Dispute threatens to derail European Capital of Culture 2019

05 Jul 2017

Members of Bulgaria’s Plovdiv 2019 Foundation board are threatening to resign unless the local council’s influence is reduced. They say councillors are more interested in political games than the Foundation, and there is no time to prepare for the event.

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Culture leaders across Europe warn against ‘hard Brexit’

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04 Jul 2017

Artist Mark Wallinger and musician Julian Lloyd Webber are among those backing a Pan-European set of recommendations for Brexit negotiators in the UK and Europe.

Theatre to monitor audience heartrate during bloody Shakespeare play

03 Jul 2017

Selected audience members at a Royal Shakespeare Company performance of Titus Andronicus will wear pulse-monitoring wristbands as part of a research project examining whether the bard’s work still has the power to shock.

3,000 images from RSC productions made available online

03 Jul 2017

The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) has launched a publicly-accessible and fully-searchable archive of photos, spanning 80 years of shows and featuring actors such as Judi Dench and Ian McKellen.

DCMS changes its name

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03 Jul 2017

The government culture department will now be called the department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, acknowledging the “way the department’s remit has evolved”.

TEF rankings: UK arts universities are of the “highest quality”

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30 Jun 2017

Most of the arts-focused higher education institutions assessed by the new Government ranking scheme have received a gold award.

Dance development takes a hit in NPO funding round

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30 Jun 2017

Although the new portfolio will contain seven more dance organisations, three regional dance development agencies have lost funding.

Devon theatre saved as council blocks sale

30 Jun 2017

Paignton’s Palace Theatre will be handed over to a community interest company after the local council turned down a proposal by the Mayor to sell the building.

Arts Council warns new NPOs: Improve diversity or no funding

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30 Jun 2017

Ten arts organisations accepted into the national portfolio for 2018-22 have a low diversity rating, which they must improve or provisional funding will not be finalised.

London boroughs to share £3m in new cultural competition

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30 Jun 2017

32 boroughs will compete to be named ‘London Borough of Culture’, with one taking the title in 2019 and another in 2020.

Arts engagement in Northern Ireland outpaces England

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30 Jun 2017

Arts attendance among people living in the most deprived areas has grown, but the gap between these areas and those of least deprivation has widened over the past decade. 

Major new art gallery set for former Paris stock exchange

29 Jun 2017

The 19th century Bourse de commerce is to house tycoon François Pinault’s €1.25bn art collection, including pieces by Mark Rothko and Damien Hirst. It is expected to open next year.

Report reveals extent of diversity crisis in UK film industry

29 Jun 2017

There is a “pandemic lack of inclusion” in film, women earn an average of £3k less than men and the industry must become more diverse to address a skills shortage, a report by the British Film Institute concludes.

EXCLUSIVE: Artist squares up to Regulator over "manifestly unreasonable" fundraising investigation

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28 Jun 2017

The Fundraising Regulator has backed charity Bow Arts Trust’s claims that the £90 a month 'donations’ it took from a tenant on a live-in artist studio scheme were made voluntarily, despite concluding there was no supporting documentary evidence and accepting that the payments formed part of the monthly rent.

Nine out of ten Hull residents engage with UK City of Culture

28 Jun 2017

An interim report has found more than 1.4 million visitors attended cultural events and activities in Hull during the first three months of its year as UK City of Culture, giving the city an economic boost.

Scotland’s new cultural strategy to tackle artists’ low pay

28 Jun 2017

Nearly 100 artists and cultural workers met with Culture Secretary Fiona Hyslop on Monday to begin a five-month consultation on Scotland’s new National Cultural Strategy, which will tackle issues including artists’ pay and the impact of the losing EU funding after Brexit.

Arts funding: 183 new NPOs as largest organisations take 3% cut

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27 Jun 2017

The number of National Portfolio Organisations will increase to 831, as museums, libraries and new ‘Sector Support Organisations’ join Arts Council England’s portfolio.

Arts projects fail to attract investors

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26 Jun 2017

None of the participants in a digital arts accelerator programme designed to help cultural organisations attract commercial investment were able to convince investors that they could deliver sufficient financial returns.

UK grows share of ‘increasingly important’ Creative Europe funding following Brexit vote

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26 Jun 2017

35 creative, cultural and heritage organisations from across the UK have been awarded a combined €3.2m in funding.

Funding shortfall for Fundraising Regulator as charities refuse to pay

23 Jun 2017

The Fundraising Regulator is reportedly ‘running on its reserves’ after failing to raise enough in the first round of its levy. It is set to raise £1.75m, which is £500k short of the anticipated £2.25m, and £200k short of its minimum required budget, as 418 charities have refused to pay, 199 invoices had to be written off because they were sent with incorrect data, and 155 charities are in dispute with the Regulator.

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