Research

A new report finds that artists and gallery representatives agree artists should be paid for exhibiting their work in a publicly funded gallery, but they fail to agree on the specifics of how this should be implemented.

A new strategy report advises Edinburgh’s festivals to improve their digital offering if the city is to avoid complacency and remain a cultural world-beater.

Craft development organisations are struggling under pressures to marry the two roles of sales agent for makers and leader in artform development.

A new report finds that growing numbers of museum and gallery attenders are contributing nearly £900m to the Scottish economy, but organisations are staffed primarily by volunteers.

New research confirms that outdoor arts events draw wide support among local audiences from diverse economic and social backgrounds.

A new report calls on the Government to help develop more creative clusters outside London and the South East, to give the whole population the chance to share in the success of the booming creative industries.

Economists have attempted to quantify the extent to which increased tax revenues and health care cost savings are being realised from arts attendance and participation.

A Labour-commissioned report argues for devolution of funding and strategy decisions away from Whitehall and for ring-fenced grant-in-aid budgets, claiming it is  “…imperative for the creative industries to be treated as a priority across government.”