July 1, 2025

UK Art

UK Art

Arts University Bournemouth confirms plans to axe 75 roles

Nearly one in five roles at Arts University Bournemouth will be axed to “protect its long-term sustainability”, it has been confirmed. The university is looking to make 75 potential redundancies across its academic, technical and professional services teams, which make up 18.8% of its total workforce of 400 staff. Lisa Mann, the university’s chief executive,

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Sunday Times Rich List 2025 reveals changing art world fortunes

The businessman and art philanthropist Leonard Blavatnik has seen his fortune fall by more than £3bn according to the Sunday Times Rich List, the anticipated annual rankings of the wealthiest people based in the UK that was published yesterday. This year Blavatnik is at number three, with an estimated fortune of £25.7bn derived from investment,

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Clevedon composer creates soundtrack for new art film

Chris Hope was selected to compose the score for Ivan Morison’s film, White Horses, which celebrates 200 years of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI). The film, which is funded by six national partners, including Weston’s SuperCulture, is set to tour the country this summer. It will make a stop in Weston from Thursday, June

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Saltdean Lido art exhibition inspired by swimmers’ memories

Chrissie Reidy BBC News, Saltdean Ruth Mulvie Ruth Mulvie working on her favourite piece, called Breaking the Rules Brighton artist Ruth Mulvie has been inspired by real stories from Saltdean Lido’s living history archive to create an art collection which is on display at the venue. Endless Summer, part of the Brighton Artists Open Houses

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UK’s most walkable city named and it’s perfect for a weekend break

A study has revealed the UK’s most walkable cities, looking at the distance between attractions and the time it takes to travel between them. The top ranking destination is perfect for a city break. The main tourist sites of the UK’s most walkable city can be explored in less than half an hour(Image: Max Dannenbaum

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Warwickshire charity art auction to support children in Nepal

Also taking part is French artist Alan Reullier, external, whose latest work centres on the heritage of the motor industry in the Midlands. He has a collection of original drawings from British Motor Heritage Ltd, dating from the early 1900s to the 1970s, which were being digitised and couldn’t be stored. He took ownership of

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Art deco swimming pool in the UK with rare Victorian baths named one of the best in the world

AN ART deco swimming pool, previously named one of the best in the world, is on the site of an old prison and features grand architecture. The Mounts Baths in Northampton were dubbed “world class” by the BBC in 2017, sitting alongside other historic swimming venues in Europe. 3 Mounts Baths was built in 1936Credit:

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Brentwood Art Trail returns with record number of artists

A record number of 84 artists and groups take part at 66 locations in Brentwood, Shenfield and Ingatestone over three Saturdays, starting on May 31. Painted windows are also included at eight businesses whose shopfronts were splashed by artists for VE Day by Brentwood Connected Business Improvement District (BID). “This trail brings so many people in

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Vandals target butterfly sculpture on new Bradford art trail

Charles Heslett BBC News, Yorkshire BBC The sculptures line the path which towards a pond on Penistone Hill Country Park An art trail in Brontë country has been targeted by vandals just days before it is due to open to the public. Two marble butterflies, part of an installation of dozens of similar sculptures at

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Bronte country art installation inspired by stories of migration is smashed to pieces as police hunt motorbike gang seen fleeing the scene

By LETTICE BROMOVSKY Published: 10:08, 14 May 2025 | Updated: 10:09, 14 May 2025 A stunning outdoor art installation in Brontë country has been deliberately destroyed in a shocking act of vandalism – just days before it was due to open to the public. Two intricately carved pink marble butterflies, part of a cultural trail

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