Majority of artists in South West earn less than £10,000
Fewer than half of visual artists in the South West have been commissioned to create new work in the past year survey finds.
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Festival launches fundraising appeal after ACE rejection
Leaders of the Cheltenham Paint Festival have launched a fundraising appeal after Arts Council England (ACE) turned down thei…
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…
Nottingham NPO embeds citizens’ assembly into leadership structure
New Art Exchange says it is the first cultural institution in the world to integrate a permanent citizen assembly into its leaders…
Australia trade deal introduces royalties for UK artists
UK artists will earn new royalties when their work is resold in Australia as part of a free trade agreement between the UK and Aus…
Female-led contemporary art gallery to open in Birmingham
A non-profit arts organisation is launching a commercial contemporary gallery next month in Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter,…
New charity to fund sector solutions to climate change
A new charity is planning to bring visual arts and music organisations together by funding projects delivering impactful environme…
Creative Scotland withdraws ‘sex project’ funding
Creative Scotland has withdrawn funding for a project featuring participants engaging in "non-simulated" sex and "h…
Council rent subsidy saves Bath arts charity from closure
A charity providing affordable artist workshop space in Bath has been saved from closure thanks to a local council rent subsidy. 4…
Tate Britain seeks to contextualise ‘offensive’ mural
Tate Britain has unveiled a new video work made in response to a 1927 mural that has been closed to the public since 2020 due to i…
Collectors remove art from Barbican over ‘censorship and repression’
Two collectors have revoked loans of artworks on display at a Barbican exhibition after the institute backed out of hosting a talk…
We need a global standard to protect artists’ rights
The results of a recent survey on AI and artists’ work reveal serious anxieties. Artist Adelaide Damoah calls on government…
UK visual artists earn £10m in royalties during 2023
Design and Artists Copyright Society (DACS) has announced that it distributed £10.1m in Artist’s Resale Right (ARR) ro…
Hibiscus Rising: The power of public art
From public sculptures to powerful performances, new commissions have a unique ability to connect with audiences – which is…
Arnolfini closes amid Palestine Film Festival protests
An arts centre that withdrew from hosting two events as part of the Bristol Palestine Film Festival closed its doors to the public…
How much is a painting worth?
One year after the purchase of Lowry's Going to the Match, that's a question Julia Fawcett has been pondering – and…
UK art market supports over 50,000 jobs and businesses
The UK art market directly supported 45,520 jobs and 7,800 businesses in 2023, the latest annual report from the British Art…
Art Fund initiative studies impact of art on the brain
An initiative developed by Art Fund is visualising the impact art displayed in museums and galleries has on people’s brains….
Does AI image generation infringe artists’ copyright?
Artists are increasingly concerned that generative AI is stealing their copyright. Lawyers Patrick Wheeler and Zoë Deckker consid…
Arts charity for vulnerable people to close
An arts charity which helps children and vulnerable people has announced that it will close due to financial pressures and falling…
Henry Moore Institute to close for major renovation
The Henry Moore Institute in Leeds will close next month for renovation works expected to last until next summer. The refurbishmen…
Plans for Eastbourne arts centre revealed
Proposals for a new arts, education and cultural centre sited on a 19th Century dairy farm in the South Downs have been announced….
Scottish artists making a better world
Artist activists in Scotland are arming themselves – with squeegees – in a battle to change the hearts and minds of th…
NFTs have led to widespread copyright infringements
The Culture, Media and Sport (CMS) Committee has urged government to work with non-fungible token (NFT) marketplaces to address th…
