Creative placemaking is vital for community cohesion, writes Tom Holley. But more than social benefits, it can generate ...

The median income for visual artists is just £12,500 a year, a 40% decrease in earnings since 2010, when it stood at £16,000, a study has found. A report by the University of Glasgow, commissioned by ...

Musician Kate Nash has started selling pictures on the website OnlyFans to subsidise the cost of touring. The BBC reports that Nash announced the move, which she has called "Butts for tour buses", ...

Arts Council England (ACE) has said it will review the way it analyses and publishes diversity data following a significant ...

JAY HUNT has been appointed chair of Hay Festival Global, taking up the post in January 2025. Creative director for Apple TV+ in Europe and chair of the BFI, Hunt previously served on the board of the ...

The Culture Secretary LISA NANDY has directly appointed Baroness SHRITI VADERA as co-chair of the Creative Industries Council ...

Orange Tree Theatre will embark on a £4m project to overhaul the visitor experience for audience members and artists while ...

In the last article in this series exploring the role of data in the arts, David Reece considers what a ‘cultural data ...

English National Opera has announced plans for its future as part of its move to Manchester. The company, which was controversially dropped from Arts Council England’s National Portfolio in November ...

Schools should reduce “middle-class activities” such as museum and theatre trips and remove references to them from exam questions; a government curriculum review will be told. A consultation on the ...

Several Irish parties have included support for the country’s Basic Income for the Arts scheme as part of their manifestos for the upcoming general election on 29 November. Fine Gael, Labour, Sinn ...

Chichester District Council has extended £187,500 of annual grant funding for Chichester Festival Theatre after an economic impact assessment found every £1 of funding resulted in £141 of economic ...