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The Latest Breaking News from the Arts Council

Rare 245-year-old violin presented to new leader of Ulster Youth Orchestra

Anna Jansson, 21, has been given the Milton Violin for use during her tenure.

Evening Standard

75 arts projects across NI to benefit from £2m of funding

The grants have been delivered through the Arts Council’s National Lottery Project Funding.

Evening Standard

Rodney Wilson obituary

Other lives: Producer of TV arts programmes and film officer at the Arts Council determined to reach new, diverse audiences

The Guardian - UK

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Alastair Niven obituary

Scholar and literary administrator who nurtured the talent of many writers from Africa, Asia and the Commonwealth

The Guardian - UK

Localised memorials for institutional abuse survivors being considered – O’Neill

Michelle O’Neill confirmed a plaque will be installed at Stormont, but said there may be more memorialisations.

Evening Standard

The Guardian view on Labour arts policy: time to make history again

Editorial: Sixty years ago this week, Jennie Lee launched Britain’s first culture white paper. Lisa Nandy must pick up the baton

The Guardian - UK

Artists having to take on several other jobs to pay the bills – Arts Council

Roisín McDonough also warned a Stormont Committee of hemorrhaging talent.

Evening Standard

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Play about Belfast student life to be staged in Brussels

Float is produced by Crybaby Productions and written by emerging playwrights Orla Graham and Kirby Thompson.

Evening Standard

Margaret Hodge to lead review of regional inequality in the arts

Anti-corruption champion to examine Arts Council England projects and lack of facilities in some areas of country

The Guardian - UK

Timothy West obituary

The Guardian - UK

ACE’s ‘political statements’ warning to artists came after government talks

Exclusive: FoI request reveals Arts Council updated guidance after discussing Gaza conflict with DCMS

The Guardian - UK

Mary Archer to lead review of Arts Council England use of funds

Review will assess ‘ambition and quality’ of ACE-funded projects after sustained political scrutiny of council

The Guardian - UK

‘I could have written three plays about her’: Jennie Lee, MP and wife of Nye Bevan, is celebrated on stage

The coal miner’s daughter who set up the Open University and the Arts Council and was Britain’s youngest MP is the subject of two new shows

The Guardian - UK

OPINION - Arts Council England have created a dangerous confusion: art cannot be separated from politics

Earlier this month, during the climax of Chicago rapper Noname’s headline gig in London, she paused, cut the accompaniment, and addressed her sold-out audience. “Can I hear you say free Palestine?” It was, of course, not the first time I’d been at a concert where the artist had made some…

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The Guardian - UK

Arts Council England mired in row over ‘political statements’ warning

Robert Macfarlane, Feargal Sharkey and Matt Haig are among artists to react with fury to message about funding risks

The Guardian - UK

ENO strike: staff say they are political ‘pawns’ and fear being forced out

Musicians say many feel they have no choice but to act over cuts and may have to leave industry altogether

The Guardian - UK

It’s not just opera – all performing arts need better support for touring productions

Letters: Jodi Myers on the gaps left by the demise of the Arts Council Touring department. Plus Nicholas Reckert and Jane Harvey on modern opera

The Independent UK

Artists receive grants to create projects showcasing work for new audiences

The Major Individual Awards of £15,000 are being presented by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland.

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Evening Standard

ENO looks to ‘positive future’ as it lands £24m funding and delays move out of London

The Arts Council said the opera venue had presented ‘inspiring ideas’ in bringing its excellent work to people beyond the capital

The Independent UK

Arts Council adjusts funding plans for English National Opera move out of London

The public body has extended the deadline for a new ENO main base outside London by three years.

The Independent UK

Music festivals safe for women, but ‘always an element of risk’, says minister

Media minister Sir John Whittingdale said he would not have let his children attend music festivals if he did not believe they were safe.

Dublin Live

Dublin author calls for personal apology after Arts Council's €25,000 grant mistake

"I just had so much relief and joy and gratitude and I started telling people, I was celebrating - and then a half an hour later I got the email saying sorry, that was an error"

Dublin Live

Arts Council apologises after mistakenly awarding grants to 140 people

The Council has said they have now put in place "additional checks for the issue of decision letters to prevent a repeat of this error"

The Independent UK

London Assembly objects to push to move English National Opera

Arts Council England previously announced plans to remove the English National Opera because it is a national portfolio organisation.

Evening Standard

OPINION - It is so wrong to describe the organisation I chair as a bastion of Philistines

London is a global cultural powerhouse and it must stay that way. It is home to some of the world’s most renowned theatres, galleries, museums and music venues and it has been a crucible for art and culture throughout the ages. When I was director of Tate, I sought to…

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