Worldwide royalty collections expected to drop by 35%
A report into worldwide royalties estimates collections in music, visual arts, drama and literature could decline by up to 35% thi…
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Universities return looted bronzes to Nigeria
Two universities have become the first UK institutions to return Benin bronze artifacts to Nigeria. Cambridge University returned…
Budget 2021 doubles creative tax relief rates
DCMS gets a £600m boost next year but a £270m arts education pledge has been dropped.
Medway creative sector gets Levelling Up boost
A Medway theatre is one of three local creative sector projects due to share £14.4m in Levelling Up funding. The first tranc…
Brighton Hippodrome restoration vandalised
Vandals have graffitied Brighton Hippodrome the day after the front of the building was redecorated. Restoring the disus…
Vaccine passports cause drop in attendance
DCMS reportedly believes certification would drive live events attendees to pubs and “dire consequences” are…
£10.4m Anglo-Saxon attraction slated for Northumberland
A new visitor attraction representing little-known Anglo-Saxon history will open in Northumberland next autumn. Ad Gefrin will rec…
Former ballet principal jailed for sexual assaults
Yat-Sen Chang, a former principal dancer at English National Ballet, has been sentenced to nine years' imprisonment for sexual…
ArtsEd admits sexualised culture worsened by ‘failure in leadership’
Principal Chris Hocking has resigned so the drama school can show "how serious we are about transforming our culture" th…
British Museum denies sharing intelligence with BP
The British Museum has denied sharing information about environmental activists with its sponsor BP. An OpenDemocracy investigatio…
Scotland to stage cultural events alongside COP26
Details of the cultural events set to mark COP26 across Scotland have been confirmed. Scotland's five national performing arts…
New NPOs must meet undecided targets for funding
Arts Council England will remove its sector support organisation category and ask boards to take "a more active rol…
Printmakers to lead European refugee arts project
A Europe-wide project for refugee artists has opened for applications. In from the Margins offers artists from refugee a…
Think tank publishes guidance on historical reinterpretation
New "non partisan" advice aims to help museums and heritage organisations deal with proposals to change how hi…
Disabled artists’ programme moves to Wakefield
Relocating to Yorkshire heralds an independent future for a "big family" of disabled artists internationally.
Camden music venue to reopen in Spring
North London music venue KOKO is set to reopen next Spring following a £70m redevelopment. Originally closed in 2019, the ve…
Stories of racism at the Barbican ‘ring true’, Gompertz says
Stories of institutional racism at the Barbican Centre "ring true to me", Will Gompertz has said. The Interim Manag…
Thousands support art funds for young people petition
A petition urging the Government to keep manifesto promises around arts funding for young people has received more than 20,000 sig…
Robot artist released for exhibition after detainment
British robot artist Ai-Da has opened an exhibition and sculpture trail at Egypt’s pyramids after being held up at the count…
Arts Council England ‘confident’ ahead of Spending Review
Internal documents show the funder transferred millions from its primary funding streams to bolster the Culture Recovery Fund…
UNBOXED 2022 offers innovation – and employment
Once derided as the Festival of Brexit, the eight-month mega event will "prove the naysayers wrong".
Khan invests £1m to diversify London’s public spaces
A new fund to improve the diversity of London’s public spaces has been announced by London Mayor Sadiq Khan. Untold Stories…
Question marks over festival insurance scheme
Event organisers say they have been unable to obtain quotes for the Government's Live Events Reinsurance Scheme. Associa…
Science Museum slammed over ‘reckless’ sponsorship deal
The museum has relied on a technicality to sidestep its own standards for corporate partnerships.
