Visual artist earnings down 40% on 2010
The median income for visual artists is just £12,500 a year, a 40% decrease in earnings since 2010, when it stood at £16,000, a…
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Kate Nash: OnlyFans ‘more lucrative than touring’
Musician Kate Nash has started selling pictures on the website OnlyFans to subsidise the cost of touring. The BBC reports that Nas…
ACE commits to swifter reporting of sector diversity data
Arts Council England (ACE) has said it will review the way it analyses and publishes diversity data following a significant slowdo…
Orange Tree Theatre unveils £4m plan to improve accessibility
Orange Tree Theatre will embark on a £4m project to overhaul the visitor experience for audience members and artists while also i…
English National Opera outlines Manchester plans
English National Opera has announced plans for its future as part of its move to Manchester. The company, which was controversiall…
‘End school trips to middle-class museums and theatres’ curriculum review told
Schools should reduce “middle-class activities” such as museum and theatre trips and remove references to them from exam quest…
Irish political parties pledge to retain Basic Income for the Arts
Several Irish parties have included support for the country’s Basic Income for the Arts scheme as part of their manifestos for t…
Chichester Festival Theatre returns £141 for every pound of investment
Chichester District Council has extended £187,500 of annual grant funding for Chichester Festival Theatre after an economic impac…
Bradford 2025: ACE awards £1m for legacy initiatives
More than £1m has been awarded to support the cultural sector and activities in Bradford as part of efforts to secure a legacy fo…
Vaizey moots arts and culture mergers to ensure ‘sustainable future’
The arts and culture sector needs to ’embrace innovation’ to deal with financial pressures caused by reduced income and rising cos…
Peers call for clarity on ‘elephant trap’ autumn budget for the arts
Members of the House of Lords have criticised last month’s budget for failing to do enough to support arts and culture, with one p…
Economic value of creative industries in Wales rises
The economic value of the creative industries in Wales came to £1.52bn in 2023, statistics published by the Welsh government show…
Arts organisations among millions of new Bluesky adopters
Arts organisations are among the millions of users who have launched new accounts on Bluesky, a rival social media platform to X,…
Music’s contribution to UK economy hit record high last year
The music industry contributed a record £7.6bn to the UK economy in 2023, according to figures from UK Music. The music body’s…
Calls for unified digital platform for cultural collections
The Towards a National Collection (TaNC) research programme is urging the UK’s cultural heritage sector to collaborate on buildi…
UK a ‘world-leading’ destination for foreign investment in creative sector
National and local-level policies promoting creative foreign investment are needed for the UK’s creative industries to retain it…
Charity leader and former trustees receive threatening letters
Former trustees and the current chief executive of the Actors’ Benevolent Fund (ABF) have been threatened by poison pen letters….
Jersey Opera House reopening delayed
Jersey Opera House’s reopening has been delayed until next autumn. Local press has reported around £3m specialist work to repla…
Edinburgh International Festival ‘facing uncertain future’
The Edinburgh International Festival is facing an “uncertain” future until it receives news on funding, a festival spokesperson ha…
Science Museum faces disability discrimination claim
A security guard working at the Science Museum is taking legal action for discrimination claiming she has been denied a suitable c…
Heritage conservation project to receive £3m
The Hoo Peninsula in Kent is to benefit from nearly £3m of funding to support its heritage and habitats. The National Lottery Her…
Katy Perry ‘proud’ to donate £1 from every UK ticket to grassroots music venues
Katy Perry has announced she will donate £1 from every ticket sold for her forthcoming UK concerts to support grassroots venues a…
Creative universities ‘facing liquidity issues’
A total of 17 higher education providers specialising in creative courses will be struggling with their cash flow by 2025/26, the…
Arts venue left unable to take payments after Worldpay ‘error’
One of the UK’s largest multi-venue arts centres was left without any means to take payments for tickets after global banking comp…
