Former National Trust employee jailed after over £1m fraud
A building surveyor from Bristol has been sentenced to six and half years in prison after being convicted of 28 offences relating…
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New guide for devised and collaborative theatre practitioners
A new guide is hoping to clarify issues around copyright and collaboration agreements when working on devised and collaborati…
Hampshire theatre loses planning appeal
A bid to keep a 450-seat venue in Hampshire that was operated without planning permission has been turned down. The BBC reports th…
Cultural organisations ‘facing real challenges’ over riots
Arts Council England Chief Executive Darren Henley says many cultural organisations have been affected by 'unacceptable riotin…
Theatre alerts audiences over increase in ticket scams
A regional theatre has warned that its audience members are increasingly being targeted in social media scams selling fake tickets…
Lottery funding down for third consecutive year
Figures from government show the amount of lottery funding distributed to good causes, including the arts, is falling.
ArtsEd head quits after staff relations ‘damaged beyond repair’
An independent report into allegations of bullying and favouritism at ArtsEd found Principal Julie Spencer had called st…
UK-China: Opportunities, challenges and IP protection
As arts companies look internationally for new partnerships and audiences, Alex Lalak explores potential concerns about copyright…
ACE: Race discrimination costs claim ‘a matter of integrity’
Public body is seeking costs of £40,000 after claims by former Relationship Manager of harassment and persecution by colleag…
Museum removes paintings amid Nazi looting probe
A museum in Switzerland will take down five paintings suspected of being looted by Nazis after new international guidelines were l…
Culture Recovery Fund: ACE investigating four cases of possible fraud
Emergence of ongoing investigations coincides with fresh scrutiny of a £480,000 grant administered by ACE in 2021 to a…
FBI investigates missing British Museum artefacts
The FBI is investigating the whereabouts of hundreds of artefacts missing from the British Museum. Some of the missing ancient gem…
British Museum locates further stolen items
The British Museum has found a further 268 items that went missing or were stolen from its storerooms. The Guardian reports that t…
Two women charged over Magna Carta protest
Two women in their 80s have been charged with criminal damage after the glass around the Magna Carta at the British Library was at…
ArtsEd delays misconduct report
London drama school ArtsEd has revealed it will delay publishing a public statement and summary of conclusions from an investigati…
Let’s get smart about paying artists
To mark World Intellectual Property Day, Adele Morse thinks it’s time the UK caught up with other countries in pay…
Legal issue prevents council from selling artworks
Middlesborough Council has decided against selling artwork from its £32.5m collection to help avoid bankruptcy after researc…
Men to be allowed to visit ‘women-only’ exhibit
An exhibit at a Tasmanian museum must allow men admission following a court ruling in a gender discrimination case. The Ladies Lou…
British Museum sues former curator over collection thefts
The British Museum is suing a former curator of Greek and Roman Art, alleging that they stole or damaged more than 2,000, mainly u…
English Heritage trials body-worn cameras to prevent crime
English Heritage is trialling the use of visible body-worn cameras on its staff at four locations in an attempt to discourage anti…
Police investigate vandalism of portrait by activists
Police are investigating an incident of vandalism at Cambridge University which saw two pro-Palestine protesters spray paint on th…
AI chatbot aims to make your workplace safer
Ruth Sparkes is co-founder of SaferSpace, a tech-for-good company trying to address unacceptable behaviour in the workplace. To ma…
EXCLUSIVE: ACE seeks costs over failed race discrimination case
Arts Council England is pursuing Mercury Prize winning musician Speech Debelle for around £100,000 in legal costs.
National museums excluded from restitution law
A law that would have allowed the restitution of artefacts on moral grounds will not apply to national museums and galleries, the…
