Visual Arts
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British audiences across the economic spectrum have a wealth of great art and performance literally at their fingertips. And one…
Creativity in the classroom
Children across the UK will learn their arts ABC’s from an army of volunteer practitioners when Big Arts Week rolls…
After a month of argument and scandal the Scottish arts needs to regroup
Over the past month the arts in Scotland have been embroiled in an increasingly heated argument about the way in…
The British-Indian cultural exchange
Arts Hub's Stephen Rhys offers a careful examination of Indian and British life as they stand today as evidence of…
Is digital switchover a political and logistical catch 22?
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past six years you could hardly fail not to have noticed…
Designing for the 21st Century – A call for proposals
The most recent Creative Industries Mapping document estimated that design-related activity within the UK employed one million people in around…
Queer as folk art
Throughout history, art has been used as a driving force behind political activism and as a catalyst for social change…
The rugs of war
The Rugs of War exhibition is surprisingly unsettling, though it’s hard to say why. Rugs, woven by Afghan refugees and…
2008 : Britain’s Year of Culture
In the beginning there were twelve. Then six finalists were short listed as the UK’s possible European City of Culture.…
Kindred spirits in flight for human rights
In 1982, acclaimed musician Peter Gabriel founded the World of Music, Arts and Dance (WOMAD) festival in the UK. WOMAD's…