Tiny Alnwick museum is UK's most friendly
The tiny Bailffgate Museum & Gallery in Alnwick, Northumberland, is the winner of this year’s Family Friendly Museum Award.
Cornwall and Durham longlisted for City of Culture 2025
The government has announced the eight cities and conurbations that will vie to be City of Culture 2025, in succession to Coventry this year.
Ex-director quits Science Museum board over sponsorship
Chris Rapley, the former director of the Science Museum, has resigned from its advisory board in the escalating row over its sponsorship by Shell.
£1m to give the world new British films
The UK Global Screen Fund is to give £1m to help 18 new productions to get international showings.
MIMA offers first curating apprenticeship degrees
In a ground-breaking move for careers in museums and galleries Middlesbrough’s MIMA School of Art and Design is offering the UK’s first combined masters and higher degree apprenticeship (HAD) in curating.
Ballpoint drawing wins £8k prize
One of the UK's most prestigious annual awards for drawing, the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize, has been won by this infinitely detailed picture drawn on paper in ballpoint.
New £2m fund to help museums make ‘miracles on a shoestring’
Art Fund today announces the first round of a new £2m grant stream, Reimagine, to enable museums, galleries and historic houses to connect with their communities better.
Museum of Childhood’s £13m transformation – to Young V&A
Work has begun on the £13m transformation of the V&A’s Museum of Childhood in Bethnal Green, East London. It is due to reopen in 2023.
UK arts councils combine for international fund
The four nations’ arts councils have collaborated on a new fund to encourage international partnerships on arts projects.
Double sculpture makes Shard London’s international meeting point
A new public sculpture by the Spanish artist Jaume Plensa that celebrates both internationalism and diversity has been unveiled at the point where the Shard, London’s tallest building, meets London Bridge Station.
