The British Council, the government’s international cultural relations body, plans to invest an extra £14m in its global arts programmes, in addition to the £21.5m already earmarked.
The increased funding comes from the British Council’s self-generated income, which makes up 75% of its annual turnover of £700m.
A British Council spokesman said: “We are responding to the global demand for the UK’s skills in the creative economy by developing and marketing a coherent skills and professional development offer from across the UK sector for overseas practitioners, covering everything from museum curation to theatre production skills.”
The extra investment will be used to create an online network of arts professionals worldwide, with emphasis on “priority markets” such as Turkey, Nigeria, Indonesia and Russia.
The British Council also plans to acquire more works for its collection of 20th- and 21st-century British art.
“We will be increasing investment in the collection, both to allow us to acquire works by emerging British artists through a structured programme and to increase exposure to it overseas,” said the spokesman.
A new skills and development course in arts and heritage management is also planned in partnership with University College London.
The increased funding comes from the British Council’s self-generated income, which makes up 75% of its annual turnover of £700m.
A British Council spokesman said: “We are responding to the global demand for the UK’s skills in the creative economy by developing and marketing a coherent skills and professional development offer from across the UK sector for overseas practitioners, covering everything from museum curation to theatre production skills.”
The extra investment will be used to create an online network of arts professionals worldwide, with emphasis on “priority markets” such as Turkey, Nigeria, Indonesia and Russia.
The British Council also plans to acquire more works for its collection of 20th- and 21st-century British art.
“We will be increasing investment in the collection, both to allow us to acquire works by emerging British artists through a structured programme and to increase exposure to it overseas,” said the spokesman.
A new skills and development course in arts and heritage management is also planned in partnership with University College London.