Wednesday, 22 November 2023
The UK art market directly supported 45,520 jobs and 7,800 businesses in 2023, the latest annual report from the British Art Market Federation has revealed.
Figures in the report estimate that the fiscal contribution made by the UK art market was nearly £1.6bn in 2022. It also suggests that last year, the sector spent an estimated £2.6bn on specialised services and products supporting a... read more
British Art Market 2023 (DCMS)
Tuesday, 21 November 2023
Proposals to sell off a theatre in Worcester to help pay for a council regeneration project have been scrapped.
Funds from the sale of the 350-seat Swan Theatre were earmarked to go toward a multimillion-pound project to build a new arts venue in the city on the site of the listed Scala Theatre and Corn Exchange buildings.
Original plans for the redevelopment of the Scala site, backed by an £18m... read more
Tuesday, 21 November 2023
Artistic Director of Wales Millennium Centre, Graeme Farrow, has warned of a “crisis” in the Welsh cultural sector and urged politicians to consider a 10% boost in arts funding to "steady the ships".
Speaking to BBC's Politics Wales, Farrow said there was "panic" throughout the industry amid cuts to the arts. "We've got Michael Sheen in a big show next May about Nye Bevan, and I'm genuinely... read more
Monday, 20 November 2023
The National Trust has called on government to take action dealing with the risk that rising temperatures and extreme weather pose to the nation’s heritage sites.
In a report published on Monday (20 November) the National Trust called climate change "the single biggest threat" facing the historic homes, land and coastline in its custodianship.
Entitled A climate for change, the report’s findings... read more
Monday, 20 November 2023
Students at Oxford Brookes University have launched a petition to save a music course after plans to axe it emerged last week.
The petition, which launched on 17 November and now has around 3,000 signatures, calls for university leaders to reconsider the decision, stating that it will impact both music students and the university's culture.
"We are deeply affected by the recent decision to remove... read more
Monday, 20 November 2023
Birmingham Hippodrome has launched a new programme for teachers and educators in the West Midlands in a bid to get more young people in the area engaged with theatre.
Teachers in the scheme will be invited to see live performances at the Hippodrome and attend talks, pre and post-show events and networking events where they can meet and connect with other educators, artists and creatives.
It is... read more
Monday, 20 November 2023
Quaytickets, a venue operator and ticketing services supplier based at The Lowry has renewed its partnership with the technology platform SeatGeek.
In addition, Quaytickets has announced four new clients, including the University of Birmingham, South Lanarkshire Council and The Brindley Theatre, joining the organisation's existing roster, which counts NIMAX Theatres, Nederlander Group and... read more
Wednesday, 15 November 2023
Members of the National Trust have rejected the election of five candidates endorsed by the pressure group Restore Trust.
Restore Trust was set up three years ago for members concerned that the Trust’s priorities were being driven by “modish, divisive ideologies”.
A record turnout of 156,000 members voted in the Trust’s council elections at this year’s AGM held on 11 November.
Members also... read more
National Trust members reject pressure group proposals at AGM (Museums Association)
Wednesday, 15 November 2023
The Culture, Media and Sport (CMS) Committee has written to Chancellor Jeremy Hunt ahead of next week’s Autumn Statement calling for targeted tax support and changes to regulations impacting the British film industry.
The letter says targeted tax support will ensure more visual effects work takes place across the UK, alongside the reform of the apprenticeship levy.
It adds there must be further... read more
Wednesday, 15 November 2023
A scheme to build a new theatre on the site of the former Derby Assembly Rooms has been halted amid fears escalating costs could lead to "effective bankruptcy” for the council.
Derby City Council said that high inflation and interest rates had driven up predicted borrowing and construction costs for the Assembly Rooms site, which has been closed since a fire in 2014, leaving the project "unviable... read more
Wednesday, 15 November 2023
The boards of Jerwood Foundation and Jerwood Charity are set to be combined from 1 January 2024 following completion of formalities to merge the two organisations.
The foundation, which has been supporting the arts since 1977, endowed Jerwood Charity with a fund of £25m in 1999. The merger creates a single UK charitable foundation to ensure “a sustainable future with maximum impact for... read more
Wednesday, 15 November 2023
The families of victims of the Grenfell fire are calling for a permanent museum or public exhibition to honour those who lost their lives.
A report released by the Grenfell Tower Memorial Commission earlier this week proposed a long-term museum or exhibition housed in an existing museum to make sure future generations can learn about and remember the tragedy.
The report, which is the second of... read more
Grenfell fire victims' families seek permanent museum to honour loved ones (Evening Standard)
Tuesday, 14 November 2023
PRS for Music is extending its partnership with cloud computing service Oracle.
The music royalty distributor has moved its royalty payment database to Oracle Exadata Database Service on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), which it says has accelerated payments to its 165,000 members.
PRS for Music is the first collecting society in the world to have migrated its data processing systems to OCI. It... read more
Tuesday, 14 November 2023
Six areas across England are to be awarded a share of £10.9m to scale up hundreds of creative industry businesses.
Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer announced the expansion of the government’s Creative Growth programme during the WeCreate conference at Manchester’s Aviva Studios yesterday (14 November).
The expansion doubles the areas covered by the programme. Creative businesses in Nottinghamshire,... read more
Tuesday, 14 November 2023
The Natural History Museum's plans to relocate millions of specimens, including mammals, corals and worms, from London to Reading have been criticised by experts.
In a letter to The Times, seven former researchers at the museum and 23 international experts argued that the move would be detrimental and lead to a loss of expertise.
“While most biological research can be pursued on any university... read more