Culture Stuff
Arts & Culture
The new, mega Factory arts venue in Manchester is set to clock in at £100m over budget when it opens next year.
Creative Scotland has warned that significant funding cuts are on the horizon.
Jerwood Arts announces the 11 fellows selected for its first Jerwood Curatorial Accelerator for early-career curators shaping the future of the art world.
The shortlist has been unveiled for this year’s Achates Philanthropy Prize celebrating first-time supporters of culture in the UK.
So there was this Chinese vase, right? And it was only expected to fetch $2,000 at auction in France, right? Guess how much it went for? $9 MILLION!
Design
Almost 40 years after it was decommissioned (and plenty of false starts), Battersea Power Station’s £9bn redevelopment is opening its extremely large doors this month.
Collectors scrambling for the first batch of Charles III 50p coins have crashed the Royal Mint website.
The Barbican Centre wants YOUR views on how they can improve their buildings and site for the future.
Theatre & Dance
Wrap up warm. The National Theatre is hosting its first outdoor winter festival this year under a massive marquee.
A bunch of the UK’s leading theatres are teaming up for a campaign encouraging schools to return to watching shows on stage.
A major survey has found that half of theatre freelancers are feeling job insecurity due to the pandemic and cost-of-living crisis.
Classical Music & Opera
The Royal Opera House is launching its own streaming service. Net-Liszt? Amaz-Brahms Prime? That’s the best I can do, I'm afraid.
You have until 21st October to apply for the London Philharmonic Orchestra’s new Conducting Fellowship for under-represented, early-career conductors.
Tourism & Heritage
A statue of the first black playwright to have his work broadcast on British TV, Alfred Fagon, has been Grade II-listed to mark Black History Month.
Museums
Make some room on the mantelpiece. First they were named Art Fund Museum of the Year, and now the Horniman has bagged Heritage Garden of the Year.
The V&A Museum has finally removed the Sackler name from its walls.
Press, Books & Libraries
French author Annie Ernaux has won this year’s Nobel Prize in Literature. Grande réussite, Annie! The Guardian flicks through her greatest works.
Prince Harry, Elton John and Liz Hurley are among a group suing the Daily Mail’s parent company over privacy.
Ian Fleming Publications has been given a licence to publish James Bond books under its own imprint from next year.
Exhibitions and Events
Here’s The Guardian with its pick of 10 Black History Month highlights happening around the UK.
Brrr. Frieze rolls into London again next week and Artlyst has put together a handy guide of what not to miss.
The Science Museum has launched its ‘most ambitious exhibition yet’ which uses AI and interactive exhibits to take you to space. Let’s go. I’ll meteor there.
The first major survey of work by British-Tamil artist Christopher Kulendran Thomas opens at the Institute of Contemporary Arts next week.
Over 100 galleries from around the world are taking over Battersea Park later this month for this year’s Affordable Art Fair.
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