Simon Stephens

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Simon Stephens

Head of Publications and Events, Museums Association

Open letter calls for safeguards to protect disability arts

Culture ministers warned Covid-19 has magnified inequalities for disabled people working in creative industries

Statue of slave trader removed from outside Museum of London Docklands

Mayor of London announces commission to look into future of controversial landmarks in city

‘Historic moment’: M Shed to collect artefacts from protest that toppled Colston statue

Heritage community reacts to fall of statue dedicated to 17th-century slave trader

Historic Royal Palaces sets up £26m borrowing facility

Charity is preparing reopening plan but expects recovery from crisis to be slow

Southbank Centre warns it may not be able to reopen until April 2021

Director calls on government to intervene to support arts sector

Contemporary Art Society unveils acquisition fund for museums

Rapid Response Fund designed to support sector during Covid-19 crisis

Art UK reveals online exhibitions tool

Initiative launched on International Museum Day

Stirling Smith art gallery launches online mindfulness sessions

Institution will use paintings from its art collection to support wellbeing during lockdown

Writers’ museums fear Covid-19 crisis is the start of a difficult new chapter

Lockdown could push many literary institutions to the brink

National Museums Scotland announces new chair of trustees

Ian Russell to replace Bruce Minto

Manchester artists respond to coronavirus crisis

People's History Museum among museums to benefit from funding

Exeter agrees to return items to Siksika Nation in Canada

Material will be cared for by Blackfoot Crossing Historical Park