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Paul Hamlyn Foundation has named HALIMA KHAN as their new Chief Executive. She will take up the post in November, succeeding MOIRA SINCLAIR...
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KRIS NELSON has concluded his final season as Artistic Director of LIFT (London International Festival of Theatre). He will step down from...
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ROSA CORBISHLEY has been named Executive Director of arts and education charity Wiltshire Creative, taking up her post in October this year...
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DAVID BRYAN CBE has announced he is to step down as Chair of Creative Lives (formerly Voluntary Arts) in November this year, after seven...
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The Creative Industries Independent Standards Authority, CIISA, has announced HELENA KENNEDY as its first Chair. As a dedicated,...

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Arguments about excellence creates a false binary, as certain artforms are excellent therefore other artforms aren’t (and therefore should...
I recall one Jeremy Newton the then Deputy Director of Eastern Arts, (later to become CEO of NESTA) speaking at a meeting of the Council of...
Good grief - I would have thought ACE would have been doing this for the past 10 years. Before ACE asks for funding it should sort the mess...
Posted by Chris Hodgkins on ACE embarks on arts investment lobbying drive
As a thought experiment, I’m curious about the rationale for privileging one musical genre over any other. What makes orchestral music ‘the...
Posted by Dave Camlin on Orchestral music as an agent for change
This case has shown the need for respect and probity on both sides of a court case. Any and every court case must meet these fundamental...
The ACE has an exemplary track record in dealing with cases affected by race discrimination. It has fought hard and consistently to build...
Hi Sally, this is based on data from 2,800 arts and culture organisations across the UK. Apologies for any lack of clarity on that.
This article refers to the financial health of organisations in and across the UK, but the research presented actually seems to refer to...
The Arts Council England's review of opera, "Let's Create: Opera and Music Theatre Analysis" was commissioned in May...
ACE like all non-governmental agencies is subject to periodic review including whether it still has a unique purpose. If Debbonaire thinks...

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