Opera house manager convicted of £20k fraud
Eamonn McColgan, former Ticket Sales Manager at the Belfast Grand Opera House, pleaded guilty to a charge of fraud after stealing…
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NPOs accused of ‘condescending attitudes’ towards Creative People and Places partnerships
A report finds that relationship dynamics regarding Arts Council England’s flagship placemaking scheme are being “part…
Glasgow School of Art boss sidelined before resignation
Glasgow School of Art Director Tom Inns was ordered to stop working, locked out of the school's IT system and placed on s…
Equity secures ‘bad offer’ for subsidised theatre workers
The union has struck a deal with UK Theatre to increase pay rates for performers and stage managers by 2% over the next three…
Four in ten organisations pay front of house less than Living Wage, survey finds
More than half of cultural organisations surveyed anticipate challenges meeting staff costs in the coming 12 months, and a similar…
The Guardian criticised over illustration contest
The media company has changed its illustration contest after initially asking artists to provide free work that it would late…
Final curtain for Scottish theatre company
Junction 25, an award-winning youth theatre company, will close due to funding pressures, its Artistic Directors have announced. J…
£10m ‘Hat District’ takes shape in Luton
The revamped Hat Factory Arts Centre will form part of a ‘creative cluster’ that aims to create jobs and attract 100,0…
V&A Curator returning Nazi-looted art
Jacques Schumacher has identified 80 gold and silver items in the Victoria and Albert Museum's Gilbert Collection that are kno…
University scraps ‘schizophrenic’ studio plans
Arts University Bournemouth will pursue a simpler design for a new innovation studio, which had previously described as…
Strike begins at Science Museum Group
The Prospect union says staff have experienced a 13% real terms pay cut since 2010.
Courtyard Theatre complaints indicate wider malpractice, says ITC
The Independent Theatre Council says complaints against London’s Courtyard Theatre are just one instance of “a lot of…
Northern Irish gallery to close
Nerve Visual in Derry, which hosted the 2013 Turner Prize, is to close on 6 September. The venue sits within the Nerve Centre, a c…
ACE awards £7m to develop arts leadership
The 18 successful bids include projects working with potential leaders from lower socio-economic backgrounds, and those with learn…
£4m Merseyside arts hub gets green light
Egerton Village, which will include an events space, artists’ studios, managed workspace and a restaurant, has been approved…
NLHF defends funding approach after Will Self barb
The National Lottery Heritage Fund has rejected the novelist’s claims that it possesses a “reverse midas touch”…
Visual arts audiences ‘increasingly dominated by a new generation’
New research finds that visual arts appeal disproportionately to millennials and Generation Z – but warns the sector needs t…
British Airways actions branded ‘unacceptable’ after instrument broken in hold
Musician N'Faly Kouyate is holding the airline responsible for damage to his electric kora after he was forced to put the inst…
Decline in creative GCSEs continues
The number of students taking Art and Design has increased, but campaigners said it is “not enough to correct several years…
West Sussex arts centre in funding dispute with council
Ropetackle arts centre in Shoreham-by-Sea is facing closure unless it can raise £50,000 from the public by mid-September. Th…
Fringe ticket sales exceed 3 million
The 3,012,490 tickets sold this year was the highest ever total at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and the first time the amount exc…
Parents more likely to visit galleries with children, says survey
New research finds that a lack of play areas and parking were the most common reasons for negative experiences when taking childre…
Backlash against ‘ideological’ definition of museums
A proposed update to the International Council of Museums’ (ICOM) definition of a museum that mentions “human dignity…
Ballet flashmob backs Prince George after TV host’s jibe
Hundreds of ballet dancers performed outside the Good Morning America studio in New York in support of the prince, after he was mo…
