Tuesday, 23 June 2015
Three music bodies – the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors, the Musicians’ Union and UK Music – have won a Judicial Review case challenging the Government’s decision to introduce a private copying exception into national copyright law which failed to provide fair compensation to rightholders.
Monday, 22 June 2015
The commissioner of Transport for London has ordered a review of the procurement process for London’s garden bridge design after apparent irregularities in the tendering process have come to light.
Monday, 22 June 2015
Despite losing out on a bid to become UK Capital of Culture in 2017, Dundee City Council is expected to approve the spending of £25k for the initial stages of a bid for the European title.
Monday, 22 June 2015
Leading arts organisations, including the Royal Shakespeare Company, Opera North and Sage Gateshead, have six weeks left to reach their fundraising targets or risk losing out on their share of £30.5m of public match funding offered through Arts Council England’s Catalyst Arts endowments scheme.
Arts organisations in six-week funding race (Financial Times)
Monday, 22 June 2015
Every year the Contemporary Art Society and philanthropist Valeria Napoleone will purchase and donate one work by a living female artist to a UK gallery or museum.
New initiative to help museums acquire work by female artists (Museums Association)
Monday, 22 June 2015
The project, led by the Royal Borough of Greenwich, will see buildings at the Royal Arsenal site in Woolwich become home to a number of arts organisations.
Greenwich cultural quarter planned for 2017 (The Stage)
Friday, 19 June 2015
The University of Brighton is to give £100k towards South East Dance’s new £3.8m dance centre, initiating a collaboration that will involve jointly delivered research projects, events and performances.
Brighton’s £3.8m Dance Space set for 2018 launch (The Stage)
Thursday, 18 June 2015
A group of councillors, businessmen, arts groups and the city’s two universities are leading the bid. The city council will provide up to £250k with further support from private investors.
Thursday, 18 June 2015
The Royal Opera House increased its income by 12% last year, to £127.5m, according to its annual report. Much of the increase came from ticket sales.
Royal Opera House sees record £127.5m income (Civil Society)
Thursday, 18 June 2015
Miri Regev plans to monitor artists’ work and distribute state arts funding as she sees fit. Artists say the minister’s move amounts to censorship and are threatening strike action.
Israeli culture wars intensify as artists threaten strike (Financial Times)
Tuesday, 16 June 2015
The number of overseas tourists travelling to the UK for music has increased by 39% over the last four years, according to a report by UK Music. 9.5 million tourists attended musical events in the UK in 2014, spending an average of £751 each.
Tuesday, 16 June 2015
Five orchestras from around the world are partnering with Google’s music streaming service to make recent live recordings available to the public.
Classical Live Offers Orchestras Another Internet Stage (New York Times)
Tuesday, 16 June 2015
An inquiry will look at whether artists can expect to maintain freedom from political influence following the government’s decision to divert AU$105m from the Australia Council to a new fund administered by the federal Arts Ministry.
Senate committee to look at arts funding (The Australian)
Monday, 15 June 2015
The Directors Charitable Foundation, which will provide training and financial assistance to directors working in theatre, film and TV, has been created with support from the Directors Guild Trust, Directors UK and the recently formed Stage Directors UK.
Directors to gain financial support from charity (The Stage)
Monday, 15 June 2015
Protesting Tate’s sponsorship by oil company BP, 75 demonstrators camped out in the Turbine Hall overnight on Saturday.