Venice Biennale Artists Headline ArtVilnius’25
Staged at the Litexpo exhibition centre from 3–5 October, the fair will bring together 80 galleries and institutions, presenting the work of 320 artists from 16 countries. With annual visitor numbers reaching up to 23,000, it remains the largest contemporary art fair in the Baltic region.
UNESCO and Temasek Foundation Strengthens Cross-Border Collaboration in Performing Arts
UNESCO and Temasek Foundation have launched a new regional initiative to strengthen intercultural understanding in the performing arts across Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore. Running through 2027, the programme Embracing Shared Heritage through Performing Art will build stronger networks, creating opportunities for co-creation, while supporting artists and students working together across Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore.
Six UK regions receive £25 million to bolster creative industries
The fund was announced in the Creative Industries Sector Plan in June, as part of the Industrial Strategy, where the Government shared their intention to invest £150 million in the creative industries of six regions outside of London – Greater Manchester, Liverpool City Region, North East, West of England, West Midlands and West Yorkshire.
The Gulf Illuminated
Launched in 2023 by the Department of Culture and Tourism, Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi), the initiative takes its name from the Arabic word for “lighthouse.” Manar Abu Dhabi is one of three long-term pillars of Public Art Abu Dhabi, alongside the Biennial (first launched in November 2024, which presented art installations and performances by more than 70 UAE-based and international artists creating site-specific installations in Abu Dhabi and Al Ain in response to the Biennial theme, ‘Public Matter’) and a programme of artist commissions.
Here We Are: the Greater Manchester Camerata project
Manchester Camerata is the kind of orchestra that leaps out of the pit and swaggers onto the street to engage new audience in classical music. Heard of the game-changing, now legendary, Haçienda Classical? That’s them. The team’s latest project is Here We Are, a five‑day programme that takes music out of the concert hall and […]
Hansel and Gretel returns to the Finnish National Opera
It’s been almost thirty years since Engelbert Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel last cast its spell over Helsinki. Now, the Finnish National Opera is bringing the Brothers Grimm’s dark fairytale back to the main stage in Richard Jones’s acclaimed production, this time in a fresh Finnish translation by Mikko Koivusalo.
Apply now for the European Festivals Fund for Emerging Artists (EFFEA)
Submit your application by 3 November 2025 The European Festivals Fund for Emerging Artists (EFFEA) has opened its fourth call for proposals. The fund will support around 50 residencies in 2026, giving at least 50 emerging artists the chance to work closely with 150 festivals across Europe and beyond. Submissions are are open until 3 […]
From Loom to Lens: Celebrating the Women Preserving Silk Roads Culture
Organised by UNESCO’s Silk Roads Programme within its Social and Human Sciences Sector, young photographers captured the colourful diversity of the Silk Roads and its vast network of maritime and overland routes linking East, South and Southeast Asia with Central Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Europe.
Sing Eat Retreat — Musical Theatre Holidays 2026
Bored of forest bathing? The gloriously vibrant Sing Eat Retreat is an immersive musical theatre jaunt, that marries the force of the West End with holiday‑club camaraderie. Think all the joy of the drama‑loving teens’ summer camp, reimagined for grown‑ups.
Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival 20 October – 9 November
The Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival, led by the Mental Health Foundation, has launched one of its most ambitious and far-reaching programmes yet, with hundreds of online and live events being held across Scotland from 20 October to 9 November.