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Julie Aldridge takes the bait thrown down by Trevor O’Donnell’s dismissal of arts marketing as ‘amateur’ and in response urges closer collaboration between artistic leaders and arts marketers.
Hull will be the UK City of Culture in 2017, winning over shortlisted cities Dundee, Leicester and Swansea Bay. Phil Redmond, Chair of the independent expert advisory panel, said: “It was the...
The value of criminal trade in paintings and antiques in the UK is second only to drug dealing, according to senior police officers. A new taskforce including representatives from English Heritage...
Aberdeen City Council are pressing ahead with £30m renovation plans for the city’s gallery which, despite protests over the proposals, would see the historic marble staircase and other...
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News
Receiving venues are lobbying MPs to intervene for a fairer share of Lottery funding in the regions.
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News
Over half of respondents to the ‘Creating Without Conflict’ survey have been bullied, harassed or discriminated against while at work in the entertainment industry.
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The school-led arts and education project will spark a world-class artistic programme and a Music Academy for young people.
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Arts People
Mary Swan, Artistic Director & Chief Executive of Proteus Theatre Company, explains her career so far.
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Christoph Jankowski introduces Creative Europe, the new EU funding progamme for the cultural and creative sectors.
Culture Minister Carál Ní Chuilín has outlined a plan for a three-year legacy after the city’s UK City of Culture year, with £2m approved to get projects started. The focus will be on...
The south-east London theatre is under threat as the owner plans to build flats on the site next year. Theatre Director Adrian Green hopes the venue can be saved to be used as a fringe venue, and is...
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The Place has announced the appointment of ROSIE NEAVE as the new Director of Communications. She most recently worked at the Royal Opera House where she was Head of Ballet Press for nearly five...
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ENCATC, the European network on cultural management and cultural policy education, has appointed Professor ANNICK SCHRAMME as its new President following a recent round of Board elections. She will...
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VIRGINIA HAWORTH-GALT is to take over as Chief Executive of the British Universities Film and Video Council in February 2014 following the departure of LUÍS CARRASQUEIRO. For the past three years she...
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NEIL CULLEN has been appointed to the new role of Digital Projects Coordinator at The Royal Scottish National Orchestra (RSNO). He will lead on creating new platforms and resources for reaching wider...
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LUDO KESTON has been appointed as Chief Executive of The River & Rowing Museum from 1 January 2014. He joins from the Coventry Heritage & Arts Trust, where he was Chief Executive for the past...
The 400-seat theatre which has been closed for a £27m redevelopment since July 2011 will reopen in March 2014, with a "stylish" facade at the front of the new building. Artistic...
Building a Creative Nation aims to create a further 5.5k creative apprenticeships, paid internships and traineeships in the UK by 2016. The campaign has been launched as part of Creative and Cultural...
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Jonathan Jones wonders why local governments spend on new superfluous arts venues - like the Public in West Bromwich - when there are museums in need of support.
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Andrew Mellor says an orchestral imbalance is part of the regional funding divide; might a choked London orchestra find new life in Bristol?
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There’s something wrong with an education system that denies children music-making with real instruments, says James Rhodes.
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What sets the 'cultural digerati' apart from the rest? Hasan Bakhshi reflects on the findings of the ‘Digital Culture’ research into how arts and cultural organisations are using digital technology.
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Feature
How has Northern Ireland’s cultural sector responded to equality and community relations since the Good Friday Agreement? Nicole McNeilly finds out.
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The Royal Opera House has been sharpening its commercial agenda over recent years. Alastair Roberts describes how it has developed its brand licensing and media activities.
Andrew Lloyd Webber has highlighted the importance of cultural philanthropy saying that those “lucky enough” to have made a career in the arts should at the “very, very least...