Arts Council chief warns against cuts in arts funding

Any future government – whether Conservative or Labour – must continue to fund the arts at current levels despite the bitter economic climate, the Arts Council chief urged today. “The arts ought to be a key part of any civilised government’s mission,” said Alan Davey, chief executive of Arts Council England, speaking at the Conservative arts conference, Culture is Right, in London. He added: “I hope any government would not return to a Mills-ian view of the most efficient creation [...]