Lincoln Drill Hall closes for good as Council pulls the plug on funding
All 19 staff will lose their jobs at Lincoln Drill Hall at the end of October after City of Lincoln Council leaders scrapped…
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Scotland’s arts audiences remain reticent, research finds
Demand to attend cultural events and venues remains strong in Scotland, but the creative sectors are likely to recover more slowly…
More outdoor spaces to be offered for cultural sector activities in Wales
More people will be encouraged to value nature and outdoor spaces through creative activity under a new agreement between Natural…
Delivery partner identified for delayed London Borough of Culture programme
Deptford-based arts centre The Albany will be the lead delivery partner for Lewisham Borough of Culture 2022. Home to a several cr…
Museum visitors fall from post-Covid peak
National Museums Liverpool and the V&A consult on redundancies amid a month-long decline in visitor numbers for England&#…
Factory costs escalate as Covid delays opening date
The opening of Manchester's flaghsip new arts venue, The Factory, has been further delayed due to the Covid crisis and it is n…
Opera House hopes to raise £18m from sale of Hockney portrait
The Royal Opera House has had "no alternative" but to sell its David Hockney portrait of Sir David Webster, who was CEO…
Edinburgh International Festival apologises for diversity failings
Claims that the online programme presented by Edinburgh International Festival this year failed to "reflect the diversity of…
High Court ruling opens door to business interruption claims
Arts organisations forced to close due to Covid-19 may now be covered by their insurance. As always, the devil is in the deta…
Arts improve wellbeing, social cohesion and child development: report
A DCMS-commissioned study cites strong evidence that "can be trusted to guide policy" on arts interventions in some area…
Censorship of funded artwork ‘protected our reputation’, council says
A local authority under fire for censoring a politically-minded piece says it usually stays out of programming decisions – u…
No growth in arts engagement over 15 years
The proportion of adults taking part in the arts is the same as it was in 2005. ACE says there is still progress to be found in th…
£29m emergency funding for Northern Irish arts
Emergency funding has finally been approved. Will it reach the sector in time to ensure its survival?
Don’t remove controversial objects, Dowden warns museums
Following suggestions that contorversial statues and other items related to slavery should be removed from museums and galleries,…
Lottery grant conditions to extend digital copyright
National Lottery Heritage Fund (NLHF) has updated its grant funding conditions to require all the projects it funds to share the d…
Judge rules Shark! artwork unacceptable in the Regent’s Canal
A judge has ordered that an artwork comprising a group of fibreglass sharks that make speeches and perform a popular French song m…
Final EU grant clinches development plans for Salford’s Islington Mill
A £3.3m grant from the European Regional Development Funding in collaboration with Salford City Council has clinched plans f…
Underspent Council funds to support Glasgow’s theatres
Three arts organisations, whose emergency funding applications to Glasgow City Council’s oversubscribed Communitie…
Wales to launch Freelancer Pledge to embed creativity into civic life
The Welsh Government is developing a Freelancer Pledge that will encourage freelance workers in the cultural and creative sectors…
Small organisations are better equipped to serve their communities, report finds
Covid-19 has "highlighted a stark reality that many prized institutions aren’t very socially resilient" and their…
ATG prepares to unveil restoration of Stockton Globe
Ambassador Theatre Group (ATG) is set to unveil the refurbished north-east England venue the Stockton Globe, whose £28m rest…
Academy may propose Michelangelo sale to save 40% of the workforce
Amid the Royal Academy's consultation on making around 150 people redundant, a group of Academicians may propose a plan to sel…
Job Support Scheme ‘completely inadequate’ for the arts
Many organisations won't be able to afford the replacement for the furlough system, which only gives employers a small di…
Arts to receive £6.3m to regenerate high streets
£7.4m of Historic England's £92m Heritage Action Zones scheme has been allocated to projects in towns across Engla…
