Thursday, 10 August 2017
Bellingham’s Fellowship Inn is to benefit from a £4m restoration, which will see the upper hall of the pub become a live music and theatre venue, with space for 250 people standing or 150 people sitting, and the creation of music studios and a cinema. The building will become home to charity Lewisham Music.
Thursday, 10 August 2017
Greece will soon have diplomatic leverage to secure the return of the marbles, given the final agreement on the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union will have to pass through national parliaments, the Chairman of the International Parthenon Sculptures Action Committee has claimed.
Brexit could see return of Parthenon sculptures (Ekathimerini)
Thursday, 10 August 2017
Plans to create new offices and a café at the National Gallery have been criticised by its neighbouring institution, the National Portrait Gallery, which says the view from its restaurant would be “harmed” by the planned expansion.
Monday, 07 August 2017
Edinburgh fringe veterans have taken issue with a light show staged by the “official” festival in St Andrew Square, which has been cleared of pop-up venues following a business decision.
Monday, 07 August 2017
Castle Howard has given up a total of 89 items, including 62 Roman antiques, in lieu of almost £5.5m owed in inheritance tax. All of the items have been allocated to National Museums Liverpool but will remain on display at the house.
Friday, 04 August 2017
The National Alliance for Museums, Health and Wellbeing is to merge with the National Alliance for Arts, Health and Wellbeing to become the ‘Culture, Health and Wellbeing Alliance’ from 2018, led by Arts and Health South West. It will enter Arts Council England’s national portfolio as a ‘Sector Support Organisation’ and be a key partner in delivering the recommendations from a recent cross-... read more
Thursday, 03 August 2017
Grant in Aid from the DCMS constituted a larger part of income at the British Museum, the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Natural History Museum, Tate and the National Gallery in 2016/17 than the year before, in part due to one-off capital grants, but increases in revenue funding and falls in self-generated income also contributed to the trend.
Government grants formed larger proportion of national museums’ income last year (Museums Association)
Thursday, 03 August 2017
A video featuring the Mercury Prize-winning band, which was commissioned by the national portrait galleries in Edinburgh and London and highlighted the dominance of portraits of privileged, white people in their collections, was temporarily taken offline after it prompted a torrent of racist abuse.
Young Fathers suffer backlash over art galleries criticism (The Scotsman)
Thursday, 03 August 2017
The 110-seat pub theatre in Islington is planning to create a new a 250-seat auditorium and 85-seat studio in the £400m Islington Square development next door to its current site. The existing theatre will become a dining room for the pub.
Wednesday, 02 August 2017
The courtyard of the 18th century trading hall features new lighting and seating, and will host a seasonal programme of events with capacity for up to 7,500 people.
WATCH: Look round Halifax's Piece Hall as countdown begins to re-opening (The Huddersfield Daily Examiner)
Wednesday, 02 August 2017
The Creative Industries Clusters Programme, led by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, will back eight R&D partnerships aimed at responding to challenges faced by publishing, music, film, video, design, architecture and related industries.
AHRC launches £80m creative industry research programme (The Bookseller)
Monday, 31 July 2017
The Yorkshire Sculpture Triangle – comprising the Henry Moore Institute, Leeds Art Gallery, the Hepworth Wakefield and Yorkshire Sculpture Park – will stage the ‘Yorkshire Sculpture International’ exhibition every three years from 2019, following a £750k award from Arts Council England.
Friday, 28 July 2017
The ‘Relaxed Prom’ will be an informal event designed for adults and children with autism, learning disabilities and sensory and communication impairments. It will take an open attitude towards movement and noise during the hour-long performance.
Friday, 28 July 2017
The Radio 4 show, scheduled to be cut as a cost-saving measure, is to be retained for the immediate future.
Thursday, 27 July 2017
Plans for a 300-seat community theatre at Moreton Hall girls' school near Oswestry are being backed by philanthropists who saw the positive benefits of drama through their own daughter’s education. If planning permission is granted, the theatre will open in 2019.
Million pound theatre planned at Shropshire border school (Shropshire Star)