23rd March 2018

Dance organisation takes on Drama UK’s former accreditation role

1,000 people oppose council plans to sell art collection

Sadiq Khan unveils small arts grants programme for London

Unite union finds Edinburgh Fringe workers paid £3.40 an hour

Helen Legg becomes new Director of Tate Liverpool

Tate Director Maria Balshaw said she was confident Legg would lead the organisation “into a new era”.

Salisbury arts, theatre and music organisations merge

Salisbury Playhouse, Salisbury Arts Centre and Salisbury International Arts Festival will be known as Wiltshire Creative and receive an annual £1.3m from Arts Council England.

21st March 2018

London boroughs funded to develop Creative Enterprise Zones

£500k is being shared by eleven shortlisted boroughs to develop plans to support artists and creative businesses in their areas.

New 3,000-capacity venue for London

Scottish Government steps in to save Scottish Youth Theatre

“A great shame”: British Council forced to suspend work in Russia

The future is unclear for a professional development programme connecting artists in the two countries, following the poisoning of a former Russian spy and his daughter.

20th March 2018

London art teacher crowned world’s best teacher

Labour to hold one-day arts festival

British Museum remains most-visited UK attraction

Conductor James Levine sues Metropolitan Opera after dismissal

16th March 2018

Creative industry exports worth £46bn last year

First steps for National Alliance for Culture, Health and Wellbeing

Government and Saudi Arabia encourage cultural collaboration

National Theatre to engage 700 schools in new initiative

Arts organisations urged to create ‘culture of digital experimentation’

New analysis by Nesta assesses the context in which UK arts and culture organisations operate as Arts Council England consults on its next ten-year strategy.

Government ‘stonewalls’ creative industries amendment to Brexit bill

Peers warned a reciprocal agreement with the EU for the creative industries is necessary to avoid returning to the “dark days of zero growth, little confidence and minimal opportunity”.

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