Tate acquires its earliest painting by a woman
The Tate has acquired Joan Carlile’s Portrait of an Unknown Lady, painted in the 1650s and the earliest work in its collection by a woman.
Scottish arts companies sign gender pledge
Half of board members to be women by 2020
Sunderland bid for ACE cash
City wants new arts auditorium
Hull doubles culture city funding target
Hull, the UK’s City of Culture for 2017, has almost doubled its funding target of £18m, with £32m secured a week before the year-long programme is announced.
Franklin's lost ship shows up in exhibition
Edward Landseer's portrayal of Sir John Franklin's ship HMS Terror, lost in the search for the North-West Passage in 1848 and discovered only this month beneath the Arctic waters, is to go on display at the Guildhall Art Gallery in the City of London.
Serota takes over as ACE chair
Steps down from Tate after 28 years
Corbyn pledges to reverse arts cuts
A future Labour government would reverse funding cuts to the arts since 2010 and boost arts funding for primary schools, Jeremy Corbyn has promised.
Export bar on Victoria’s coronet
An export stop has been put on Queen Victoria’s coronet, valued at £5m plus £1m VAT.
Perth launches 2021 bid
Perth has become the latest city to officially launch its bid to be a UK City of Culture 2021
‘Worrying’ drop in arts A level entries
Campaigners blame impact of Ebacc
