Scottish funding body promises overhaul

Creative Scotland, the national funding body for the arts in Scotland, has moved to quell anger over its “corporate” approach following the publication of an uncompromising open letter signed by more than 100 of Scotland’s artists and…
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Olympics arts festival promises to be “game-changing” for artists with disabilities

With 50 days to go to the Paralympic Games (29 August to 9 September), London’s Southbank Centre has held a launch event to promote a major festival of art, dance, music and other performance created by deaf and disabled artists, scheduled to…
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Olympics arts festival promises to be “game-changing” for deaf and disabled artists

With 50 days to go to the Paralympic Games (29 August to 9 September), London’s Southbank Centre has held a launch event to promote a major festival of art, dance, music and other performance created by deaf and disabled artists, scheduled to…
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Versailles will stay contemporary, promises Pégard

The controversial new head of the Palace of Versailles outside Paris, Catherine Pégard, says that the contemporary art programme initiated at the 17th-century site by the outgoing director Jean-Jacques Aillagon will continue, according to the French…
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