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According to London – A Cultural Audit, the first quantitative comparison of London’s cultural environment with major world cities New York, Paris, Tokyo and Shanghai, London is leading the way internationally.

The Arts Council Northern Ireland has fulfilled its pledge to plough the hard-won uplift of £1.7m it secured straight back into the arts in Northern Ireland.

Star and Dove contemporary artspace launches in May in Bristol in a former skittle alley, in one of Bristol’s more bohemian communities.

Sixteen professional artists from across the arts disciplines received a Creative Wales Award from The Arts Council of Wales (ACW) in March.

As a precursor to the Waterfront Public Art Strategy, Halton Borough Council commissioned artists’ residencies within the Widnes Waterfront Economic Development Zone in 2007.

Exploration of the subtlety and ingenuity required to turn waste and found items into beautiful objects is highlighted in a new show at Devon Guild’s gallery.

For the past fourteen years, English Heritage and Arts Council England have been funding an important opportunity in the visual arts.

Artist-led strategies to support professional development have often proved to be the most successful.

Initiated by New Work Network (NWN) in 2007, the Activator programme is a developing strategy to build on the organisation’s track record for supporting the development of new performance, live and interdisciplinary arts.

Plans for a major new centre for the contemporary arts, the first of its kind in the North of Scotland, were approved in February by the Scottish Government.

The Crafts Council Development Award is aimed at makers in the first three years of their practice, working in England.