Cultural wasteland post-Covid?
The UK must not be allowed to become a cultural wasteland , the Creative Industries Federation (CIF) warned today.
Conductor Karina chosen by LPO
The American conductor Karina Canellakis is to be the London Philharmonic Orchestra’s new principal guest conductor.
Art challenge for under-12s in lockdown
Artists aged under 12 and stuck at home in virus-enforced lockdown are being invited to take part in a competition to support a medical charity.
BBC and ACE join forces
Arts Council England and the BBC are collaborating over commissioning new work for broadcast as part of the broadcaster’s Culture in Quarantine initiative.
V&A Dundee’s director moves on
Blue salute to NHS staff
The Historic Dockyard Chatham joined the nation’s salute to the NHS staff and other essential workers at 8pm last night.
Harman calls for arts workers’ support
Former shadow culture secretary Harriet Harman has demanded safeguards for freelance arts workers.
Freelances petition for retention of project grants
Letter to ACE demands reversal of emergency package
Edinburgh festivals cancelled
All five of Edinburgh’s summer festivals have been cancelled for this year because of Covid-19.
Jarman’s Prospect Cottage saved
Derek Jarman’s Prospect Cottage and its garden in Kent have been saved following an appeal that has raised more than £3.5m in less than ten weeks.
