Mandatory masks, social distancing and temperature tests make audiences feel more comfortable returning to venues – and on-t…

National and international research has examined the pandemic’s impact on fundraising, marketing and audience development st…

Organisations and local authorities say its unfair and uneconomical to place harsher limits on cultural venues than gyms and…

Covid-19 means cultural institutions must take on their new civic role with as much imagination as possible. Sally Shaw and Firsts…

Despite what you may have heard, theatre isn’t dead. Moving online has made new spaces for creativity and collaboration that…

The Government will more than double DCMS' budget but the extra funding all but vanishes in 2022.

In a constantly changing landscape, the ability to understand and respond to audiences’ changing preferences and behaviours…

In these uncertain times, it’s important to return to our core principles: making the most of the information we have and no…

The Government has permitted venues to open with up to 50% capacity from early December. What does the science say?

A new, tougher system of local restrictions will allow theatres and other venues to reopen in theory. But the sector remains…

A new study warns the sector faces a unique battle against "the double consequences of Brexit and Covid-19", with commun…

The economic value of music industries reached a £5.8bn high in 2019. Then the "hammer blow" happened.

Susan Jones says freelance artists carry a unique economic burden that has left them vulnerable to the vicissitudes of Covid-19. A…

What the new importance of digital in arts and culture has shown most clearly is that now is the time to reinvent – not rein…

Lucie Andersen-Wood explains how this year’s festivals have combined oral tradition with broadcasting – and given…

A national arts charity has criticised threats to revoke funding to museums, saying 60% already fear they won't survive the pa…

Creativity, compassion, collaboration and a tendency towards efficiency meant arts workers were highly responsive in a time of cri…

The Cultural Recovery Commissioner advised organisations to "stop asking for stuff; tell us what you can do to help".

The funder refuses to say how many other grants are under investigation amid complaints it awarded Cultural Recovery Fund money to…

Adrian Vinken shares how the two biggest developments of 2020 – Black Lives Matter and Covid-19 – have affected commem…

New bids for funding won't be accepted as the Welsh Government prioritises existing applications.

Deborah and Michael Parkes say lockdown presents challenges to budding rural artists. It also gives them an abundance of two thing…

"We have now had a glimpse of what direct government funding of the arts would look like – and it’s not a pretty…

New software that assesses thousands of applications at once gave Arts Council England funding applicants a red, amber or gre…