Dickens ‘lost portrait’ saved
A portrait of Charles Dickens as a young man has been saved from export.
No-Deal Brexit threatens UK agency’s Europe role
The UK cultural development agency ArtReach has won a €1.3m grant to deliver a Europe-wide arts project – on condition there is no No-Deal Brexit.
TAITMAIL Drawing out the real we
At this existential moment for us as a nation, there’s an interesting exhibition opening in Hull soon that tries to pin down who we are.
Cancer forces Sarah Connolly to cancel Prom
Dame Sarah Connolly, the mezzo-soprano, has had to withdraw from a Proms performance and a forthcoming ENO production because of recently diagnosed cancer.
Tates declare ‘climate emergency’
The directors of the four Tate galleries - Tate Britain, Tate Modern, Late Liverpool and Tate St Ives - have declared a climate emergency.
Who are we?
Through 130 works of art, Hull’s Ferens Art Gallery will try to pin down the British character at a time when national identity is proving to be elusive.
British Museum trustee resigns
A trustee has resigned from the British Museum board over the institution’s “immovability on issues of critical concern”.
Kerry Bishop leaves Frieze for ICA
Kerry Bishop, chief operating officer at Frieze since 2013, is leaving to become managing director of the Institute of Contemporary Arts.
Vicky Cheetham to be Tate’s new COO
Victoria Cheetham, executive director of the Southbank Centre, is to be Tate’s new chief operating officer.
V&A to defy Iran sanctions with exhibition
The Victoria & Albert Museum is to mount a major exhibition about Iran’s art and design, in the face of a growing crisis between Britain, the US and Iran.
Royal Exchange picks joint artistic directors
Roy Alexander Weise and Bryony Shanahan are to be the joint artistic directors and CEOs of the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester.
British Museum backs BP
The British Museum’s director is backing BP as a sponsor amid growing pressure on arts institutions to distance themselves from the oil company.
Moon – or balloon? Horniman plastics poser
One of the most popular aquarium displays at the Horniman Museum in South-East London is the moon jellyfish, common in the waters around Britiain.
‘Don’t be arts job cheats’ employers told
A new toolkit aims to remove socio-economic barriers to jobs in the arts sector that are causing a class crisis.
Jerwood becomes Hastings Contemporary, the beach gallery
The Jerwood Gallery, opened in 2012 and purpose-built on the historic waterfront Stade at Hastings to hold the Jerwood Foundation’s collection of British Art, reopens tomorrow (July 6) as Hastings Contemporary.
Historic Wales wins Art Fund £100k prize
St Fagans, Wales’s national museum of history near Cardiff, last won the £100,000 Art Fund Museum of the Year award.
New Museum of London cost leaps to £332m
The cost of transplanting the Museum of London from London Wall to a converted meat market at Farringdon has leaped to £332m, £80m more than had previously been projected.
THE ART OF PHOTOJOURNALISM Image of the month
Edith Piaf in White Dress, Paris, 1950, by Marilyn Stafford
London’s £1.1bn East Bank under way
Work has begun on the cultural centre in the former Olympic Park at Stratford, East London.
Russell Tovey curates Margate festival
The actor Russell Tovey, most recently seen in the BBC drama serial Years and Years, is to be the guest curator for the Margate NOW festival.
Top of ACE’s new 10-year strategy: defining ‘the arts’
Arts Council England has published its draft strategy for the next decade, with defining “arts and culture” top of the list of priorities.
What's up in... Cardiff
AI looks at what's coming up around the country – this week, the arts in Cardiff
Rylance quits RSC over BP sponsorship
Oscar winner Sir Mark Rylance has resigned as an associate artist of the Royal Shakespeare Company over the company’s BP sponsorship.
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