Tuesday, 02 May 2017
(IN FRENCH) About 60 arts organisations and unions are to march in opposition to the far-right candidate’s “anti-democratic ideas” and “rejection of the other”, ahead of the final presidential election on 7 May.
La Culture se rassemble contre Marine le Pen (Le Figaro)
Friday, 28 April 2017
A notice put up in staff rooms at Tate Modern and Tate Britain asked staff – many of whom are paid below the London living wage – to “put money towards a sailing boat” as a “surprise gift” for departing Director Nicholas Serota.
Friday, 28 April 2017
A £30k, 40-seat venue has been built in a Dorset care home to present “old fashioned kinds of shows” to residents. It is believed to be the first purpose-built theatre in a care home.
Thursday, 27 April 2017
(IN ITALIAN) Working in partnership with the Italian Government, businessman Oscar Fairnetti’s €1m investment will see the historic Leonardo Da Vinci painting have its air filtration system greatly improved to “guarantee the work for another 500 years”.
Thursday, 27 April 2017
The development programme, funded by the Oak Foundation, will support six artists to receive mentoring and create work to premiere at one of the two venues.
Thursday, 27 April 2017
Bristol Music Trust’s venue said the “toxic” name – linked to the 17th Century MP Edward Colston, who earned much of his money through the slave trade – will be dropped in 2020.
Thursday, 27 April 2017
North Devon Council has entered into a 12-month contract with Parkwood Theatres to reopen the Queen's Theatre in Barnstaple and the Landmark Theatre in Ilfracombe, which closed in January after the controlling trust went bust.
Tuesday, 25 April 2017
£1.5 million renovation plans for Thamesmead’s Lakeside Centre include a “major cultural hub” for local artists, funded by the Mayor of London’s Regeneration Fund and housing association Peabody.
Tuesday, 25 April 2017
A letter, jointly penned by UK Theatre and Society of London Theatre (SOLT), calls on political parties to assess the damage caused by local authority arts cuts and protect cultural education.
Theatres issue election manifesto demands (The Stage)
Tuesday, 25 April 2017
Asbestos will be removed, the stage will be given a new safety curtain and repairs will be made to the building as part of a Liverpool City Council investment, which will see the venue close until September.
Liverpool Playhouse to undergo £550k facelift (The Stage)
Monday, 24 April 2017
(IN DANISH) Five district orchestras in the west of the country will receive an additional one million kroner (£120k) funding each by 2021, which will be taken from Copenhagen Philharmonic, the capital’s symphony orchestra.
Monday, 24 April 2017
(IN GERMAN) €7m is destined for the Berlin Philharmonic, and increases are expected for other orchestras, as the city reassesses a ten-year contract detailing which organisations receive arts funding.
25,7 Millionen Euro mehr für Berliner Kultur (Morgen Post)
Monday, 24 April 2017
The Creative Society’s ‘Creative Job Studio’, to be based at Somerset House in London, will focus on unemployed people aged 18 – 24 and support them to break into the creative sector.
Friday, 21 April 2017
The ‘Weston Loan Programme with Art Fund’, supported by Garfield Weston Foundation and the Art Fund, will help regional museums and galleries exhibit major art works from national institutions. £600k will be awarded through grants, alongside £100k for training and networking opportunities, and £50k for a detailed evaluation of the scheme.
Friday, 21 April 2017
Social enterprise BH Live, which runs events and hospitality services at venues in the south of England, has been selected to run the new Fairfield Halls when it reopens as a "cultural hub" for Croydon. More than half of the programming will be "community-based" and the company has made a commitment to "inspire and develop new artistic talent".
Croydon Council announces who it wants to run Fairfield halls when it reopens (Croydon Advertiser)