The gift was announced in tandem with the museum’s annual Art of the Party gala, where Griffin and the Colombian artist Delcy Morelos were honoured

While a boost in funding for national museums has been welcomed by key figures, concerns remain among regional institutions

The money will be used for programming related to the semiquincentennial of the US in 2026

Right-wing governor's decision to slash entire $32m budget leaves smaller organisations fighting for survival

The inaugural Frontera Culture Fund will contribute to 32 arts and community organisations

President Macron’s flagship youth scheme receives twice as much public funding as the Louvre

The campaign, timed to coincide with the semiquincentennial of the United States in 2026, is the most ambitious fundraising undertaking for a cultural organisation on record

The grants are part of a new initiative, dubbed ArtsHere, intended to increase community arts engagement in underserved areas

The Fabian Society has proposed actions including introducing a tourism charge and organising a review of Arts Council England

Labour’s pre-election arts manifesto, Creating Growth, included policies to put the arts back into education and bring museums into line with universities on open data

The Venice Biennale artists are backing a collective manifesto which calls for new policies to support the visual arts

How much power do a museum’s curators really have?

A $4.3m renovation grant will help restore the historical Art Students League to its former glory

Healing Arts Scotland, organised by the Jameel Arts & Health Lab and Scottish Ballet in collaboration with the World Health Organisation, is the first national festival to explore the role of cultural engagement in health

Creative Scotland's Open Fund for Individuals has closed indefinitely after funding was put on hold by the Scottish government

A collaboration between the New York Foundation for the Arts and Anonymous Was A Woman, the Environmental Art Grants celebrate their third year

The initiative, called the Philanthropy Factory, hopes to raise an additional $1.5m for 74 US arts organisations

The city council in Lubbock, Texas voted last week to cut $30,000 in grant money to a free monthly art walk

The money will be used to install solar panels, updating lighting and create carbon-neutrality plans

The State of the Arts research document also shows arts education in England to be in “significant decline”

A scheme by the non-profit Create London will convert the Newham building into a culture and learning centre

Mayor Eric Adams and the city council restored $53m in funding for public programming last month

The head of the organisation hopes the newly thought out spaces will prove inviting to artists in the city, during what is a difficult time for the British cultural sector

"We were long a society of fun and sun, but we’re no longer that—we don’t want that," he said.

Rassemblement National, New Popular Front and Renaissance politicians discuss policy areas, closing the Centre Pompidou and free entry to museums

Hit by austerity cuts and activist boycotts, who is standing up for the arts?

The $112.4bn municipal budget for the coming fiscal year also restored $58m in critical funding for the city’s three library systems

Fellow artists Grayson Perry and Maggi Hambling have also made “non-cash” contributions

What a change in government might mean for the UK culture sector, a close look at Eike Schmidt’s unsuccessful campaign, and Willis Thomas discusses displaying his new afro pick sculpture at the world’s biggest music festival

More than 20 organisations have called for improved arts education and freedom of movement in Europe