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Covid-19 closures could cost more than £1m per day
New research showing a 92% drop in ticket sales and revenue in a single day suggests income will continue to plummet.
£330bn Covid-19 package ‘not enough help to freelancers’
Plans are in place for Government-backed loans, but sector leaders say they fail to support the freelance arts workforce.
Covid-19: Funders pledge flexibility to save the sector
Grant funding will be ‘refocussed’ as freelancers rally to support each other – but there may not be enough cash…
Northern Irish arts organisations earn more as grants fall
Organisations visited more neighbourhoods, worked with more schools and made more money last year – but attendance is still…
What we’ve learned from car parks about boosting attendance
A flexible pricing experiment caused the Weserburg Museum of Modern Art's visitor numbers to soar while maintaining steady inc…
My vision for a radical artist-led hotel
We need bold new cultural infrastructures to tackle entrenched inequality in the arts, says Amahra Spence. Can a new project combi…
Power to the people: how arts charities will have to change over the next 10 years
Arts charities are becoming organisational dinosaurs with models not fit for purpose. Rise to the challenge or face extinction, sa…
‘An early Christmas present’: NPOs get 1.84% funding boost
Arts Council England has confirmed a small cash injection for each of its portfolio organisations in 2020.
AP’s end of year quiz
Arts numpty? Or sector swot? Test your team's knowledge with ArtsProfessional's light-hearted look at the year's news&…
The moral case for making money
Patrick Towell explains why underpaying or under-employing workers can never be in an organisation’s long-term interests and…
How the Fringe is forcing out working class voices
Edinburgh Fringe is full of people making obscene amounts of money on the backs of artists who are bringing everyone to the city i…
When governments support artists…
The project-to-project style of artists’ work makes it difficult for them to claim welfare benefits so the Irish government…
Visiting Arts avoids closure through merger with Farnham Maltings
Farnham Maltings will gain expertise in creating connections in hard-to-reach regions while Visiting Arts secures a future for pro…
Fundraised income grows by 10% in a year
Publicly funded arts organisations attracted more fundraising in 2018/19, but the growth isn’t keeping pace with inflation a…
Artists face financial squeeze as ‘perfect storm’ of market trends favours the elite
Artists will increasingly need multiple income streams and brand collaborations to fund their creative practice in an Instagram-fu…
Saving our living heritage for the future
Patricia Lovett makes the case for protecting and promoting historical crafts – an industry larger than British textiles.
“We surprised ourselves”: Exit Interview with Judith Knight
Forty years after founding Artsadmin, departed Director Judith Knight has just one regret: “it’s the most boring…
When gut instinct can lose you audiences
Intuition can take you only so far. You’ll be more successful at retaining audiences and reviving lapsed attenders if you us…
Olympic Park cultural quarter already £14m over budget
Auditors warned that urgent action was needed to avert overspending and delays to the project before planning permission for four…
Asking nicely
As part of a fundraising strategy donation boxes consistently fail to fulfil their potential, but does it have to be this way? Ber…
Millions more visit major museums
Several museums and galleries have recorded their highest visitor numbers in a decade – leading DCMS to claim it was a &ldqu…
Smaller museums ‘reticent’ about tax relief scheme
About half of institutions surveyed in Yorkshire and Humber were not claiming or planning to make a claim through the Government i…
Is price a reason for low engagement – or just an excuse?
The popular misconception that price is the chief barrier to access to the arts has taken hold in the sector, while in reality, pr…
