The head of philanthropy and fundraising at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) in England and the UK, has told a conference that museums need to start getting better at asking for money.At a gathering held to unravel myths around philanthropy, Keith...
"This will save more than 1000 cherished arts venues, museums, libraries and heritage buildings across England from closure. The move will fix urgent capital needs and open up access to culture for everyone, everywhere". - Lisa Nandy Culture Secretary Lisa...
The British Museum has quietly stamped out its long-running tobacco sponsorship deal — a partnership that always sat awkwardly in its portfolio of advertisers. After 15 years of taking money from Japan Tobacco International, maker of Benson & Hedges, Silk Cut,...
Rumblings around Whitehall suggest that Arts Council England (ACE) may be about to lose one of its most fundamental powers: the right to decide who gets the money. A government review, led by veteran Labour peer Baroness Margaret Hodge, has been quietly working its...
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. The investment, drawn from DCMS’s Public Bodies Infrastructure Fund and bolstered by the...
In order to bolster the struggling British art economy, the UK Treasury has extended the window for fine art and antiques from overseas to enter the country without incurring import duties. The Temporary Admission (TA) scheme, which previously allowed goods to remain...
The British artist Denzil Forrester has been named the recipient of the prestigious Robson Orr TenTen Award for 2024, as announced by the Government Art Collection. His new work was unveiled of his new work at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, marking a...
In Christie's year-end review, CEO Guillaume Cerutti characterised 2023 as a "paradoxical year," acknowledging challenges like the art market contraction. Lower auction sales, attributed partly to the unmatched success of 2022's Paul Allen collection sale, marked a...
In 2020, I wrote an article: 'The Trouble with Problematic Public Statues', sparked by the felling of slave trader Edward Colston's effigy in Bristol. Unsurprisingly, since then, the debate has remained inflamed. In this article, I seek to go beyond the continuing...