DCMS ‘overstated’ economic value of UNBOXED festival
Investigation of government's flagship UNBOXED festival finds it was given go-ahead despite an 'overstatement' of its…
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Westminster Council pledges £1.8m funding for arts
Westminster City Council has announced it will set aside £1.8m for arts and culture funding over the next four years. The co…
Coventry reports City of Culture boost
Coventry’s visitor economy recorded a large increase in its economic value in 2021, while the city was UK City of Culture, n…
MPs to investigate Arts Council England funding decisions
Department for Digital Media and Sport Select Committee will hold an evidence session with Arts Council England's Chief Execut…
Fewer than three million visited Unboxed in person
A £120m celebration of British creativity attracted a total of 2.8 million visitors, newly published audience data shows. As…
ENO Chair warns of closure if forced to move
English National Opera (ENO) will close permanently in April next year if it is forced to move out of London, its Chair has warned…
Henley defends ACE funding decisions
Amid protests against Arts Council England decision to cease funding a range of organisations through the National Portfolio, Chie…
ACE National Portfolio 2023-26: Decision day
With less than a week to go until the details of the new National Portfolio are announced, Arts Professional looks at what organis…
ACE chooses Bradford to announce National Portfolio
Decisions on which organisations will be chosen for the National Portfolio for the next three years will be announced next week in…
National Audit Office to scrutinise Unboxed
An official probe into the value for money provided by the £120m Unboxed festival will be conducted by the National Audit Of…
Orchestras face calls to improve repertoire diversity
Study on gender and race diversity of composers played by orchestras sees UK fare better than global average, but sector figures s…
ACE National Portfolio 2023-26: Transition Programme explained
With the date Arts Council England announces funding decisions for the next National Portfolio confirmed as Wednesday 26 October,…
Coventry City of Culture seeks £1m due to ‘cashflow issues’
Coventry Council is set to loan £1m to the Trust behind the City of Culture bid so that legacy projects can go ahead. …
Chinese Arts Now unveils rebrand
An arts organisation dedicated to providing a platform for East and Southeast Asian artists has announced a new name and logo. Chi…
Portrait of Queen to be auctioned for charity
Dreweatts has announced a charity auction this November to raise funds for the Queen’s Mother’s Clothing Guild, a roya…
Health & wellbeing fund for Welsh arts organisations reopens
Arts organisations in Wales working on projects that deliver health and wellbeing benefits are invited to apply for grants of betw…
£114k fund to promote creativity in Wakefield
Funding totalling £114,051 is being awarded as part of an ongoing grant scheme to support local culture and creativity in Wa…
Arts Council NI awards £53k to nine projects
A total of £53,000 has been awarded to nine arts projects as part of the Arts Council of Northern Ireland’s Small Gran…
Worcester consults on arts and culture strategy
People in Worcester have been invited to give their views on a five-year arts and culture strategy. A draft strategy put together…
Manchester cultural grants programme opens
Arts and culture organisations in Manchester will be able to apply for up to £40,000 a year as part of the latest round of t…
Echoes of our industrial past
A decommissioned North Sea offshore platform has been transformed into the gargantuan art installation SEE MONSTER at Weston-super…
DCMS to promote UK artists abroad
The Government Art Collection (GAC) is launching a five-year project to acquire works by contemporary British visual artists for d…
Exhibition will recreate destroyed Ukrainian mosaics
A new digital exhibition will display Ukrainian mosaics, some of which were destroyed during the ongoing war, at this year’s…
Theatres receive funding to ‘unlock their heritage’
Two theatres in Bradford have received more than £180,000 from the National Lottery Heritage Fund to help them explore their…
