Culture Stuff
Arts & Culture
Arts Council England is receiving record numbers of requests for grants (currently at more than double the current number of NPOs) and they’re offering ‘wind down’ money to those who are unsuccessful.
Emerging British artist Abbas Zahedi has won this year’s Frieze Artist Award and will create a large installation at the upcoming Frieze London fair. Brrrrrrilliant.
A new £4.1m creative hub has opened in Stratford bringing together East London Dance and youth music organisation, UD, under one roof.
77% of cultural audiences think arts organisations should do more to address the climate emergency, according to an Act Green survey.
The Art Newspaper rounds up the art world’s reaction to Prime Minister Boris Johnson stepping down. Wait, he what?
Design
Tributes from across the world of architecture and design for ‘pioneering and visionary’ founder of Dezeen, Marcus Fairs.
The winners of this year’s DBA Design Effectiveness Awards have been announced, with Barnado’s and GlaxoSmithKline among those picking up prizes.
Researchers from Northwestern University have designed the smallest remote-controlled robot ever made: a half-mm wide crab. Woo. Let’s shellebrate.
Theatre & Dance
Expansion of performing arts in primary schools in the UK’s most deprived areas could be worth up to £3.3bn to the economy, says an Artis study.
Edinburgh Fringe 2022 has seen a 17% decline in number of shows compared to the 2019 edition.
Stranger Things is getting a spin-off play. People keep asking if I'm playing a demogorgon? Haven’t seen it but very flattered! :)
Tourism & Heritage
A new Heritage Innovation Fund has launched to help the heritage sector adapt for the 21st century and beyond.
Museums
In case you missed it*, here are the five finalists for Art Fund Museum of the Year, from London’s Horniman to Manchester’s People’s History Museum (*I missed it).
Royal Cornwall Museum is facing ‘imminent closure’ following a failed bid for council funding.
V&A Museum director Tristram Hunt has called for a change in the law that stops museums from ‘disposing’ of works. We won’t need them in the metaverse anyway.
Press, Books & Libraries
UK journalism has received almost £80m in philanthropy since 2019.
Footballer Marcus Rashford is to give away 50,000 books this summer to children. Make him Prime Minister I say.
The Blue Peter Book Awards are being axed after 22 years, not long after the news that Costa Book Awards are ending after half a century. Yeesh.
Exhibitions and Events
Tate has announced its programme of exhibitions for 2023, with the first show of the year focussed on the radical Rosettis.
The 11th edition of Sculpture in the City takes over the streets of London for a year from 22nd June. Monumental error to miss it.
An eclectic mix of performances, old and new, have been announced for Shoreditch Town Hall’s autumn season.
Bradford's National Science and Media Museum is opening a major new exhibition celebrating 100 years of broadcasting, featuring a young Sir David Attenborough.
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