Arts key to communities – but need help
A report into the civic role of the arts in communities shows that culture has a long standing positive impact on society, but are stretched and not supported enough.
Levete shortlisted to design Rattle Hall
Amanda Levete, Norman Foster and Renzo Piano are among the six architectural practices shortlisted to design London's new Centre for Music.
Major drop in London’s gay venues
More than 50% have closed in last decade
Belfast/Derry to bid for European title
Joint bid for 2023 Capital of Culture
RA’s major architecture gift
The Royal Academy is to have an architecture space in the refurbished Burlington Gardens building, opening next year, thanks to a major gift from the Dorfman Foundation.
Hepworth Wakefield wins £100k Art Fund Prize
The Hepworth Wakefield gallery in Yorkshire has won the 2017 £100,000 Art Fund Museum of the Year Award, just five years after it opened.
London to get ‘Borough of Culture’
London mayor Sadiq Khan today announced that London’s 32 boroughs will compete for £1m in arts funding and the annual title London Borough of Culture. The first will get the title in 2019.
V&A unveils £54.5m public space
In its largest development since it opened in 1909, the Victoria & Albert Museum opens its Exhibition Road Quarter this evening.
ACE raises regional grant by £170m
Arts Council England has increased its funding in the regions by £170m for 2018-22, without reducing average grants.
UK arts organisations win £3.2m in EU funds
Increased success for UK, despite Brexit fears