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France: Manet’s 1863 painting Olympia will this month leave France for the first time. The Musée d’Orsay in Paris is loaning the work, which depicts a courtesan sprawled across a bed, to the Doge’s Palace in Venice, where it will go on show. French president François Hollande has given special dispensation for the work to …
Archives are dynamic tools for social change
The London Metropolitan Archives (LMA) has run the LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender) history and archives conference since 2003. Ajamu, artist and activist, has been a significant contributor over the years and is a community historian, collecting and eventually depositing material relating to black LGBT histories at the archive. His exhibition, Fierce, is currently …
Arts businesses contribute £28bn a year to economy
Report reveals that arts sector creates a return on investment of 4:1
DCMS reignites debate over payment of interns
Department pays all interns, but museums have different rules
Arts Council England unveils lifetime giving initiative
Cultural Gifts Scheme offers tax reductions for donating art to nation