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ACE Cuts

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

Art News, News

Trump Unable To Scrap NEA

Trump Backs Down On Scrapping National Endowment for the Arts – For Now

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) in the US which was under the threat of being axed by Donald Trump in his first Federal Government budget has been spared by Congress. Trump had announced his intentions to defund both the NEA and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH).

2 May 2017

News

Culture Minister Promises Funding Deal To Protect London Arts From Cuts

Matt Hancock the new Culture minister has promised a funding deal to protect London arts from more cuts. The Arts Council England budget… Read More

9 October 2016

Art News

Tory

New Tory Cuts Threaten Free Council Run Museums Entry

Charges for museum entry were scrapped at national galleries in England, Scotland and Wales in 2001. Many of these institutions had… Read More

25 July 2015

Art News, News

DCMS Announces 8% Cut In Arts Spending For 2015-2016

The (DCMS) Department for Culture, Media and Sport has announced an 8% cut in spending for the period 2015-2016. The… Read More

14 June 2013

Art News, News

Arts Cuts

Local British Councils Slash Arts Budgets By Up To 50%

They always seem to leave it to the weekend to bury bad news, in the hope that the public doesn’t… Read More

9 March 2013

Art News, News

Artworks Burnt In War Against Arts Cuts

Italian gallerist Antonio Manfredi torches artworks in protest against government austerity measures amid debt crisis Antonio Manfredi, director of the… Read More

18 April 2012

Art News, News

Business Support Of Arts Drops Dramatically

Preliminary reports suggest that donations by businesses to arts organisations have dropped by 7%, while gifts from individuals are up…… Read More

29 February 2012

Art News, News

Henley Report Champions Art Schools

The government-commissioned Henley report makes a number of recommendations tol make England’s cultural education ‘the envy of the world’. In… Read More

29 February 2012

Art News, News

Art Fund

Art Fund Steps In To Mitigate Arts Council Cuts

Last year, Art Fund gained 18,000 new members, helping them in their work to compensate for drastic government cuts to… Read More

4 January 2012

Art News, News

Grayson Perry On Taste Turns Tide Against Arts Cuts

Channel 4’s ‘Grayson Perry On Taste’ signals new spate of arts commissions from artists like Banksy, George Shaw, Hilary Lloyd,… Read More

8 December 2011

Art News, News

Protesting Streaker Disrupts Turner Prize

The streaker, Mark Roberts, who disrupted last night’s Turner Prize announcement and was arrested by police has turned out to… Read More

6 December 2011

Art News, News

Grayson Perry Decries Portsmouth Plans to Cut Crafts

Grayson Perry has spoken out against arts cuts at university where he was student, arguing that digital media is no… Read More

12 November 2011

Art News, News

Tate

Tate Told To Sort Bullying

Trustees order management to get workplace under control Something is not quite right within the seemingly idyllic Tate Organization, as… Read More

29 August 2011

Art News, News

Call For Cameron to Stop Lying About Arts Cuts

Arts Cuts a Survival Guide: What next for the arts?   Following a meeting today, at the Young Vic of… Read More

25 March 2011

Art News, News

London Protest Against Arts Cuts 26 March

Royal festival Hall Is Meet Up Point For Artists 10am Groups of artists protesting on the 26th March are meeting… Read More

25 March 2011

Art News, News

Arts Donations From UK Business Falls By 11%

Businesses investment in UK arts fell last year by 11%. This was despite Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt’s DCMS directive to… Read More

29 January 2011

Art Market, News

Arts Council England To Cut 100 Organisations

More than 100 smaller organisations are likely to lose their Arts Council funding. The announcement follows the government’s decision to… Read More

4 November 2010

Art News, News

Arts Cuts In Osborne’s Spending Review Unveiled

Latest News: George Osborne’s statement this lunchtime was only the tip of the iceberg figure for the (DCMS) Department for… Read More

20 October 2010

Art News, News

A Response To Proposed Arts Cuts

The state of advanced capitalism which we are in has no ethical limitations. Organisations, and more importantly the top-dogs awarding… Read More

19 October 2010

Art News, News

Arts Cuts For Quangos Announced

A hit list of hundreds of taxpayer-funded bodies were axed in a “bonfire of the quangos” today. Cabinet Office Minister… Read More

14 October 2010

Art News, News

Tate’s Serota Lambasts Osborne and Hunt

Tate Modern Director Sir Nicholas Serota announced in an interview today that Museums in the UK could not weather cuts… Read More

5 October 2010

Art News, News

Mark Wallinger New Arts Cuts Protest Painting

As promised, Turner Prize-winning artist Mark Wallinger produced a new work to highlight  proposed government cuts in the arts. The… Read More

21 September 2010

Art News, News

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