Call for central AI infrastructure to help culture sector ‘monetise content’
Arts Council England and UK government should work together to develop centralised artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure to…
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How to solve a problem like affordability
Four years ago, Battersea Arts Centre launched a Pay What You Can scheme to widen access to live theatre. Robbie Kings has been ev…
Legislation needed to improve financial security for freelancers
There is a need for changes to government policy and for sector-wide guidelines and regulations to be introduced to ensure fairer…
Commercial activity ‘largest income stream’ for cultural organisations
Study finds evidence that cultural organisations are benefitting from variable pricing and experimenting with new approaches to ti…
Cultural tax reliefs pay out record £240m
Government figures show a more than three-fold increase on the £75m paid out to theatres, orchestras and museums in 2021/22.
Bristol Old Vic ‘struggling to cover costs’
Historic venue is in its fourth year of losses despite ticket sales being up by one-third on last year.
Gender pay gap progess in some creative sectors
New data show that in some cultural and creative subsectors including music, performance and visual arts, women outearned men in 2…
What the arts can learn from LEGO
We've come a long way from the difficulties of recent years, and some key metrics are starting to show a positive trend. But w…
Concerns of ‘digital divide’ across cultural organisations
Research finds a 'huge range of effectiveness' between different cultural organisations when it comes to web pages focused…
Philanthropy is about empathy
In the first of our series looking at the role of philanthropy in arts funding, Caroline McCormick of the Cultural Philanthropy Fo…
Philanthropy in 2024: More questions than answers
As activity this year gathers pace, Michelle Wright explores the many quandaries arts organisations have to navigate in deciding w…
LA funding survey: Commercial mindset increasingly important
Business acumen within arts organisations is necessary in the face of local authority funding cuts, survey findings suggest.
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.
The art of the turnaround
In light of the huge challenges that so many arts and culture organisations have faced in recent years, Watershed’s Clare Re…
Music licensing body reports record income for 2023
Income generated from the use of recorded music in public places topped £283.5m last year, up 4% from 2022 – the highest lev…
A brighter future for entrepreneurs and opportunity-seekers
Now more than ever it’s important to focus on the things that really matter, to free ourselves of distractions and to identi…
Bristol Beacon reports post-renovation ticket sales surge
Nearly 100,000 tickets have been sold for forthcoming shows at the recently reopened venue, following a £132m renovation.
Uncle Vanya NT Live takes over £1m
The NT Live cinema release of Uncle Vanya starring Andrew Scott has taken over £1m in UK and Ireland box office sales since…
Frazer: Philanthropy ‘key to widening arts access’
Culture Secretary says the denigration of corporate sponsorship and donations needs to end if arts and culture institutions are to…
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…
Record profits for music venue group
A company that owns a nationwide chain of music venues has announced record profits for the 2023 financial year. The Electric Grou…
Legacy income ‘growth area for arts charities’
Only five arts and culture organisations feature among the top 1,000 UK charities by legacy income, but experts highlight potentia…
Mendes theatre fund to support mid-career professionals
Pilot programme designed to address a 'huge shift' in the creative workforce towards film and tv launches.
Spending down: Opportunity or risk?
In spending down their assets, trusts and foundations are making a strategic change of direction which could pose a threat to the…
