A Council committee describes proposals as unaffordable and suggests community groups interested in developing the project find the funding instead.
Non-for-profit Turnpike Art Group will commission a mural on a wall which featured urban art by Banksy, before the etching was removed earlier this year and consigned for sale in Miami.
Top seats to a West End show will cost around £80, but the cheapest seats on offer in London’s theatre district have dropped to an average price of £22.57.
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Despite money troubles and changing company directors, London’s opera scene still takes risks to produce an amazing programme of productions.
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Measuring data and updating websites for smart phone usage could help arts organisations be more successful online, suggests David Maurer.
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New artworks, remodelled gardens and a restructuring of galleries have refeshed the Dutch capital's famous museum.
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Plans for a multi-purpose arts venue at Ground Zero in New York raises questions of whether arts centres function best when focused on one use.
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London 2012 promised to inspire a generation in both sport and the arts. Recent research makes Moira Swinbank believe that this is happening but the funding must continue, as well as the buy-in from decision-makers.  
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Ruth Ben-Tovim describes ‘A Little Patch of Ground’, a food-growing and performance project aimed at people of all ages who have very little experience of the arts.
Extra fees on West End Theatre tickets, charged after the initial price quoted to customers, have fallen from an average of £1.96 in 2012 to £1.12 in 2013.
Taunton Deane Borough Council, which owns the freehold for the theatre, will bid to administrators BDO for the building's remaining 61 year lease. If successful, the Council will appoint an...
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LIZ HUGHES, who was Creative Programmer for the East of England at London 2012, has joined the University of Cambridge Museums as Cultural Partnerships Associate, to support the development of...
A council blueprint revealed four potential areas for redevelopment to tackle long-standing “problem sites and under-performing parts of the city”. But one of the sites earmarked,...
Museums and galleries vying for the £100,000 prize include the new £35m Hepworth Wakefield gallery, Glasgow’s Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum and BALTIC, Gateshead’s...
The Society of Independent Theatres aims to support venues with up to 300 seats by sharing audience information, recycling costumes and props between venues, and encouraging longer tours of...
Vincent Regan is behind plans to transform a disused chapel in East Riding into a theatre. Planning officers have recommended the proposal be approved in order to support the local economy and cater...
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A further 1% will be sliced off the NPO budget from April, with more to follow.
Danny Alexander, Chief Secretary to the Treasury, has written to ministers saying a planned £ 11.5bn cut in public spending would mean reductions of up to 10% from each of their budgets, on top...
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Will Gompertz talks to the Today Programme about the Art Newspaper's list of popular exhibitions. 
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Government proposals for introducing an ‘ABacc’ measure to monitor schools’ achievement at A level have been quietly changed, without announcement or a statement in Parliament, to...
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Aberystwyth Arts Centre’s Director and Operations Manager have been suspended but the University denies the Centre is at risk.
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The Culture Line will place major artworks at central stations on the city’s new Crossrail train line.
The Chairman and Treasurer of the theatre’s Trust have resigned after a bitter row over the Trust’s failure to back their restructuring plans and future fundraising efforts.
The audit office has criticised DCAL for allowing multi-million pound overspends on capital projects for buildings including the Grand Opera House, Lyric Theatre and the Metropolitan Arts Centre (MAC...
Sales tax on cultural events have risen from 8% to 21%, leading to a drop of a third in theatre audiences.

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