Art education
East Coast art college strikes deal for West Coast campus facilities
In response to financial pressures, the Vermont College of Fine Arts, a graduate-only art school, is partnering with the big-name California Institute of the Arts 3,000 miles away
President Biden forgives $6bn in loans for students of defunct Art Institutes
The eight art and design colleges closed without warning last September
'UK school art curriculum should reflect diversity efforts in our institutions'
Research by the Runnymede Trust found that only 2.3% of artists named in GCSE Art papers over the last five years were Black or Asian
Sustainability takes root in US art schools as green push intensifies
The promotion of materials with less environmental impact than traditional art media—such as milk-based paints and leather created from yeast and bacteria—is gaining momentum
UK Labour leader Keir Starmer pledges to turn the arts from a ‘luxury’ to a ‘necessity’
The head of the opposition party was speaking at the Labour Creatives Conference in London
New Frank Bowling project to send £500,000 worth of art supplies to UK schools
Work by the students will be displayed on London's Piccadilly Lights in 2025
Art is fanciful? The opposite is true as artists and designers address the most urgent global challenges
Rhode Island School of Design is participating in the Sustainable Markets Initiative’s Terra Carta Design Lab, leveraging art and design to address social issues
UK's Royal College of Art appoints Christoph Lindner as vice-chancellor
The new president's previous roles have included a focus on the climate crisis
A brush with... Sutapa Biswas
An in-depth interview with the artist on her cultural experiences and greatest influences, from the the textural, labour-intensive work of Howardena Pindell to Jean Cocteau's film Orphée
Masters curating course at Whitechapel gallery to be wound down
Joint initiative with London South Bank University shelved but collaborative PhD project is in the pipeline
US art college network abruptly closes its remaining campuses, shocking students and teachers
After losing accreditation in 2018, falling enrollment numbers and financial instability have led the Art Institutes to shut the doors of its remaining campuses
Private sector picks up the pieces as UK government cuts art education funding
While university arts departments are being dismantled, dealers and auction houses provide learning programmes
'Fighting for culture, not culture wars': new Labour culture secretary Thangam Debbonaire addresses the art world
Creative arts will be at the core of school curriculums, she pledged
Supreme Court’s ruling against affirmative action will have minimal impact on arts education in the US
Many specialised schools are already recruiting in an equitable way
What impact has two years of Taliban rule had on the arts in Afghanistan?
Future of arts and women’s rights remain uncertain despite government backing of cultural heritage projects
Special report: Funding cuts and weak economy send UK’s visual arts into crisis
From regional galleries becoming “unsustainable” to brutal cuts to funding of museums, galleries and arts and humanities education, the sector is in an increasingly perilous state
Labour’s education revolution will put the arts and culture centre stage
The UK's shadow culture minister sets out the Labour party's plan for arts and culture if they win the next election
How Afghanistan’s art degrees are disappearing
The Taliban’s restrictions on women’s freedom, the absence of expertise and a collapsed economy are limiting opportunities in higher education
Metropolitan Museum to open interactive learning centre for children in September
The new facility will bring science-based material exploration, art activities and countless forms of play to the museum's youngest patrons
New scholarship honouring Mickalene Thomas will support MFA students at Yale
The collectors Bernard Lumpkin and Carmine D. Boccuzzi, Jr, who met while studying at Yale, have endowed the new scholarship, recipients of which will also be mentored by Thomas
9,000 workers on strike at Rutgers University, home to one of US’s top art schools
The Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers is one of the most prestigious university art programmes on the East Coast
'Wealthy collectors should put more money into art schools than auctions to keep the industry alive'
In stark comparison to recent staggering auction-house results, educators are struggling to maintain funding, says our columnist Melanie Gerlis
After 25 days, strike ends at New York’s New School and Parsons School of Design
The longest adjunct faculty strike to date in the US is over after instructors and administrators finally reached a tentative agreement on a new contract
'Systematically underpaid': arts courses across UK grind to a halt amid nation's biggest university strike in history
Lecturers across the country are protesting university workers’ pay, pensions and working conditions
Tate veterans launch free—and paid—curating course, aimed at those from less-affluent backgrounds
Students of the one-year New Curators programme will cover all aspects of the profession and get the chance to organise a major show at South London Gallery
Can this ‘art world outsider’ draw in an art-curious YouTube crowd?
Hosted by a science writer and actor, the Getty’s "Becoming Artsy" video series ditches the traditional documentary delivery of art history in favour of emotion, drama and fun
Islands that were home to artist Andrew Wyeth become classrooms
Two tiny islands off the coast of Maine have been sold to nearby Colby College, which is using them for climate change research and artistic fellowships
San Francisco Art Institute closes as fate of $50m Diego Rivera mural hangs in limbo
Following years of financial hardship, the university has announced it will become a nonprofit, but it is unclear how it will handle its famed Rivera mural
London's Royal College of Art—whose graduates include Tracey Emin and David Hockney—doubles size of its Battersea campus
The £135m development is designed by Herzog & de Meuron