The Art of Photojournalism: Image of the Month
The Amish, January 1989, Roger Bamber
Universal free admission remains for national museums
Admission to England’s 15 nationally funded museums and galleries is to remain free, culture secretary Lisa Nandy announced today, and there will be no special admission charges for foreign visitors.
ACE introduce simpler grant applications for longer funding cycle
Arts Council England are issuing new guidelines for National Portfolio applicants and introducing a five-year funding period instead of three to give organisations more stability.
TAITMAIL As one Gate closes, another fails to open
The die is cast, the gamble of a tourism tax – will it raise enough to offset the downturn in foreign visitors some predict, will it be the bonanza many others are promising it will be, what will the income be spent on ? – is on. And the squabbling begins.
Gate Theatre to close
London’s award-winning Gate Theatre is to close after nearly 50 years of presenting innovative drama with a panoply of theatre greats, becoming the most significant victim so far of the current theatre funding crisis. It will close at the end of October.
New Forest theatre to open next year
A fundraising campaign has been launched for a new woodland community theatre to open in 2027.
Science Museum ends BP sponsorship
The Science Museum has ended its controversial 25-year partnership with BP after its relationship had “drawn to a close” at the end of August.
Export stop on £71m Rembrandt
In one of her first official acts since being appointed arts minster Ruth Mackenzie has put an export bar on a Remrandt painting valued at £71m, the most expensive object ever to have been accorded national treasure status.
Theatres Trust downgraded
The Theatres Trust, set up 50 years ago to be the planning advisor on theatre elements of development proposals, has lost its statutory status on England.
NHM to reopen ‘lost’ gallery after 80 years
A gallery of the Natural History Museum that has been closed to the public for more than 80 years is to reopen next month.
