Category: News

Everyone has inside of him a piece of good news. The good news is that you don’t know how great you can be! How much you can love! What you can accomplish! And what your potential is! – Anne Frank

Theatre Programmers Called Out For Racism

26/10/2018

Claiming that it is too much of a risk to programme work by black artists is often simply an excuse for racism, a new report argues....

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Putting the Mind in Touch with Reality

23/10/2018

Research finds that the possible origins of tactile fact-checking, in everyday life or in compulsive disorders, comes from the specific kind of reassurance that touch gives....

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The Neurobiology of Social Aggression

19/10/2018

Research shows signalling mechanism in the brain shapes social behaviour, with implications for understanding social hierarchy, bullying and aggression. ...

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Cosmic Titan Discovery

17/10/2018

The galaxy proto-supercluster, nicknamed Hyperion, is the largest and most massive structure yet found at such a remote time and distance. ...

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Humans Cause of Sixth Mass Extinction

16/10/2018

If current conservation efforts are not improved, so many mammal species will become extinct during the next five decades that nature will need 3–5 million years to recover....

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On The Image

14/10/2018

Two Russian Tourists visiting Salisbury dropcap style=”font-size:100px;color:#992211;I/dropcapmages of every kind bombard us daily with information, persuasion and delight. The ‘image stream’...

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Marie von Papen Makes UK Debut

12/10/2018

MVP: London is the latest in a series of innovative pop-ups, including a former wharf in Copenhagen and an abandoned shipping warehouse in New York....

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Bad Scorpions Running Wild

10/10/2018

Researchers have documented 104 species of scorpion worldwide, updating the global record of medically significant scorpions, or those whose venom could be alternately gravely harmful or beneficial....

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“I Spend a Lot of Time Looking at People’s Depressing Dinners”

09/10/2018

New London gallery Elephant West will open on 10 November with Dipping Sauce, British photographer Maisie Cousins largest show to date....

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Science and Aesthetics

08/10/2018

Pablo Picasso, Guernica, 1937 Science, of course, is immensely important; perhaps even the patterns made by diffraction are important too; even if only as a bi-product of some scientific goings-on....

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Art on the Streets Exhibition

05/10/2018

The posters invite the viewer to consider the role that visual activism can play in our everyday experience, highlighting the power of images to challenge and empower....

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Find The Fish

03/10/2018

For the first time, locations on the human genome have been identified that can explain differences in meaning in life between individuals. ...

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Arts Organisations Must Be Allowed To Die

02/10/2018

A new report on resilience in the arts encourages a shift in thinking from individual sustainability to the health of a sector as a whole....

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Paris Pop-up Theatre To Be Run By Refugees

28/09/2018

The theatre will be run by an ensemble called La Troupe, consisting of eight core members and other participants, all of whom are refugees....

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Invasive Snakes Hitchhiking With US Military

26/09/2018

A research team has been studying why a type of cat-eyed snake has been so effective at devastating native bird populations on the island of Guam....

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Swedish Museums Call For Nazi Loot Assistance

25/09/2018

Museums are calling on the government to create an independent panel to issue recommendations on claims for art that was lost due to persecution by the Nazis. ...

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Nick Mulvey “It’s In Your Hands”

25/09/2018

Nick Mulvey to choose artists for cambridge folk festival...

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Active Ingredients in Arts Interventions Identified

21/09/2018

A new report seeks to explain the positive impact of the arts on health and wellbeing by naming the ‘active ingredients’ that lie behind such outcomes....

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Screen Nation Announce 2nd Black Hall of Fame

19/09/2018

The Screen Nation Film & TV Awards return in October with the UK’s only hall of fame honouring individuals of British African Caribbean heritage....

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Exhibition On Screen Returns For Sixth Season

18/09/2018

The pioneering series of cinematic films about exhibitions, galleries and artists returns with ​Degas: Passion for Perfection​ from 6 November 2018....

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Creative Scotland ‘Very Concerned’ About Lottery Reform

14/09/2018

The funder says that increasing prize and sales limits for society lotteries could negatively impact quality of life for people and communities across the UK....

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Unknown Shakespeare Records Found

12/09/2018

Previously unknown documents concerning William Shakespeare’s father John, discovered in The National Archives, throw new light on his son's early life and developing political views....

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Tate Outsourcing Artist Biographies to Wikipedia

11/09/2018

A spokeswoman states the gallery does “not have the resources to create biographies for every individual” in its collection, or to update biographies for living artists....

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Arts Council Not An “Effective Ally” For The Disabled, Says Diversity Chief

07/09/2018

Abid Hussain has urged his organisation to employ more deaf and disabled people in decision-making roles....

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BIFA Announce Unconscious Bias Training For Voters

05/09/2018

The British Independent Film Awards have announced a bespoke programme in Training for Unconscious Bias to guide voters in addressing whether subliminal assumptions are impacting their selections....

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Scientists Develop A Way To See Brain Cells Talk

03/09/2018

Scientists have developed a way to see brain cells talk: to actually see neurons communicate in bright, vivid colour. ...

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Art Car Boot Fair Celebrates Fifteenth Anniversary With Launch Of New Event

31/08/2018

The Art Car Boot Fair celebrates its fifteenth anniversary this year with the launch of an additional event: the Art Cycle Basket Fair. ...

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We’re Not In Kansas Any More, Toto

29/08/2018

Sleep is known to allow animals to re-energise and consolidate memories. Now, scientists have identified a pair of genes that regulate how much REM and non-REM sleep an animal experiences. ...

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Artist-Activist Carlos Celdran Conviction Upheld

28/08/2018

Case against Filipino artist who protested in support of reproductive rights in Manila Cathedral continues as solicitor general asks court to reconsider. ...

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Fake News, Clickbait, and the Phishing Net

26/08/2018

dropcap style=”font-size:100px;color:#992211;P/dropcapresident Donald J Trump is an intriguing phenomenon. Any criticism of his presidency is dismissed as ‘Fake News’. Nigel Farage...

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