General election: Arts sector reacts to ‘rejection of hard Brexit’
The need for clarity has emerged as a key priority for arts organisations following the confirmation that no political party has w…
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“Only a fool or a knave” trusts quality metrics, say academics
Researchers have published a damning attack on the use of quantitative measures to assess artistic quality, warning Arts Council E…
£1.5m for cultural placemaking in Wales
The pilot Great Place Scheme, which uses culture and heritage to deliver social and economic agendas, has been rolled out to Scotl…
What are we counting?
Roger Tomlinson has more questions than answers about the quality metrics system that Arts Council England’s larger NPOs wil…
Creative Industries Federation pulls out of election event with Labour
The industry body said it was forced to drop out as Labour would not commit to “proper scrutiny”.
Museums across Europe targeted by oil protestors
The British Museum confiscated items including bow ties and waistcoats from campaigners in London because it was “not aware…
Labour manifesto promises to deliver culture for all
Labour’s draft manifesto outlines plans to put creativity at the heart of education and make a £1bn investment in &lsq…
London culture spend third highest in the world
A comparison of 16 world cities shows the capital’s £1.2bn annual spend is behind only Moscow and Paris.
Applications to Creative Scotland drop significantly
The introduction of two-year Open Project Funding is thought to have led to a drop in the number of arts organisations applying fo…
Private giving ‘not a total solution’ to arts funding shortfalls
The size of an arts organisation is more important than location when it comes to attracting donations and sponsorship, new analys…
Theatre’s talent pipeline is “leaking”, peers’ report warns
A House of Lords inquiry raises concerns that young people from diverse backgrounds are being discouraged from entering careers in…
Creative Industries Federation issues election manifesto for arts
Calls for the creative industries to remain a priority during Brexit negotiations, and for new policies to provide economic securi…
DCMS: Arts Council should be development agency
The national funder is told to focus on financial resilience, transparency and digital engagement in the first review for seven ye…
Minister rejects call for changes to music hub funding
Arts Council England must ensure that hubs do more to promote social mobility, but rural hubs will be offered no extra funding to…
Northern Ireland’s arts “teetering on the brink” as funding withheld
Political deadlock has forced the Arts Council of Northern Ireland to withhold 50% of all grants for its annually funded organisat…
Peer calls for statutory arts funding
Local authority arts cuts, the regional imbalance in funding and the risks posed by Brexit were all subjects of debate in the Hous…
BBC joins forces with cultural funders to increase arts audiences
The Culture UK partnership will develop three arts festivals each year, while a new £4m fund will help arts organisations cr…
Navigating a different world
Autism and dyslexia have long been associated with creativity, but is the arts sector doing enough to support neurodivergent artis…
Museums in ‘crisis’ as a quarter are dealt public funding cuts
Despite the cuts, many museums are managing to increase income through commercial activities and fundraising, the Museums Associat…
Go-ahead for Woolwich creative district
The local authority has approved an investment of over £30m for a scheme that will place arts activity at the heart of regen…
An inconvenient truth
Joe Hallgarten proposes a new solution to the uncomfortable fact that attendance at taxpayer-subsidised arts events remains stubbo…
Library funding misses the point, authors claim
Arts Council England funding for projects to tackle disadvantage is accused of being “window dressing” in the context…
Arts Council collaborates on arts projects with South Korea
The launch of a joint £1.4m fund comes months after the South Korean Culture Minister was arrested for blocking 10,000 artis…
Arts Council England to move all funding programmes onto Grantium
A planned evaluation of the much-criticised funding portal will not lead to them retiring the system, ACE has confirmed.
