UK City of Culture news

Coventry, the UK City of Culture in 2021, wants to seize a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to create an arts hub to establish the city as an ... More

The 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games will be accompanied by UK-wide festival celebrating "creativity and innovation". The festival has been backed by £120m funding from government ... More

Funding support for York's National Railway Museum, Coventry's 2021 UK City of Culture programme and infrastructure and maintenance work at local and regional museums across ... More

Local culture, heritage and creative industries in five parts of the UK are set to benefit from a share of £20m (US$25.77m, €22.65m), with funding ... More

The shortlist for this year's Museum of the Year Award has been revealed, with the Brooklands Museum, Ferens Art Gallery, Glasgow Women’s Library, the Postal ... More

As the visitor attractions sector gears up for the year ahead, Attractions Management looks at what’s in the pipeline for 2018, with openings, redevelopments, landmark ... More

In a year of ups, downs, loops and scoops, Attractions Management looks back at some of the biggest stories to hit the headlines, giving possible ... More

Coventry will be the next UK City of Culture, beating Stoke-on-Trent, Swansea, Sunderland and Paisley to the crown. The announcement last night (7 November) by ... More

With its year as UK City of Culture coming to a close, Hull is wrapping up 12 months of public artworks by using light and ... More

Funding charity Spirit of 2012 has appointed Alan Coppin as chair. He replaces Dugald Mackie after a four-and-half year stint. Spirit of 2012 was established ... More

A major public installation has opened in front of Hull Minster, as part of the city's ongoing City of Culture celebrations. Swiss artist Felice Varini ... More

Swiss artist Felice Varini and the Chilean architecture practice Pezo von Ellrichshausen have been commissioned to design an ambitious temporary outdoor structure in the historic ... More

Coventry, Paisley, Stoke, Sunderland or Swansea will be named as the UK City of Culture 2021 later this year after making the shortlist for the ... More

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has announced a shakeup of its ministerial team, with Salisbury MP John Glen being handed the role ... More

Eleven cities of the UK have registered bids to be considered for UK City of Culture 2021, with the prospective candidates hoping to become the ... More

The UK is looking for its next City of Culture, launching a nationwide competition to find a candidate for the 2021 event. Minister of state ... More

Artist Nayan Kulkarni has installed a 75m-long (250ft) rotor blade in the centre of Hull – the first in a series of temporary installations marking ... More

National tourism quango VisitEngland is hoping to capitalise on a bumper year of sport to boost the amount spent by day-trippers beyond the record £45.3bn ... More

Hull has moved one step closer to having its own international music and events centre after councillors voted to push ahead with plans for the ... More

Londonderry’s recent UK City of Culture title increased tourism to the area by 50 per cent and pumped £47m into the economy in associated expenditure, ... More

Hull City Council is looking to push the city forward after it was awarded the badge of 2017 UK City of Culture by proposing the ... More

Hull’s crowning as the UK City of Culture 2017 could be capped with a new £30m concert arena and hotel that the city hopes could ... More

Hull has been named the UK’s City of Culture for 2017, beating Leicester, Dundee and Swansea in the process. Hull, which is known for being ... More

Dundee, Hull, Leicester and Swansea Bay have all made the final shortlist to name the 2017 UK City of Culture. The four cities beat off ... More