"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…

Lottery operator Camelot says money for a seat buying scheme has not been diverted from not-for-profit arts activities. 

The tendency to overstate impacts through uncritical narratives of success risks undermining the credibility of arguments about wh…

Venues can open as places of work, Culture Secretary says as income supports are extended.

Many ticketing companies believed they weren't eligible for Cultural Recovery Fund grants. Arts Council England says they shou…

Crowdfunding campaigns are sustaining those who missed out on a Cultural Recovery Fund grant – and some who were succes…

Right now past data is a poor predictor of the future, but understanding the scale and nature of change while responding to issues…

With freelance workers still living on the brink and campaign groups springing up to lobby for a more equitable future, work is go…

The Scottish government may have put ‘build back better’ on the back burner, but contemporary art has not. Clare Harri…

The long-awaited grants scheme is focussed on the sector's renewal as much as its immediate survival.

Organisations put forward “a strong case for support”, leading to a total of £20m in allocations.

588 more organisations have received Culture Recovery Fund grants in England worth £76m, but information about how many were…

Culture Recovery Fund grants are expected to save more than 10,000 roles. What happens next will determine whether the industry em…

The arts can survive, but it’s up to arts workers and participants to save and fundamentally change them for the benefit of…

Esmée Fairbairn Foundation will be making fewer, larger grants in future and collaborating on longer term projects that have a re…

Large grants to commercial operators, the comments of unsuccessful applicants and the conditions attached to funding awards have a…

‘Following the science’ has revealed some surprising findings in a programme aimed at finding out what really influenc…

“We must use this time to reset values and make our industry and institutions more relevant for the whole of society.”…

Nearly 1,400 arts organisations “woke up to good news” as £257m of Culture Recovery Fund awards were announced,…

ACE has welcomed projections that the sector will recover to pre-Covid levels by 2022. The “bounce back” relies on onl…

High demand for the first come, first served fund forced its early closure, to the panic of those who missed out.

Emergency funding has finally been approved. Will it reach the sector in time to ensure its survival?

Many organisations won't be able to afford the replacement for the furlough system, which only gives employers a small di…