER JONAS is the new Chair of the Board of the Contemporary Art Society. He was formerly Chairman of Goldsmiths University of London and President of the Royal Institution of Chartered...
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The Ambassador Theatre Group has appointed JONATHAN GRISDALE as its new Managing Director – Sponsorship, Sales & Marketing. He joins the company from TUI Marine where he was President and...