In brief

Tate has unveiled what it claims is the first artistic programme created purely for the web. It has secured sponsorship from BMW to develop a series of online-only live performances that will start in March 2012 with a commission by French choreographer Jérôme Bell. Each of the five performances will take place at Tate Modern, without an audience present, and will be broadcast live online.


The Design Museum has submitted an outline planning application for changes to the Grade II*-listed Commonwealth Institute, where it is to move in 2014. Work will include the installation of lifts, disability access, basement and mezzanine levels, plus a restaurant. The conversion, by John Pawson, will be three times the size of the museum’s current home, allowing it to display its entire collection.


Newport City Council has put a tender out inviting developers to find a new home for a medieval ship discovered on the banks of the River Usk nine years ago. Conservation of the vessel is expected to be finished in 2014, but Newport City Museum is not big enough to house it.


Thieves have stolen thousands of pounds in cash from Amberley Open Air Museum in Arundel, West Sussex. The police have appealed for information after two men attacked a member of staff and forced him to open a safe in the museum’s restaurant on the evening of 9 October. No weapons were used in the attack, and the 43-year-old employee was not harmed.