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New UK arts minister: 'I am passionate about people being able to make a career out of art'
In front of a crowd at Frieze Masters, Chris Bryant MP discussed funding, culture wars and the importance of education
Lisa Nandy: 'We want to get the nation’s great artworks out of the basement and into our communities'
The UK culture secretary named Denzil Forrester as the winner of the Robson Orr TenTen Award 2024 at the Department of Culture, Media and Sport
Repatriation of objects is on the government’s agenda, says UK culture secretary
Lisa Nandy's apparent support for repatriation reform has been welcomed by the head of London's Victoria and Albert Museum
An open letter to Chris Bryant, the tenth UK arts minister in ten years
Labour’s pre-election arts manifesto, Creating Growth, included policies to put the arts back into education and bring museums into line with universities on open data
Sonia Boyce and John Akomfrah among 4,000 arts professionals urging UK government to stand up for culture
The Venice Biennale artists are backing a collective manifesto which calls for new policies to support the visual arts
Exclusive: UK shadow culture secretary to map out first national infrastructure plan for the arts
In an interview ahead of the Labour conference, Thangam Debbonaire also promises action on artist visas, copyright law and artificial intelligence
Why has no one been invited to follow in the footsteps of Hollar, Lowry and Topolski as a coronation artist?
Music and poetry have been created to mark the crowning of Charles III as king, but—for the first time since the 17th century—there will be no official artist
British Museum staff to strike as cultural workers across UK take industrial action—including during school holiday
Workers at the Wallace Collection, Historic England, National Museums Scotland and the National Museum of Liverpool will also be striking over pay and labour conditions
New online safety laws aim to protect children—but will they harm artists?
As the UK’s troubled Online Safety Bill finally looks set to become law, there are still concerns about whether it will get the balance between online safety and censorship right
Tearing down troubling statues is not lying about our history—it is removing impediments to truth
The UK communities secretary Robert Jenrick's plans to prevent the removal of controversial monuments reveals his inability to view the past as shifting and complex