Scotland appears to be the first country in the UK to make a direct Government loan to ensure a cultural organisation can survive…

Are you doing what you’ve always done because that’s what you were set up to do? Jo McLean explains how radical change…

Is it possible to transfer a festival experience into an online space without losing its essence? Katey Warran examines the social…

£11m for Scotland, £7m for Wales and £1m for Northern Ireland as their arts councils announce plans to support o…

The UK will not seek to stay in the programme next year or commit to funding any alternatives to the chagrin of the Scottish Gover…

The long-awaited document aims to create a more diverse cultural sector but contains no new measures to improve artists’ pay…

Shocked musicians fear European countries will respond in kind to stricter visa and immigration requirements for touring artists.

Future arts funding depends on National Lottery returns rapidly increasing when a Government cash injection expires next year.

Delays and cost overruns to the £45m project are likely as it downsizes to avoid a long and expensive legal battle.

The town is divided over plans for a joint arts centre and council headquarters as the bill rises to £53.7m. But without it,…

Eleven Scottish visual arts organisations have banded together to improve opportunities for artists and show their worth to policy…

A months-long investigation by MSPs has concluded that “urgent, robust action” is needed to ensure fair pay for artist…

Culture Secretary and staff fear the key policy document will be buried by other news if it is released before the General Electio…

The Arts Council of Wales has said it won’t fund projects that don’t budget minimum pay rates for artists. We asked th…

A 40% cut in funding over a decade, with 19% of cuts made in the past year: arts groups call for government action on the crisis f…

There are calls for the government to consider exempting all Scottish residents from the proposed levy, which would be collected b…

By working in partnership and refusing to patronise audiences, Lyth Arts Centre in Caithness has attracted record numbers, says Ch…

Grassroots music campaigners are celebrating amendments that place responsibility for managing noise issues on developers rather t…

Last-minute interventions by senior figures “ultimately served to undermine the integrity of the RFO process”, staff t…

Art in Action is calling on politicians to “think differently about art” and place it at the heart of their decision-m…

Are we losing the art of conversation? Tom Pow explains how a project in Scotland is using the arts to stimulate communication.

An inquiry led by members of the Scottish Parliament will examine public and private sources of revenues for artists and focus on…

Scotland’s Culture and Tourism Secretary Fiona Hyslop has said local authorities will not be able to impose a levy on overni…

Ministers have been warned that plans for a new Governmental culture champion have been met with ‘mixed’ reaction from…