Lisa Nandy Named Culture Secretary In Starmer’s Labour Government
In a landslide victory that ended 14 years of Conservative rule, Labour has appointed Lisa Nandy as the new Culture… Read More
5 July 2024
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Meta Open Arts Unveil London Artworks – Michelle Donelan Is The New UK Culture Secretary – Olafur Eliasson New Online VR and NFT
Meta Open Arts have unveiled newly commissioned artworks for Meta’s recently opened London King’s Cross offices. Last month Meta revealed… Read More
7 September 2022
Arts Renewal Taskforce Announced By Culture Secretary
The Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden has today announced representatives from the arts, cultural and sporting worlds who will join a new task force aimed at helping Arts renewal by getting the country’s recreation and leisure sector up and running again.
21 May 2020
Matt Hancock Appointed Culture Secretary In May’s Latest Reshuffle
Matt Hancock has been named the new culture secretary replacing Karen Bradley in the cabinet reshuffle which took place Today, Monday, 8th January, following the holiday recess.
8 January 2018
Karen Bradley Culture Secretary Plans To Increase Access To Arts and Culture
Karen Bradley the new Culture Secretary made her maiden speech last week, in Liverpool, setting out plans for a more inclusive… Read More
23 August 2016
Karen Bradley appointed new culture secretary replacing John Whittingdale
Karen Bradley, a former Home Office minister, is to take over as Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport in… Read More
14 July 2016
John Whittingdale Appointed As New Tory Culture Secretary
John Whittingdale has been appointed as the new Culture Secretary. He replaces Sajid Javid who moves to become Secretary of State for Business,… Read More
12 May 2015
Art Museums Miss Out As Culture Secretary Announces £3m In Grants
Culture Secretary Sajid Javid announced today, while visiting the Canal & River Trust’s Gloucester Waterways Museum that 25 museums
27 February 2015
Meet Sajid Javid MP Britain’s New Culture Secretary
Prime minister David Cameron has wasted no time in announcing the appointment of Sajid Javid MP as Culture Secretary. He… Read More
9 April 2014
Culture Secretary Maria Miller Resigns After Back Bench Pressure
The culture Secretary Maria Miller has resigned. She said she is “devastated” that she has let her constituents down. Amid… Read More
9 April 2014
Will Culture Secretary Maria Miller Be Resigning This Week?
How do you solve a problem like Maria? The buzz in Parliament last week was not about David Cameron’s tax… Read More
7 April 2014
Culture Secretary Maria Miller Delivers Keynote Speech At British Museum
Maria Miller has outlined the Conservative Government’s future policy on the arts and declared that they must “hammer home the… Read More
25 April 2013
New Culture Secretary Maria Miller Has No Arts Experience
Maria Miller, the 48-year-old MP for Basingstoke, has been appointed as the new Culture Secretary, taking over at the DCMS… Read More
4 September 2012
Should Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt Resign Over BSkyB
After Revelations of his cosy relationship with the Murdochs he won’t last long Newly released polls show an all time… Read More
25 April 2012
£1.57B UK Government Rescue Package Announced To Prop Up Culture
Future of Britain’s museums, galleries, theatres, independent cinemas, heritage sites and music venues will be helped with emergency grants and loans. Funding will also be provided to restart construction work at cultural and heritage sites paused as a result of the pandemic.
6 July 2020
Health secretary Matt Hancock Spins Corona Yarn In Front Of Damien Hirst Painting
The Health Secretary Matt Hancock has briefed the nation on COVID19 in front of a painting by YBA artist Damien Hirst. The painting chosen from the Government Art Collection is in-situ in the cabinet minister’s office.
17 April 2020
Mackintosh Museum Closure Highlights A Culture Of Complacency – Clare Henry
Today’s terrible news, a local Glasgow council is closing Mackintosh’s iconic Scotland Street School Museum. I despair. Soon there will be nothing Mackintosh left in Glasgow. Ironically the city needs Mackintosh as a focal point for culture and tourism. Glasgow’s love affair with Mackintosh is far from over.
22 February 2020
Royal Academy Renewed: Integrating Culture With Daily Life – Edward Lucie-Smith
The Royal Academy’s radical extension of its premises including some splendid new exhibition spaces and an imposing new lecture-theatre excites me, but also generates some doubts and mixed feelings.
17 May 2018
Chancellor George Osborne Announces 7% Cut To Culture budget
Chancellor George Osborne has officially announced a 7% cut to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) as part… Read More
26 June 2013
UK Museums Now Protected From Court-Ordered Seizure For Loaned Artworks
UK Culture Secretary Jeremy Wright has vowed to protect objects on loan from abroad in temporary exhibitions in UK museums from seizure by the UK courts.
17 June 2019
Tate Liverpool: Waterside Transformation Backed By Major Funding Injection
Liverpool’s cultural landscape is set for a dramatic change as Tate secures £12 million in government funding alongside major private donations for its landmark redevelopment…..
9 June 2025
Denzil Forrester Wins Prestigious Robson Orr TenTen Award 2024
The British artist Denzil Forrester has been named the recipient of the prestigious Robson Orr TenTen Award for 2024, as… Read More
8 October 2024
Young V&A Wins Art Fund Museum of the Year 2024
Young V&A was announced as the Art Fund Museum of the Year 2024 in a gala ceremony at the National Gallery in London last night.
11 July 2024
Labour Commits To Recharging Invaluable Creative Industries
Sir Keir Starmer has reaffirmed the Labour Government’s commitment to the arts, by unveiling a comprehensive strategy to bolster the UK’s creative industries.
6 July 2024
National Gallery Launches Ambitious Bicentenary Plans With Lightshow
The National Gallery has illuminated its central London elevation with a dazzling light show, marking a momentous occasion in its history—the bicentenary of its founding…
13 May 2024
Dr Nicholas Cullinan Appointed New Director of Troubled British Museum
Dr Nicholas Cullinan OBE has been appointed as the new Director of the British Museum. He will inherit a position marred by staff sackings…
28 March 2024
Arts Council England Announce Shock Levelling Up Measures
Arts Council England has announced a £43.5 million shift in funding as part of the Government’s pet project ‘Levelling up’. ACE is the main organisation distributing grants to arts, culture, and creativity in England.
5 November 2022
Rubens’ Samson and Delilah Masterpiece Is A Fake – Autumn Budget Arts To Receive £850m – Glasgow COP26 Indestructible Language Art Installation
Rubens Samson and Delilah Is A Fake – Autumn Budget Arts Allocated £850m – Glasgow COP26 Indestructible Language Art Installation
28 October 2021
Tate, National Gallery And Royal Academy To Reopen In July
You saw it here first, Tate, The National Gallery and the Royal Academy have announced plans to reopen in July.
30 June 2020
The Decline And Fall Of The Turner Prize – Edward Lucie-Smith
There can be no doubt that the Turner Prize is pretty much of a sick puppy right now.
28 August 2018
National Portrait Gallery To Exhibit Works Regionally Associated With Sitters
The National Portrait Gallery, London has announced Coming Home, a simple but powerful idea that will see the NPG lend 50 of their most beloved portraits to places across the country closely associated with that of the sitters.
25 July 2018
Tate Announces Record Year With Over 8.4m Visitors
Tate has announced that it had more visitors in 2016/17 than in any previous year.
12 July 2017