Thursday, 18 January 2018
Housing Secretary Sajid Javid’s announcement that the National Planning Policy Framework will be amended to include a “detailed reference” to the agent of change principle, means the burden of complying with noise regulations could be shifted away from music venues by this summer.
“A seismic victory”: UK govt backs of agent of change (IQ Magazine)
Wednesday, 17 January 2018
Mother House and Create London are piloting an affordable studio space in Barking and Dagenham, which offers childcare and space to work for women with children.
Tuesday, 16 January 2018
The technology company’s Arts and Culture App can analyse a picture of a face and match it with a work by painters including Van Gogh and Rembrandt. But the system has faced a backlash over fears the selfies will be stored in a database and used for other purposes.
Monday, 15 January 2018
Art dealer Anthony d’Offay, who created the Artists Rooms project after selling his £125m collection to Tate and the National Galleries of Scotland for just £28m in 2008, is facing allegations of inappropriate behaviour from three women he has worked with. One incident is being investigated by the police. D’Offay denies the allegations.
Monday, 15 January 2018
A judge-led charity tribunal will examine whether it is right that Royal Albert Hall trustees who own seats at the venue – which 19 of the 25 board members do – can profit from selling tickets for them. The Charity Commission said the venue has shown “minimal appetite” to address the issue so far.
Monday, 15 January 2018
Gordon Back, Artistic Director of the prestigious Menuhin Competition, has criticised the UK’s ‘all-round’ approach to education after British violinists failed to make the 44-strong shortlist for the prize.
Friday, 12 January 2018
Neropa, a system that helps theatre, film and TV-makers assess which roles in a script could be played by men or women, will be launched next week.
Thursday, 11 January 2018
More than 40 events and festivals will take place across the city over four ‘seasons’ to mark ten years since Liverpool spent a year as European Capital of Culture.
Liverpool Unveils 2018 Culture Celebrations (Heart FM)
Thursday, 11 January 2018
Almost 4,000 individual incidents involving fake tickets were recorded by the Society of Ticket Agents and Retailers for the six months leading to October 2017.
Rising ticket fraud cost audiences £1.6m in 2017 (The Stage)
Wednesday, 10 January 2018
Eden International Productions has gone into administration following the collapse of its show Heaven on Earth, which was scheduled to tour arenas around the UK for five months. A combined £2.6m is owed to cast members, venues and suppliers.
Tuesday, 09 January 2018
Northern Ireland’s Department for Communities has agreed to grant £350k to the Orchestra and £275k to the MAC following emergency funding pleas made in December.
The financially struggling Ulster Orchestra and MAC theatre get £625k lifeline (Belfast Telegraph)
Tuesday, 09 January 2018
Almost £20m collected from bank accounts that have been dormant for 15 years is available for charitable causes in Northern Ireland – including the arts – but the lack of an executive has prevented the creation of a distribution mechanism.
Monday, 08 January 2018
An independent charitable trust has been given the go-ahead to run the Canterbury theatre, which will be chaired by former Artistic Director of Chichester Theatre Jonathan Church. The move is expected to save the council £238k over the first two years.
Monday, 08 January 2018
Shadow Arts Minister Kevin Brennan has called for a change in policy after research by Labour found almost three-quarters of the artworks acquired by the Government in recent years were by men.
Monday, 08 January 2018
The Zabludowicz Collection will open a room in mid-January dedicated to video, film and virtual reality, encouraging artists to create new work in the medium.