House of Lords report slams UK government’s ‘complacent’ and ‘incoherent’ approach to the arts
A new report published by the UK House of Lords today has slammed the government’s approach to the arts, describing ...
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Russian culture minister and a billionaire arts patron are included in latest lists of sanctions from the West
Russia’s culture minister, Olga Lyubimova, has been included in the European Union’s (EU) latest list of Russian officials and individuals ...
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New York’s Department of Cultural Affairs awards $58m in grants to more than 1,000 arts organisations
A record number of New York City arts organisations are sharing in $58.1m in grants awarded this week by the ...
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Biden picks rising star at the Smithsonian to head presidential arts committee dissolved by the Trump administration
US President Joseph Biden has named Tsione Wolde-Michael, the director of the Center for Restorative History at the Smithsonian Institution’s ...
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The State of XR in Arts and Entertainment for 2022
Over the last few years, our understanding of the XR landscape and its potential has evolved drastically. We’ve discovered extended ...
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‘Will it end up on a yacht—or in a museum?’ Art export licences should be reformed, suggests UK arts minister
The UK government is considering a reform of its export licensing system for major artworks, to offer potential benefits to ...
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Arts group takes on Polish government over political interference in cultural institutions
The New York-based human rights organisation Artistic Freedom Initiative (AFI) says it will launch litigation “challenging Poland’s interferences into the ...
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England’s fragile arts ecosystem needs more, not less, support
The shockwaves of Art Council England’s (ACE) financial settlement for arts organisations (announced on 4 November) are beginning to be ...
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Guitars’ unique appeal and political power examined at Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
From blues icons and crooning cowboys to protest music, the guitar is a recognisable emblem in American culture. So it ...
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Arts centre in former Ku Klux Klan building names inaugural leader
Nearly a century after it was built as a meeting space for the Ku Klux Klan, a building in Fort ...
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