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‘The bullies have won’: sector reacts to General Election result
An arts charity has experienced a groundswell of support and sector bodies are doubling down on calls for immigration reform.
‘World’s oldest story’ found in Indonesian cave
A 44,000-year-old cave painting depicting human-like figures hunting animals is believed to be the oldest known record of sto…
Art Berlin cancelled due to financial woes
Koelnmesse, the owner of the prominent art fair and sister event Art Cologne, has decided there is not "any possibility…
Stop demonising us, BP boss tells arts sector
The Head of BP in the UK said the company’s sponsorship of the arts is helping to further the public debate on climate chang…
New Yorkshire media hub completed
Leeds Studios is set to open in May at the site of a former printworks following a major refurbishment by property development com…
Protests over proposed state control of Hungarian theatres
Thousands demonstrated in Budapest on Monday against a bill that would make funding for theatres conditional on a state appointee…
New national agency to study ageing and creativity
A three-year project will research ways to support later-life creativity and creative technology solutions for an ageing populatio…
Visiting Arts avoids closure through merger with Farnham Maltings
Farnham Maltings will gain expertise in creating connections in hard-to-reach regions while Visiting Arts secures a future for pro…
Liverpool’s ‘Hollywood’ at risk
A project to transform the former Littlewoods building into a film and television studio is at a standstill and its developers, Ca…
Teen pleads guilty to attempted murder at Tate Modern
Jonty Bravery, 18, said he threw a six-year-old boy off a tenth storey balcony in August because he wanted to be on the news…
Council drops plans for £250k museum cuts
Herefordshire Council has reversed plans to cut £250,000 from its museum and archives services, saying they are "essent…
Vienna stages first female-led opera
Austrian composer Olga Neuwirth has become the first woman to have a show staged by Vienna State Opera in the company's 150-ye…
National Theatre faces legal action
The venue maintains that a group, who have claimed they were excluded from the theatre's bar for expressing their sexuality, w…
Banana sculpture valued at $120k
Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan's work at Art Basel, his first at an art fair in more than 15 years, is a banana attache…
Smithsonian to remove Sackler name
The Arthur M. Sackler Gallery in Washington D.C is being renamed as part of a re-branding exercise that the Smithsonian insists is…
Libraries threatened by incorporation into leisure facilities
As library workers in Bromley enter their sixth consecutive month of strike action, their union has taken aim at the company it cl…
Australia abolishes arts department
The country's Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced the Department of Communications and the Arts will be merged in…
Lancaster arts venue to close
Alt-space, the home of Morecambe Fringe, has had its last 12 funding applications rejected. The festival's Director Matt Panes…
Review launched at Royal Academy of Music following sexual harassment complaints
An expert on sexual misconduct in higher education says the conservatoire’s senior staff must “take the lead in challe…
Indoor arena planned for Edinburgh
NEC Group plans to build an 8000-capacity venue in Edinburgh, the first indoor arena in Scotland's capital. The group's Ar…
Glasgow School of Art defends ‘hurtful, outdated and offensive’ lecture
Students’ association President pushes for change following upset over a guest speaker’s allegedly racist and transpho…
Scottish Culture Strategy delayed for election
Culture Secretary and staff fear the key policy document will be buried by other news if it is released before the General Electio…
250-year-old songbook for sale
A rare first-edition copy of a collection of Scots songs is now for sale for £5200. Collector Kevin Brown acquired it from a…
