Category: News

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Active Ingredients in Arts Interventions Identified

21/09/2018

A new report seeks to explain the positive impact of the arts on health and wellbeing by naming the ‘active ingredients’ that lie behind such outcomes....

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Screen Nation Announce 2nd Black Hall of Fame

19/09/2018

The Screen Nation Film & TV Awards return in October with the UK’s only hall of fame honouring individuals of British African Caribbean heritage....

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Exhibition On Screen Returns For Sixth Season

18/09/2018

The pioneering series of cinematic films about exhibitions, galleries and artists returns with ​Degas: Passion for Perfection​ from 6 November 2018....

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Creative Scotland ‘Very Concerned’ About Lottery Reform

14/09/2018

The funder says that increasing prize and sales limits for society lotteries could negatively impact quality of life for people and communities across the UK....

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Unknown Shakespeare Records Found

12/09/2018

Previously unknown documents concerning William Shakespeare’s father John, discovered in The National Archives, throw new light on his son's early life and developing political views....

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Tate Outsourcing Artist Biographies to Wikipedia

11/09/2018

A spokeswoman states the gallery does “not have the resources to create biographies for every individual” in its collection, or to update biographies for living artists....

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Arts Council Not An “Effective Ally” For The Disabled, Says Diversity Chief

07/09/2018

Abid Hussain has urged his organisation to employ more deaf and disabled people in decision-making roles....

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BIFA Announce Unconscious Bias Training For Voters

05/09/2018

The British Independent Film Awards have announced a bespoke programme in Training for Unconscious Bias to guide voters in addressing whether subliminal assumptions are impacting their selections....

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Scientists Develop A Way To See Brain Cells Talk

03/09/2018

Scientists have developed a way to see brain cells talk: to actually see neurons communicate in bright, vivid colour. ...

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Art Car Boot Fair Celebrates Fifteenth Anniversary With Launch Of New Event

31/08/2018

The Art Car Boot Fair celebrates its fifteenth anniversary this year with the launch of an additional event: the Art Cycle Basket Fair. ...

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We’re Not In Kansas Any More, Toto

29/08/2018

Sleep is known to allow animals to re-energise and consolidate memories. Now, scientists have identified a pair of genes that regulate how much REM and non-REM sleep an animal experiences. ...

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Artist-Activist Carlos Celdran Conviction Upheld

28/08/2018

Case against Filipino artist who protested in support of reproductive rights in Manila Cathedral continues as solicitor general asks court to reconsider. ...

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Fake News, Clickbait, and the Phishing Net

26/08/2018

dropcap style=”font-size:100px;color:#992211;P/dropcapresident Donald J Trump is an intriguing phenomenon. Any criticism of his presidency is dismissed as ‘Fake News’. Nigel Farage...

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Observations from the Gallery: Signs of Collapse

25/08/2018

Saturday Cartoon by Alex Brenchley 2018...

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South London Gallery Fire Station Coming Soon

24/08/2018

The South London Gallery will open the former Peckham Road Fire Station as a new contemporary arts space and annexe to the main site on 22 September....

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How The Brain Suppresses The Act Of Revenge

22/08/2018

Researchers have identified the location in the brain of activations that are related to the suppression of the act of revenge as the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex. ...

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Censored Queer Art Show Reopens To Record-Breaking Crowds In Rio

21/08/2018

The exhibition was revived thanks to one of the country’s biggest crowdfunding campaigns, which raised more than $250,000....

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Is the Classic Rock sound making a comeback?

20/08/2018

Lancastrian Rockers Massive Wagons charge the charts with new release 'Full Nelson'...

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Terrorism Fears Curbing Children’s Cultural Visits

17/08/2018

London galleries in particular were hit hard last year, as schoolchildren admissions fell for the fourth consecutive year....

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Liberal Democracy and Freedom of Expression

17/08/2018

dropcap style=”font-size:100px;color:#992211;C/dropcaplinton Stanley Jr. has been denied access to his school upon the day of his enrolment because he wears his hair in dread locks. Is this a...

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Ditch The Bling If You Want To Make New Pals

15/08/2018

According to new research, when it comes to making friends, status symbols actually repel people from making friends with us....

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Chelsea Manning In First UK Appearance

14/08/2018

Chelsea Manning to be honoured at this year’s annual Friends of the Institute of Contemporary Arts dinner, marking her first public appearance in the uk....

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Losing Religion For Photography

14/08/2018

Artist and musician Michael Stipe will join writer and critic Miranda Sawyer in conversation at the Institute of Contemporary Arts for the launch of Stipe’s photography book, Volume 1....

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The Genius That is Boris Johnson

09/08/2018

Sky News Poll dropcap style=”font-size:100px;color:#992211;B/dropcaporis Johnson’s latest contrarian contribution pulls out of focus some features of our modern democracy. And whilst his...

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China Changing Festival Returns for Grand Finale

08/08/2018

Southbank Centre’s China Changing Festival celebrating innovative contemporary Chinese culture returns with a packed four-day programme for its grand finale....

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Mind Over Matter: Putting Thought in its Place

06/08/2018

Mind and Brain dropcap style=”font-size:100px;color:#992211;W/dropcaphenever we think about thinking, we think about mind. It is a common commendation to say of someone that he or she has a good...

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Revenge For Jellyfish Victims

01/08/2018

Scientists have shown for the first time that corals can cooperate to capture and devour jellyfish which are swept against the walls by ocean currents....

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Exclusive: Who Are P ^ S S E N G E R S?

30/07/2018

Deep in the bowels of Lancashire, something stirs. Who are P ^ S S E N G E R S ("Passengers") and what do they want from honest, hard working people like you and me?...

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Contemporary Artists’ Drawings at The Drawing Room

27/07/2018

dropcap style=”font-size:100px;color:#992211;W/dropcaphy do drawings matter? Commenting on his education as an artist at The Slade School of Fine Art in the seventies, restaurant critic, tv...

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A New Figurative Art

27/07/2018

Presenting a large number of iconic works, this exhibition explores a crucial phase of Italian art history that remains little-known outside its native country. ...

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