NewsGaza
At an art school in Gaza, creation prevails amid destruction
Bombings have halted classes in the city’s only accredited arts academy, but its founder keeps hope alive
NewsArt education
Museum directors and art school leaders demand that UK government ‘scraps cuts to arts education’
"Art is essential to the growth of this country," say 300 art world figures and academics in open letter
NewsArt schools
Michigan billionaires Jennifer and Dan Gilbert give $30m to Cranbrook Academy of the Arts
The donation will support diversity efforts and student scholarships for the Detroit area art school
NewsBrexit
Huge fee hikes for EU students who want to study art in the UK come into force from September
Visa issues and increased red tape could also deter European Union applicants, warn university leaders
NewsArt schools
Goldsmiths art school—alma mater of Sarah Lucas and Damien Hirst—‘on edge of a precipice’
Lecturers have stopped assessing students after management consultants propose mass overhaul
NewsSan Francisco Art Institute
San Francisco Art Institute chair steps down in wake of controversy over proposed Diego Rivera mural sale
Pam Rorke Levy, who has led the school’s board since 2018, will be replaced by photographer and alum Lonnie Graham
NewsDenmark
Rector at Danish art academy steps down over royal bust drowned by artist protesting school’s colonial legacy
Row over plaster cast of monarch dumped in the canal escalates after Danish culture ministry steps in
NewsPhilanthropy
Billionaire Leonard Blavatnik donates £10m to the Courtauld Institute of Art
Suite of galleries in refurbished Courtauld Gallery will be named after the Ukraine-born industrialist
NewsArt schools
Sydney bucks trend for marginalisation of drawing at art schools with new National Centre for Drawing
Opening on 4 November, the centre, which is part of the city's National Art School, is modelled on the the Drawing Centre in New York and London’s Drawing Room
NewsExhibitions
Saatchi Gallery exhibits London’s graduate artists deprived of degree shows
The exhibition forms part of the education programme at the collector’s gallery which has now ‘transitioned into a charity’
NewsMedia & broadcast
Virginia Commonwealth University launches programme dedicated to the art of podcasting
Embedded within the school's Institute for Contemporary Art, the initiative positions podcasting as a crucial skill for creatives
NewsArt schools
Danish art school on brink of closure after director resigns following misconduct allegations
Open letter from current and former students accuses Fatamorgana's founding director Morten Bo of “unpleasant, degrading, discriminatory” behaviour
NewsArt market
Tomorrow’s YBAs? White Cube launches series of online exhibitions by London art graduates
Gallery owner Jay Jopling says it is vital to support the next generation during such precarious times
NewsEducation
International art students may be forced to leave the US under Trump's new ICE policy on remote learning
Harvard and MIT filed lawsuits against the US government while the president of CalArts calls the move an act of "political theatre" amid the pandemic
NewsArt schools
Hunter College art staff protest expected cuts for contract workers that would ‘hobble’ the programme
The school’s full and part-time faculty speak out in defence of college assistants who are at risk of losing their jobs and healthcare
NewsArt schools
San Francisco Art Institute plans to stay open but suspend degree programmes
School seeks a new business model as well as a partner that can shore up its finances
NewsRestoration
Glasgow School of Art will be back as a 'working art school' but restoration is mired in delays
Almost two years after fire ravaged the Mackintosh building, debate intensifies over future plans for the site
NewsArt schools
San Francisco Art Institute considers suspending classes after May graduation
Citing coronavirus tumult, the 149-year-old school says it has failed to find a partner to ensure its financial survival
NewsArt schools
‘Social Distance Gallery’ gives MFA and BFA candidates a chance to exhibit their work
Instagram offers an outlet for students whose hopes were dashed by cancelled thesis exhibitions
NewsUnited Kingdom
UK art schools begin 14-day strike action
Dispute centres on zero-hours contracts, pay devaluation, rising workloads and the gender and ethnicity pay gap
NewsOpenings
Back to school: Massachusetts college museum gets a $12.5m makeover
The free-entry MassArt Art Museum, formerly known as the Bakalar & Paine Galleries, opens this weekend
NewsArt education
'Taking us back to the dark ages': UK-Europe exchange programme Erasmus hangs in the balance
Art history academics speak out as impending Brexit deadline threatens European partnership
NewsPhotography
JR launches open call on Instagram for his new free photography course
French artist says he will invite Naomi Campbell to school in Paris to help him teach 12 budding photographers
NewsArt schools
Open School East free art school moves into two new venues in Margate
The organisation has relocated to the former home of Thanet School of Arts and Crafts on Hawley Square
NewsRoyal College of Art
Despite Brexit, applications from EU up 12% at London's Royal College of Art
Art and design institution announces five-year plan centred on $108m Battersea base
NewsArt schools
Director of France's beleaguered national arts academy criticises culture minister for lack of support
Jean-Marc Bustamante has not had his contract renewed at ENSBA, where teachers have been accused of sexual harassment
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Back to bigger better art school: Dartmouth’s Hood Museum of Art to reopen in January
Inaugural shows include a photography exhibition on consent—drawn from student-selected acquisitions
NewsDisasters & destruction
Can the Glasgow School of Art be saved after second fire?
Anger as focus turns to cause of blaze that ripped through Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s masterpiece
BlogIn the frame
Dressing for dystopia: funky fashion sources in The Handmaid’s Tale
NewsAcquisitions
American University Museum gets 9,000 works from Corcoran Gallery of Art’s collection
The defunct museum has given the last of its 20,000 works to 22 institutions in Washington, DC
FeatureFrieze New York
Frieze New York pays tribute to the School of Hudson
The maverick art dealer helped to shape New York’s contemporary art scene by finding and supporting some of today's biggest artists
NewsArtists
Scad honours Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller
Works by the husband-and-wife artists and ten other solo exhibitions are on show as part of deFINE Art at the school’s Savannah museum
NewsBuilding projects
Royal College of Art's new £108m campus gets green light and will focus on art, technology and science
Building designed by Herzog & de Meuron will be a centre for robotics and drone technology
NewsEducation
New lease of life for life drawing classes?
Age-old practice is being ‘gradually reinvigorated', but new frontier is seemingly in 3D reprographic skills
NewsArt schools
Art school under fire for bowing to transgender student complaints
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago has been accused of cowardice and censorship over its treatment of former professor and Henry Darger expert Michael Bonesteel
NewsArt schools
Gregor Schneider succeeds Tony Cragg as professor of sculpture at Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
The controversial German artist takes the reins at one of Europe’s most influential art schools this summer
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MFA Boston is latest museum to shed its art school
The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (SMFA), is to merge with the city’s Tufts University this summer
NewsArt schools
It’s a long way from Black Mountain College
Art schools are at a crossroads as student numbers boom, tuition fees soar and traditional assumptions are challenged.
NewsArt schools
Gary Hume backs Goldsmiths scholarship
Six undergraduates will receive grants
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Art schools offer online tuition for all
News
Lawsuit against Cooper Union comes to an end
The college promises to work toward restoring free tuition
NewsArt schools
Below-the-radar art graduates feature in New York show
Artists chosen by former Whitney director come from across the US
NewsArt schools
The art of the teacher: on the work of Hans Hofmann
The artist at last gets the recognition it deserves, says Alexander Adams
ArchiveArt schools
RCA to sell Bacon as part of fundraising campaign
Proceeds will go towards new campus in Battersea
Commentcoronavirus
Britain's young artists had a hard time before the pandemic. What will happen to them now?
Inequality is rife in British society, not least in the arts, where decades of ‘class-cleansing’ policies have made it harder than ever to be an artist and designer
Scott Reyburn