Jemma Jarman, Author at ICOM UK

ICOM UK Announces Leadership Transition and Welcomes New Team Members

Posted on March 11, 2024 (March 9, 2024)

London, 26 Jan 2024 – The International Council of Museums – United Kingdom National Committee (ICOM UK) announces a significant leadership transition as Dana Andrew, Executive Director, and Louise Bevan, Membership Manager, step down from their roles after a decade of dedicated service. The Board expresses its gratitude to Dana and Louise for their outstanding […]

ICOM UK S&EP Museum Talk

Posted on March 11, 2024 (March 9, 2024)

15th March, 2024, 1400-1530 BST Mediating Values: IP Licensing of Western Art Museums in China Please register our event through Eventbrite Contemporary museums have transformed into dynamic cultural actors within our society, assuming increasingly diverse roles and engaging in a variety of activities. Intellectual property (IP) licensing activities, especially through international collaborations, have emerged as […]

Protest outside Senedd as Welsh Government confirms museum cuts

Posted on March 11, 2024 (March 12, 2024)

This article was first published by the Museums Association. Museum workers have been protesting outside the Senedd this week as the Welsh Government published its final budget for 2024/25, confirming significant cuts to Welsh culture and heritage. Staff from Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales; the National Library of Wales; and the Royal Commission on […]

The Finnish Museum of Photography now has an Ukrainian audio guide

Posted on March 11, 2024 (March 12, 2024)

This article was first published by the Ukrainian World Congress. The Ukrainian Association in Finland (UAF) has announced the introduction of a Ukrainian audio guide at the Finnish Photography Museum in Helsinki. The recordings are available in both Ukrainian and Finnish languages. The audio content is also accessible on platforms like Spotify and other popular podcast services. The Ukraine news agency, […]

Sustainable Lending and Borrowing: call to take part in new TEG ACE research

Posted on March 11, 2024 (March 12, 2024)

Arts Council England (ACE) has commissioned Touring Exhibitions Group (TEG) to look into ways that shared initiatives could reduce the carbon impacts of lending and borrowing objects to exhibitions. Lending, internationally and domestically, for exhibitions is one of the biggest contributors to greenhouse gas emissions in museums and galleries and TEG would very much like to […]

Budget 2024: permanent tax relief for museums, multi-million funding announced

Posted on March 11, 2024 (March 12, 2024)

This article was published by Museums and Heritage. In November the government announced that it had set aside £100m for ‘levelling up’ culture projects. Today, following the budget speech, The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has provided more details. Of the £100m set aside, £52.6m is provisionally budgeted for six “nationally-significant cultural investments”, […]

ICOM UK statement on Welsh Government cuts to cultural sector in Wales

Posted on March 11, 2024 (March 12, 2024)

Last week, the Welsh Government confirmed its planned 10.5% (£3m) cuts to Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales, the Arts Council of Wales and the National Library. Combined with a £1.5m year-on-year deficit, it means Amgueddfa Cymru must reduce its 2024/25 revenue budget by £4.5m by the end of March. Further devastating cuts are planned […]

Dozens of archaeological sites in Afghanistan have been bulldozed to allow systematic looting

Posted on March 4, 2024 (March 4, 2024)

This article was first published by BBC News. Dozens of archaeological sites in Afghanistan have been bulldozed to allow systematic looting, according to researchers at the University of Chicago. They say their analysis of satellite photos provides the first definitive photographic evidence that looting patterns that began under the previous government have continued since the […]

Immersive Van Gogh Show Breaks Attendance Records at Musée d’Orsay

Posted on March 4, 2024 (March 4, 2024)

This article was first published by ArtNet. The Musée d’Orsay reported that its latest Van Gogh exhibition broke all previous attendance records, bringing in a total 793,556 visitors, or an average of 7,181 each day. The show’s A.I. and immersive V.R. experiences were largely ridiculed in the press, but they proved persuasive to new audiences. […]

Author: Jemma Jarman

Posts by Jemma Jarman

ICOM UK Announces Leadership Transition and Welcomes New Team Members

ICOM UK S&EP Museum Talk

Protest outside Senedd as Welsh Government confirms museum cuts

The Finnish Museum of Photography now has an Ukrainian audio guide

Sustainable Lending and Borrowing: call to take part in new TEG ACE research

Budget 2024: permanent tax relief for museums, multi-million funding announced

ICOM UK statement on Welsh Government cuts to cultural sector in Wales

Dozens of archaeological sites in Afghanistan have been bulldozed to allow systematic looting

Immersive Van Gogh Show Breaks Attendance Records at Musée d’Orsay