Art Students at a Philadelphian college are to be given free iPads to help them learn the skills needed for jobs in the creative industries, thanks to a deal deal struck with AppleIn an effort to better equip art students with the skills needed for the creative...
Fourteen organisations across the UK have been announced as recipients of £92,598 in grants from the second round of the Clore Poetry and Literature Awards funded by the Clore Duffield FoundationThe Awards are worth a total of £1m over five years, 2011 to...
Turner Prize Nominee 2011 George Shaw attracts record crowdsTo celebrate the milestone of one million visitors to the Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, in Coventry the gallery has commissioned a massive new artwork which is currently displayed in the covered court...
Arts not a second-rate sector states Shadow Culture Minister Dan JarvisLabour MP and Shadow Culture Minister, Dan Jarvis, has announced that he is to launch a report into ‘Arts in the Regions.’ Speaking after the announcement, the Barnsley MP explained,...
Yorkshire Sculpture Park (YSP) is presenting a new exhibition by artist, agitator and former parliamentary candidate, Bob and Roberta Smith,this autumn. The campaign for Art for All. Focuses on 100 years of art education, from 1914 to the modern day, Smith...
England's long-awaited hotel levy (tourist tax) — a small charge added onto the end of a bill — suddenly looks to be edging towards legislation. An announcement will likely be made in today's Budget. The Cultural Policy Unit (CPU), a think tank that's been quietly...
Richard Calvocoressi's prologue to this well-researched biography states that if Douglas Cooper and Roland Penrose had been able to "bury their differences, work together, and combine their superlative holdings… London might have become, after the Second World War,...
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. This initiative comes after the Labour Party's sweeping election victory, which promises a significant shift...
The Japan Art Association and Lord Patten of Barnes, Praemium Imperiale’s International Advisor in the UK, have announced the recipients of the 2023 Praemium Imperiale Awards: Painting: Vija CELMINS (Latvia/USA) - Sculpture: Olafur ELIASSON (Iceland/Denmark) -...