£500k business rates “sham” exposed in the High Court
The arts activities of the company Preservation and Promotion of the Arts have been labelled a “sham” at the High Cour…
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Council gives the go-ahead to cultural quarter proposals for Swindon
The arts, cultural and business sectors in Swindon are joining forces to develop a plan for a new cultural quarter to help revive…
Arts in the curriculum stabilises though teacher numbers are down
While pupil numbers in England’s secondary schools grew by 5% over the past two years, the number of arts teachers fell by 4…
Unease grows over Recovery Fund grant allocations
Large grants to commercial operators, the comments of unsuccessful applicants and the conditions attached to funding awards have a…
DCMS Committee to investigate streaming
A new DCMS Committee Inquiry is set to "shine a torch into the murky corners of the streaming payment model".
Arts students to be excluded from Initial Teacher Training bursaries
Students training as teachers in arts subjects will no longer be eligible for any bursaries or scholarships following a Government…
Honours list celebrates the sector’s Covid heroes
The Queen’s Birthday Honours list includes those whose work during lockdown has inspired other people and prompted new appro…
Dowden’s plan: mass testing, a vaccine or waiting out Covid’s ‘natural course’
The Culture Secretary said he knows the arts are not viable while social distancing requirements remain.
Government withdraws #Fatima jobs campaign following Twitterstorm
Culture secretary Oliver Dowden has distanced his department from a government-backed advertising campaign encouraging young peopl…
Lottery to buy empty seats to make pantos viable
The National Lottery will be buying empty theatre seats this Christmas to enable pantomimes to be staged with social distancing, i…
Artists use AI generated art to pay tax in Mexico
Artists in Mexico, who are allowed to pay their taxes with artwork, have established the legal principle that AI generated artwork…
Galleries share the UK’s biggest museum prize
Three art galleries are among the five winners who will get equal shares of the Art Fund Museum of the Year 2020 prize – the world…
North East cultural workers call out discrimination
Venues in the region – many of them funded by Arts Council England – are suffering from "dysfunctional attitudes…
London Palladium faces questions over Covid safety measures
LW Theatres has insisted that social distancing of at least 1metre was adhered to at the Palladium for the musical Songs For A New…
Independent fund aims to stimulate more provocative art
A new fund aimed at stimulating more ‘protest’ art will be offering small grants to artists wanting to comment and pro…
Hundreds of arts organisations rejected for emergency funding
Nearly 1,400 arts organisations “woke up to good news” as £257m of Culture Recovery Fund awards were announced,…
ACW to fund the ‘re-imagining’ of creative life in Wales
The Arts Council of Wales (ACW) has launched a £4m Lottery-funded scheme that will support collaborative proposals by indivi…
Survival of the fittest? Recovery forecast assumes a third of arts businesses will fail
ACE has welcomed projections that the sector will recover to pre-Covid levels by 2022. The “bounce back” relies on onl…
Campaigning intensifies to secure a future for musicians
A new campaign led by the combined force of the Incorporated Society of Musicians (ISM) and The Musicians Movement is hoping to se…
Greater Manchester steps up for culture as Covid’s grip tightens in the region
As Manchester's plight as a Covid hotspot continues to have a serious impact on the cultural sector, Greater Manchester Combin…
£101m in heritage emergency funding announced
DCMS has announced emergency stipends for heritage organisations totalling £101m, the first major tranche of Culture Recover…
Arm’s-length policy at risk in ‘contested heritage’ debate
The Government's edicts over controversial statues and other heritage assets are complicating the job of cultural or…
Families could boost sector’s recovery, survey suggests
Families are willing to pay as-usual prices for digital and outdoor arts events, but organisations' offerings must meet their…
Welsh freelancers’ fund closed in an hour
High demand for the first come, first served fund forced its early closure, to the panic of those who missed out.
