London music venue damaged in fire
Sixty firefighters helped quell the overnight blaze at Koko in Camden, one of the capital’s most renowned venues. The London…
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EU funding worth £2.3m a year to Wales
A report commissioned by the Arts Council of Wales warns the figure is likely an underestimate as Brexit approaches.
UK music consumption reaches 14-year high
Across all formats, people bought or streamed the equivalent of 154 albums in 2019 – the highest level since 2006. A report…
Royal home to host immersive theatre
Kensington Palace, home of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, will host the immersive theatre production ‘United Queendom&rs…
Younis joins New York’s the Shed
Madani Younis, the former Southbank Centre Creative Director who left after less than a year in the job, has been appointed as Chi…
Serota laments ‘elitist’ perception of the arts
Arts Council England (ACE) Chair Sir Nicholas Serota told the Guardian that "there is obviously an idea about the arts which…
Arts professionals recognised in New Year honours
The former Director of Birmingham Royal Ballet and former Managing Director of Edinburgh International Festival are among those wh…
Royal Philharmonic moves to Wembley Park
The planned relocation in May realises a "long-held ambition to imbed the orchestra in a diverse community" and bec…
Live music contributes £92m to Sheffield
About 827,000 people – 311,000 of them tourists – contributed £92m of direct and indirect spending to Sheffield in 2017, acc…
Morgan stays on as Culture Secretary
Nicky Morgan will remain in the top role at DCMS, despite quitting as an MP before the General Election. She has been given a peer…
Seven invited to bid for London Borough of Culture
Croydon, Greenwich, Hounslow, Lewisham, Haringey, Hammersmith and Fulham, and Sutton will compete for £1.35m and the title o…
Northern Ireland receives six Rembrandts
Ulster Museum has acquired six etchings, the first works by the Dutch painter to enter a collection in Northern Ireland. They were…
Scottish culture inquiry: put artists at the centre of new funding system
A months-long investigation by MSPs has concluded that “urgent, robust action” is needed to ensure fair pay for artist…
Bury crowned Manchester’s first Town of Culture
Bury's bid, titled 'Happy', has been revealed as the winner of £120,000 of investment over the next 12 months. L…
Arts ‘key to a long life’
New research from the British Medical Journal found visiting museums, theatres, concerts and art galleries once or twice a ye…
East Bank overspend rises to £32m
LLDC says the cost of the new East London cultural quarter is more than advisers predicted and has not ruled out further increases…
‘An early Christmas present’: NPOs get 1.84% funding boost
Arts Council England has confirmed a small cash injection for each of its portfolio organisations in 2020.
Whistleblower targets Irish Arts Council’s move
The whistleblower alleged the council breached financial guidelines when making its case to move to new premises, saying the move…
Vienna State Opera encouraged children to smoke
Young dancers were encouraged to smoke to control their weight, addressed by their clothing size and exposed to harsh training rou…
ACE treads carefully with ‘intrusive’ new social class metric
Arts Council England will begin collecting data on the socio-economic background of its NPO workforce next year, but will need to…
Female artists’ work three times more likely to be undervalued than men’s
New research “confirms many fears that female artists are making less money, regardless of talent”. So what’s th…
Fashion designer punched at opera
Lawyer Matthew Feargrieve has been convicted of assault for his attack on Ulrich Engler at the Royal Opera House in October 2018….
Green light for ballet academy
Huntingdonshire District Council planners have approved new use for an industrial unit in Godmanchester, paving the way for applic…
Pension strike costs Opera de Paris €2.5m
Almost all shows were cancelled last week as ballet dancers, who can retire at 42 under the current pension scheme, joined the str…
