Finding a forgery

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30 Apr 2014

Eleanor Head advises galleries on their legal position in the event that a painting turns out to be a forgery or its ‘provenance is tainted’.

Partners in production

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28 Apr 2014

The Leeds Creative Labs programme has funded collaborations between university academics and creative technologists. Sue Hayton reports.

Theatre tax relief for all

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28 Apr 2014

Sean Egan takes a long-term view of the proposed theatre tax relief, suggesting how it could benefit subsidised and commercial theatre companies.

Critical engagement please!

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24 Apr 2014

Why are we not critically engaging with learning disability arts? Bella Todd reports on the recent Creative Minds conference.

Moving masterpieces

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22 Apr 2014

Moving artworks around the world is a complex and costly process. Michael Festenstein advises on how it can be done carefully and cost-effectively.

A new way of life

Filming in Trafalgar Square
22 Apr 2014

Natalie Wade shares some tips on how she has been creating great art and culture for young people for whom disengagement had become a way of life.

Healthy evidence

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16 Apr 2014

A breakthrough in the way that arts in health programmes are developed and researched is set to transport arts activity into the health research mainstream. Tim Joss explains the power of the new AESOP 1 framework.

Staying small

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16 Apr 2014

Roanne Dods explains why the working practices of small-scale enterprises run by artists and creatives provide a model that is increasingly relevant in developed economies following the 2008 financial crash.

Aiming to fly higher

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15 Apr 2014

Making a career for himself in circus, Tim Lenkiewicz explains how he is aiming to make his circus-producing company commercially sustainable.

All change in financial accounting

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15 Apr 2014

Financial accounting changes are rare but a new financial reporting standard is to be introduced next year. Mahmood Reza explains what FRS102 will mean for many arts organisations.

A shift to sharing values

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10 Apr 2014

A shared set of values to assess quality and outcomes needs to replace providing evidence of clinical effectiveness for arts interventions, believes Jane Willis.

On the wilder side of Europe

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03 Apr 2014

On an arts programme secondment with the British Council in Ukraine, Liz Pugh has been witness to the turbulent geopolitics of the past six months.

The community rights challenge

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31 Mar 2014

Can our theatres be considered as ‘community theatres’ and be listed as Assets of Community Value? Mhora Samuel discusses the significance of this question.

Disability out of the box

Photo of Mat Fraser
31 Mar 2014

Mat Fraser focuses his disability activism on how exhibitions in medical museums can change ideas and attitudes around disability.

A well grounded community

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26 Mar 2014

How does a tiny Georgian theatre survive in a working class town? Esther Harris talks to Richard Stride, owner of the Groundlings Theatre in Old Portsmouth.

Working in threes

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24 Mar 2014

Richard Clay reports on a cross-sector, digital technology project, bringing together academics, cultural organisations and small or medium-sized companies.

Your royalty rights

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24 Mar 2014

As a performer, songwriter or producer are you receiving the royalties due to you? Keith Harris reports on the millions PPL collects from the licensing of recorded music in the UK and overseas.

Make the case for culture

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19 Mar 2014

Alex Jones urges those in the early to mid stage of their career (like her) to join a What Next? Generation group.

Facing the unfamiliar

Image of young people in Songlines project
19 Mar 2014

Kate Reynolds describes a multi-arts project for young people with autism spectrum disorder that has gone off the beaten track and now includes others without the condition.

A tough month

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19 Mar 2014

Crowd-funding was a rough but eventually successful ride for Gill Kirk. She reveals the highs and lows of her month-long campaign.

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