Wednesday, 03 April 2019
A letter signed by more than 200 playwrights has called on the theatre – which has pledged to ensure 50% of its output is made up of female directors and living playwrights by 2021 – to “stop talking about it and starting programming us”. Presenter Sandi Toksvig added the venue stages “plays by boys, directed by boys, about boys”.
In response, joint National Theatre Chief Executives Rufus Norris... read more
Monday, 01 April 2019
Scottish Opera 'troubleshooter' Alexander Reedijk has been brought in to lead a rescue bid at the troubled Greenock venue, where six directors have left the board and chief executive Sean Paul O’Hare is facing gross misconduct allegations.
'Troubleshooter' appointed to Beacon board (Greenock Telegraph)
It could be curtains for the Beacon Arts Centre (Greenock Telegraph)
Monday, 01 April 2019
A 17,000 sq metre optical illusion celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Louvre museum's glass pyramid left paper debris scattered around Paris as visitor footfall destroyed the paper-based artwork.
Papery pyramid (BBC)
Friday, 29 March 2019
Organisations including Sheffield Theatres, the Young Vic, Chichester Festival Theatre and Equity have pledged support for Stage Sight, a new initiative set up by lighting designer Prema Mehta, which aims to improve the class, ethnicity and disability diversity of technical and creative positions in the arts.
Thursday, 28 March 2019
The two Suffolk-based cultural organisations, which originate from the same founders, Peter Pears and Benjamin Britten, have announced that they will merge by April 2020. The new organisation, to be known as the Benjamin Britten Foundation, will unite the Snape Maltings concert hall and creative campus with the Foundation’s collections and archives.
Britten-Pears Foundation and Snape Maltings announce plans to merge (Classical Music Magazine)
Thursday, 28 March 2019
The gallery on England’s south coast will reopen as ‘Hastings Contemporary’ after cutting ties with major supporter the Jerwood Foundation. The relaunch, set for 6 July, has been made possible through an anonymous donation of £250k.
Thursday, 28 March 2019
London’s Space 18, originally due to open in mid-April, will now open in September. The venue, spread over seven buildings and 200 different rooms, has had its opening delayed in order to ensure the entirety of the experience “exceeds the highest possible standard”.
Thursday, 28 March 2019
The University of West Scotland’s Paisley Campus has opened a Centre for Culture, Sport and Events to produce research aimed at cultural policy makers. The initiative is part of Renfrewshire Council’s cultural regeneration plan, which will also see the refurbishment of Paisley Museum.
Paisley gets Centre for Culture, Sport and Events to boost regeneration (Business Insider)
Thursday, 28 March 2019
The dance organisation will move into a £9m “self-financing, energy-efficient” space in Kent in September 2020, following the granting of planning permission and more than £3m in National Lottery funding towards the project.
Tuesday, 26 March 2019
A 26% rise in admissions to the Paris gallery has been attributed to three key causes: the museum’s most popular exhibition ever, on Romantic artist Delacroix; an increase in foreign visitors to France; and a six-minute music video by Beyoncé and husband Jay Z, shot entirely in the gallery.
Tuesday, 26 March 2019
Smartphone application Endel, which produces sounds based on various factors including the time of day and the weather, has been signed on a one-year, 20-album deal by Warner Music.
Warner Music signs first ever record deal with an algorithm (The Guardian)
Tuesday, 26 March 2019
Anna Patalong, who performed at the venue last weekend, was forced to change her outfit - a yellow dress with a blue sash featuring gold stars - for the second night of the performance, following an audience complaint.
Opera singer 'forced to change pro-EU blue and yellow dress after complaints it was too provocative' (London Evening Standard)
Tuesday, 26 March 2019
Kirklees Council has bid for £25m from the Government to invest in a new “vibrant cultural quarter”. The funds would come on top of a pledged investment of £45m into arts and leisure across the borough – including a £13m leisure centre and £200k for ‘town and village champions’.
Monday, 25 March 2019
The Trust denies claims that the wealth of the Sackler family is linked to the opioid crisis in the US, but says the issue has become a distraction for institutions applying for grants. In the past week, a planned £1m donation from the Trust to the National Portrait Gallery was cancelled, and the Tate group of galleries made clear it would no longer accept grants from the organisation.
Sackler Trust suspends new UK donations (BBC News)
Monday, 25 March 2019
Junya Ishigami + Associates, which has been chosen by London’s Serpentine Gallery for its annual pavilion programme this year, has been accused of using unpaid interns in its studio in Japan. The Architects’ Journal (AJ) reports seeing an email from the practice to a student interested in an internship stating the position would be unpaid, with hours of 11am to midnight, six days a week. The... read more
Serpentine Pavilion architect under fire over unpaid interns (Architects' Journal)