ARTS & CULTURE


Tate Britain reaches £45m revamp fundraising target


Tate has reached the £45m fundraising tar- get for its Tate Britain Millbank Project, which is designed to conserve and upgrade a number of the art attraction’s galleries. Caruso St John Architects have designed


the project, which started in early 2011 and includes the reconstruction of nine galler- ies in the south part of the building. Among those to contribute towards the


Tate Britain Millbank Project is the Heritage Lottery Fund (£4.9m) and Tate Members, who provided a donation worth £1m. Details: http://lei.sr?a=x7w8D


Serpentine opens 2012 Pavilion


The Serpentine Gallery in London has unveiled the Herzog and de Meuron/Ai Weiwei-designed Pavilion - the 12th commission in the art attraction’s annual series. Tis year’s Pavilion - part


of the London 2012 Festival - enables visitors to go beneath the Serpentine lawn to explore the “hidden history” of the gallery’s previous 11 commis- sions. A total of 11 columns represent previous structures, while the 12th supports a float- ing roof 1.4m (4.6ſt) above the ground. Design features of the Pavilion include cork cladding. International spa company ESPA is sponsor-


Te Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2012 will remain open until 14 October


ing this year’s Pavilion, which is operating as a public space and as a venue for the gallery’s Park Nights programme of events and talks. Serpentine Gallery director Julia Peyton- Jones and co-director Hans Ulrich Obrist said:


Te gallery’s photography space will be renamed


£193,000 for SNPG’s Photography Gallery


The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation has announced funding of US$300,000 (£193,000) for the Scottish National Portrait Gallery’s (SNPG) Photography Gallery over the next three years. As a result, the space at the Edinburgh


gallery is to be renamed the Te Robert Mapplethorpe Photography Gallery. US-born Robert Mapplethorpe estab-


lished his foundation 10 months before his death in 1988. It has since supported exhibi- tions at a number of art institutions. Details: http://lei.sr?a=o3K9T


Creative Industry Finance scheme launched by ACE


Small- to medium-sized businesses working in London’s cultural sector can now apply for funding under a loan scheme launched by Arts Council England (ACE). Creative Industry Finance will offer loans


of between £5,000 and £25,000, with East London Small Business Centre to operate the programme in the capital. London is the first stage of the new ACE


scheme, with a second area to be announced in due course. It aims to benefit artists, per- formers and other sector businesses. Details: http://lei.sr?a=j7R4M


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“It is a great honour to be working with Herzog and de Meuron and Ai Weiwei, the design team behind Beijing’s Bird’s Nest Stadium. “In this exciting year for London we are


proud to be creating a connection between the Beijing 2008 and the London 2012 Games.” Details: http://lei.sr?a=k7O6g


Creative Scotland in investment portfolio overhaul


Creative Scotland has announced the results of a review into its investment portfolio, which will see nearly 50 arts organisations lose out on regular funding support from April 2013. Te agency has overhauled its portfolio as a result of changes in the way it receives income,


with its share of Lottery revenue to rise from £18m in 2010 to £32.3m in 2014. Creative Scotland is withdrawing its two-


year approach to flexibly-funded organisations, following a review of its investment model. Details: http://lei.sr?a=l6m3K


Plans for tax relief cap on donations axed


The Art Fund is among a number of groups to welcome George Osborne’s decision to drop plans to introduce a cap on tax relief on donations of more than £50,000. HM Treasury’s cap would


have also applied to gifts worth 25 per cent of a chari- ty’s income and was designed to prevent individuals using available reliefs to avoid tax. However, Osborne said:


“We will proceed next year with a cap on income tax reliefs for wealthy people, but we won’t be capping relief for giving money to charity. “It is clear from our conversations with


Te Photographers’ Gallery at 16-18 Ramillies Street in central London Art Fund director Stephen Deuchar said:


charities that any kind of cap could damage donations, and as I said at the Budget that’s not what we want at all. So we’ve listened.”


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“[The cap] would have had a detrimental impact on all charities and their causes.” Details: http://lei.sr?a=C5n1a


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image: herzog and de meuron and ai weiwei/2012 iwan baan


image: simon kreitem/britainonview


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