Birmingham City Council’s advice to organisations to prepare for the potential cut comes less than a year after promising to hold funding steady until 2020 – via Arts Professional.

Meadow Arts is working in partnership with Hereford Cathedral to commission a new artwork by Yinka Shonibare MBE (RA), inspired by the Mappa Mundi. Creatures of the Mappa Mundi is one of four projects to win funding from Hidden Gems, part of the Herefordshire’s a Great Place scheme.

British photography pays tribute to curator and researcher Pete James who passed away earlier this year. The inaugural Pete James lecture will form the opening event of the National Photography Symposium in November.

Details were announced on Monday of a £500,000 scheme commissioning 10 artists over 10 years to create limited edition prints for diplomatic buildings. The first commission is the Birmingham-born painter Hurvin Anderson – via The Guardian.

Adrian Searle reviews the 2018 Turner Prize – via The Guardian.