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1 month ago | 
nuvo.net | Simon Stephens |Mark Haddon |Lisa Gauthier Mitchison
A successful staging of this play hinges on a believable Christopher. Without that cornerstone, the play loses its integrity and interest. It’s a demanding role that requires unconventional characterization. Ozzy Heath, a senior at Lebanon High School, is perfection as Christopher. If you read my reviews regularly, you might have noticed that I most often avoid writing about child actors.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
museumsassociation.org | Simon Stephens
A listed building in St Ives that has been closed to the public for 65 years is among seven "lesser-known heritage treasures" that have secured money from National Lottery Heritage Fund this week. The St Ives site, the Palais de Danse, was used by sculptor Barbara Hepworth as a second studio between 1961 and 1975. It was built as cinema and dance hall in the early 1900s and sits opposite the Barbara Hepworth Museum and Sculpture Garden in the Cornish seaside town, which is run by Tate.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
museumsassociation.org | Simon Stephens |Amgueddfa Cymru
Liberal Democrat politician Jenny Randerson, a former Welsh culture minister, has died at 76. Randerson’s legacy includes free entry to Wales’s national museums, which she announced in 2001. Jane Dodds MS, leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats, said: “Jenny dedicated her life to serving the people of Cardiff and Wales. From free entry to Wales’s national museums to the decision to build Wales Millennium Centre, her work as a minister left an indelible mark on our politics and society.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
museumsassociation.org | Simon Stephens
The National Trust has launched a 10-year strategy to tackle the climate crisis and support biodiversity as part of an announcement marking the conservation charity’s 130th anniversary. The organisation, which was founded in 1895, launched the plan following a public consultation that involved more than 70,000 people, including trust members, volunteers and industry partners.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
museumsassociation.org | Simon Stephens
Glasgow-born artist Jasleen Kaur has used her Turner Prize acceptance speech to call on Tate to sever ties with organisations that she said are complicit in the “genocide of the Palestinian people”. Kaur, who won the award ahead of Pio Abad, Claudette Johnson and Delaine Le Bas, said she supported protestors who were outside Tate Britain during the prize-giving ceremony.
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
museumsassociation.org | Simon Stephens
A scheme to redevelop Hull Maritime Museum has moved to its next stage with the building now ready for the fit-out. Work started on the £12m scheme in January 2022 led by main contractor Simpsons of York and architect Purcell. Fit-out specialist Marcon will now start installing the new displays, which will take about a year to complete with the venue expected to reopen in spring 2026. The redevelopment of Hull Maritime Museum has been supported by a grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund.
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
museumsassociation.org | Simon Stephens
Glenn Ligon, who is based in New York, uses his art to explore American history, literature and society. He is best known for his neon installations and text-based paintings that draw on cultural figures such as the writers James Baldwin and Zora Neale Hurston, and the comedian Richard Pryor.
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
museumsassociation.org | Simon Stephens
There is a lot that brings joy to those who work in museums – successful community projects, engaging learning programmes, beautifully designed exhibitions – but the thing that gets many people really excited is data, particularly data about collections. So there was a lot of interest in the recent launch of the Museum Data Service, a project designed to transform how collections information is held, accessed and shared across the sector.
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Nov 15, 2024 | 
museumsassociation.org | Simon Stephens
A collection of Chinese ceramics worth an estimated £1bn has been given to London's British Museum, making it the highest-value object donation in UK museum history. The 1,700 items have been given by the trustees of the Sir Percival David Foundation, named after British businessman Percival David (1892–1964), who collected ceramics in Europe, Japan, Hong Kong and China. The collection has been on loan to the British Museum since 2009.
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Oct 17, 2024 | 
museumsassociation.org | Simon Stephens
An exhibition created by artist Hew Locke exploring Britain’s colonial history opened at the British Museum today (17 October). Locke, who was born in Edinburgh in 1959 and then lived in Guyana from 14 years before returning to the UK, has spent two years on the project, working with his partner and studio curator Indra Khanna. The exhibition, Hew Locke: What Have We Here? features more than 150 objects.
