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Liv Wynter said her decision was intended to highlight the “erasure” of women from Tate, and was in response to criticised comments about sexual harassment made by Tate Director Maria Balshaw in a recent interview with The Times.

StubHub UK, Viagogo, Seatwave and GetMeIn have been ordered to correct misleading pricing information on their websites by the Advertising Standards Authority.

Twenty-nine Scottish local authorities will raise council tax by 3%, but warnings have been issued that services including arts funding and charity grants are the most likely to be impacted by cuts.

The venue said tickets will be unavailable for some events it is hosting as part of the Great Exhibition of the North until discussions among partners conclude, following revelations that one of the Exhibition’s key sponsors is BAE Systems, an arms manufacturer accused of “profiteering from the deaths of innocent children”. Artists including the Commoners Choirs have pulled out of the event and radio DJ Lauren Laverne said BAE System’s involvement has “raised questions” for her and other artists in the programme.

The Hallé orchestra and the Royal Exchange Theatre are among the 28 organisations to share £7m of investment for 2018-20 from the Greater Manchester Combined Authority, which will have to evidence how their work improves residents’ health and wellbeing. The new Culture Social Impact Fund has replaced the AGMA-run Section 48 grants fund.

Falling income and visitor numbers have led Edinburgh City Council to allocate an extra £95k to its museums for 2018/19 in order to reverse a 2016 decision to limit opening hours at six institutions to five days a week.