The Sea Pearl has been a looming presence along the water during this week's preview

Paul Thompson will have a full in-tray when he takes over, as the organisation has suffered from a significant funding shortfall in recent years, leading to staff strikes

Tarini Malik, formerly of the Whitechapel Gallery and the Hayward Gallery, will seek to "extend the reach" of Akomfrah's work at a "critical, transitional moment" for the UK's visual sector

The initiative marks 30 years of formal cultural relations between the two countries

British Council has so far failed to get extra emergency funding to save ravaged heritage

The UK’s international organisation for cultural relations has been subject to a number of cost-reduction exercises in the past year amid a massive funding shortfall

The partnership, signed in February, will focus on collaborations in the film, museum and heritage sectors between the two nations

Government support for the UK's international organisation for cultural relations will be significantly reduced or cease altogether in 20 countries

Covid impact on commercial income has led to cost cutting, organisation says

British Council in Afghanistan among international heritage organisations that have suspended operations during the conflict

The five-storey building will house nearly 17,000 works from the Arts Council and British Council collections, under proposed scheme

Yemeni authorities and World Monuments Fund team up to repair ruined National Museum in Taiz

Aras Amiri loses final appeal over spying charges

Curator could be used as a bargaining chip, along with Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe