Northern Ireland’s arts engagement drops to 12 year low
The number of adults engaging in arts and culture in Northern Ireland has fallen once again. Continuous Household Survey data for&…
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‘Re-veiling’ commemorates the truth of statues
We often don’t notice statues of people, but they are part of our cultural history. Who are they? Why are they there? And wh…
DACS distributes £5.6m in payback royalties
The Design and Artists Copyright Society (DACS) has distributed £5.6m in payback royalties to 86,000 visual artists this yea…
Curatorial scheme to tackle social mobility in visual arts
The pilot programme will “challenge accepted barriers” in one of the sector’s least inclusive professions.
Immersive exhibition merges art with science at COP26
An immersive art installation opening this weekend will mark the UN's Convention on Climate Change (COP26) in Glasgow. Polar Z…
A curatorial career driving culture-led regeneration
Ten years after Turner Contemporary opened its doors to the public, its Director Victoria Pomery OBE is stepping down. Here sh…
Salisbury named UK’s art buying capital
Research by art marketplace Artfinder has ranked Salisbury as the top art buying location in the UK. The Wiltshire city ranke…
Almost half of independent cinemas are operating at a loss
47% of independent cinemas, film festivals and exhibitors are operating at a loss, according to a new survey by the Independe…
Auction to split proceeds equally between artists
Educational arts charity Art UK has opened an auction fundraiser which will split proceeds equally between all participa…
Teen curates catalogue of MPs’ favourite artworks
A catalogue featuring the favourite artworks of 101 Members of Parliament is now available online. John Lilbourne, 18, curated the…
White-led Chinese art gallery vows to change
A lack of leadership, engagement and morale has caused an exodus of staff and reputational crisis – but the centre's pos…
Curators of the future
Being disabled in the visual arts sector has presented galleries with serious challenges. But Mike Layward is optimistic about pro…
Belgium prescribes culture for Covid stress
Patients diagnosed with Covid-related stress in Brussels are being prescribed free visits to museums and galleries. Doctors at Bru…
£100m in royalties paid to visual artists
Visual artists' rights manager DACS is celebrating a milestone: £100m distributed to artists. Since resale rights were p…
Bank of England removes art with slavery links
The Bank of England has removed 10 oil paintings and busts of governors and directors with known connections to the transatlantic…
Project leaks artist pay rates to force transparency
The project has highlighted a race to the bottom on freelancers' fees as artists share their "incredibly bad experiences&…
Councillors chastised for coercing company into censorship
An artist, her commissioners and the council say the pressure to remove a nuclear-themed artwork was misguided. So why h…
My Gurus: Challenging expectations
Anne de Charmant reveals the people who have inspired her work, particularly in rethinking audiences’ relationships with con…
Arts company says ‘art should be a safe space for debate’ amid transphobia row
Artichoke says it will keep Jess de Wahls' contribution to exhibition which provides a platform for "all women, tran…
What Banksy teaches us about art ownership
Think the elusive artist has automatic rights to their famous murals? It’s a bit more complicated than that. Jack Martin and…
Call to defund arts centre after board quashed ‘futile’ revisioning project
Artists contracted for the ill-fated project want the Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art closed, alleging a lack of appropriate r…
Creating a buzz in the garden of Eden
Can artists make a positive contribution to alleviate the threat of biodiversity decline? Misha Curson shares a project which is a…
Visual arts lobby defends arts education against 50% cut
Arts universities have joined the sector in protesting the Government's "counterproductive and contradictory" fundin…
Alarm at plans to cut higher education arts funding in half
A consultation on plans to cut arts education funding by £17m says the subjects are not a "strategic priority"…
