National Museum of Wales says its collections ‘embed historical injustice’
The venue has responded to research that found work by 83 women featured in temporary exhibitions between 2016 and 2018, compared…
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DJs chip in to save arts education charity
Gilles Peterson, Four Tet and Floating Points are some of the acts to have hosted events or donated money to Leeds charity Music a…
Stars criticise weight demands for male actors
Actor Richard Madden, who starred as a Principal Protection Officer in the BBC drama Bodyguard, has criticised entertainment indus…
Boost arts budget by 50%, urges Jersey politician
Deputy Montfort Tadier is calling for lawmakers to raise funding for the arts to 1% of government spending by 2022, to bring it in…
ENO plans more welcoming building entrance
Responding to visitor feedback that the grade-I listed front doors of its Coliseum building are “excluding”, the compa…
Without Walls festival network doubles in size
The number of partnerships connected to the Without Walls consortium, one of Arts Council England’s new core-funded organisa…
Scotland’s top composer accused of ‘hypocrisy’ for accepting Government funding
David Greig, Artistic Director of Edinburgh’s Royal Lyceum Theatre, said Sir James MacMillan’s decision to accept &pou…
Sheffield Theatres criticised for not paying audio describers
Jane Ensell, who spent eight years as an audio describer at Sheffield Theatres, said she was leaving the organisation because it d…
New 1,100 seat theatre planned for London’s Royal Docks
Dutch Production company NEW Productions is seeking planning permission for the project, which it hopes to complete by 2020. Plans…
Arts Council England to research diversity of children’s literature
The national funder is partnering with Sheffield Hallam University to explore why there are too few ethnically diverse characters…
Price hikes will restrict access, Northern Ireland sector warned
The Arts Council of Northern Ireland has reported that average ticket prices have risen above the rate of inflation over the last…
New parliamentary group to support diversity in the arts
The Creative Diversity APPG is chaired by former Arts Minister Ed Vaizey and its Vice Chairs include Tracy Brabin MP, who has been…
Cities urged to ‘humanise their buildings’ to help music thrive
A new report says music can have a powerful impact on the economy and people’s wellbeing, provided places develop the right…
Fire breaks out at Blackburn arts centre
Up to 70 firefighters were called to the scene at The Bureau Centre for the Arts, home to community groups and artists, after a la…
Arts organisations join forces to declare ‘ecological emergency’
A procession of more than 150 people stopped traffic on Waterloo Bridge this week, as it marched from Somerset House to Shakespear…
Creative industries suffer from ‘Guardian reader syndrome’, says BEIS diversity lead
Conference delegates heard that unconscious bias in recruitment continues to be a serious problem.
Edinburgh Science Festival cuts ties with fossil fuel sponsors
Fossil fuel companies will no longer be able to back the 2019 event because the organisers feel “increasingly compromised&rd…
Musicians Union uncovers ‘serious continuing issues’ in music education provision
A new report, which surveyed more than 1,000 instrumental and classroom teachers, concludes there is a “real risk” tha…
Plymouth specialist arts school at risk of losing funding
A damning Ofsted report has said that Plymouth School of Creative Arts, a free school which opened in 2013 in response to the marg…
National Theatre under fire for all-male programme
A letter signed by more than 200 playwrights has called on the theatre – which has pledged to ensure 50% of its output is ma…
Council agrees crisis funding for Beacon Arts Centre
Scottish Opera 'troubleshooter' Alexander Reedijk has been brought in to lead a rescue bid at the troubled Greenock venue,…
Premature end for ‘ephemeral’ artwork
A 17,000 sq metre optical illusion celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Louvre museum's glass pyramid left paper debris sca…
Arts leaders slam ‘new paternalism’ of diversity initiatives
Southbank Centre’s Creative Director has called for a “much more disruptive intervention”.
‘Town of culture’ competition to engage Greater Manchester
The pledge to set up the programme is part of the region’s first ever cultural strategy, which will run for five years until…
