A press release from the Arts Council about the fate of the Public has just landed - read it with me here.
Surely ACE has made the right decision. The place was a shambles, as I discovered when I visited in July (and blogged about it here). The interactive gallery, which was supposed to be open even then (and had been widely advertised everywhere in Birmingham at doubtless great expense) is, extraordinarily, still not up and running.
The victims in this mess-up, are, of course, the people of West Bromwich, who could have done with something to be proud of.
The Guardian will no doubt carry a full report on this story later.
