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
Jeremy Hunt
Visual Art Rivals Music For Supremacy In London 2012 Festival Programme
Thomas Keane takes a look at the visual art highlights announced today for the London 2012 Festival – the summer… Read More
26 April 2012
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
Jeremy Hunt Levies Art Instead Of Tax
Jeremy Hunt’s ‘Acceptance in Lieu’ increase – a scheme accepting art in place of cash taxes – bodes well for… Read More
30 November 2011
UK Riots Leave Big Society In Tatters
We must now produce a new vision for a global infrastructure? ArtLyst Editorial By Amanda McGregor The awakening of conscious… Read More
12 August 2011
Michael Portillo To Chair New £55m Arts Scheme
A brand new Government scheme has earmarked £55 million to help arts and heritage organisations secure their future financial stability… Read More
4 July 2011
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
Arts Council England To Sell Off Artworks
Dame Liz Forgan, the chair, of the Arts Council told a group of MPs in the Culture Select Committee that… Read More
25 January 2011
Jeremy Hunt Announces US Style Philanthropy Plan
Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt who will always be best remembered for James Naughtie and Andrew Marr’s four-letter slip up, has… Read More
13 December 2010
Eight UK Museums Lose Government Funding
The DCMS, as part of its four-year business plan, has announced that it will no longer fund eight Museums that… Read More
16 November 2010