Row over using the word ‘art’ in Arts Council England draft strategy
London arts leaders were told the word is “divisive” but wanted it included anyway.
London arts leaders were told the word is “divisive” but wanted it included anyway.
A review of international approaches to funding culture concludes that “change is inevitable”.
This year Jerwood Arts published a toolkit for cultural organisations, designed to encourage greater socio-economic diversity in t…
The former Culture Minister has resigned from parliament, citing a desire to specialise in the sectors he is passionate about.
The Arts Council of Wales has said it won’t fund projects that don’t budget minimum pay rates for artists. We asked th…
What might the UK's longest serving Culture Minister take as his next step? Amanda Parker makes some suggestions.
We spend too much time trying to learn lessons from cities and apply them in other places, argues Brendan Keaney. It’s time…
How many of us working in the arts are keeping quiet about how we really feel, asks Amanda Parker.
Auditors warned that urgent action was needed to avert overspending and delays to the project before planning permission for four…
As she steps down as Editor of the cultural policy journal Cultural Trends, Sara Selwood takes a long hard look at the way the sec…
Researchers say ongoing political turmoil has had a “clear, negative impact” on the country’s global standing.
Both Glasgow and Edinburgh were ranked higher than London on a cultural and creative index compiled by the European Commission.
About half of institutions surveyed in Yorkshire and Humber were not claiming or planning to make a claim through the Government i…
Arts Minister Helen Whately said the proposed scheme risked detracting from the success of existing initiatives such as City of Cu…
The Government’s “biggest ever single investment in cultural infrastructure” will pay for building maintenance i…
Dedicated arts and health co-ordinators, together with a commitment to measure impact, are pushing culture into the mainstream of…
The ACE and Durham University collaboration says that prioritising exam technique over deep understanding is “far from ideal…
Before praising the Culture Secretary for “responding so positively” to the financial crisis facing the cultural secto…
Deputy Leader Tom Watson says his party would compel the Lottery operator to release ticket sales data to address the unequal dist…
New analysis of employment and productivity in the creative industries concludes “it is unlikely that the rest of the UK wou…
The agency has said it will not fund applications that don’t commit to paying artists union minimum rates “at the very least�…
Truly embracing neurodiversity means being open to a wider spectrum of mindsets as well as setting targets, says Paula Graham-Gazz…
Arts Council England’s draft ten-year strategy aims to ensure its own bureaucratic survival and reveals the thinking of an o…
The rise of populism, rejection from investors, a volatile labour market, climate change, digitisation and "economic cri…