Arts funding
Mixed news: the UK's culture sector reacts to Labour's Autumn budget
While a boost in funding for national museums has been welcomed by key figures, concerns remain among regional institutions
Smithsonian receives $40m from the Lilly Endowment
The money will be used for programming related to the semiquincentennial of the US in 2026
Florida arts organisations devastated by Ron DeSantis's funding cuts
Right-wing governor's decision to slash entire $32m budget leaves smaller organisations fighting for survival
Mellon Foundation launches $25m fund to support culture along the US-Mexico border
The inaugural Frontera Culture Fund will contribute to 32 arts and community organisations
France's cultural pass at risk as calls to scrap it grow
President Macron’s flagship youth scheme receives twice as much public funding as the Louvre
Smithsonian Institution launches $2.5bn fundraising campaign
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
National Endowment for the Arts awards $12m in new grants to more than 100 US arts organisations
The grants are part of a new initiative, dubbed ArtsHere, intended to increase community arts engagement in underserved areas
How the UK can be a cultural superpower: think tank puts forward arts policies for new Labour government
The Fabian Society has proposed actions including introducing a tourism charge and organising a review of Arts Council England
An open letter to Chris Bryant, the tenth UK arts minister in ten years
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
Sonia Boyce and John Akomfrah among 4,000 arts professionals urging UK government to stand up for culture
The Venice Biennale artists are backing a collective manifesto which calls for new policies to support the visual arts
More than $4m awarded to US curators to support exhibitions and climate initiatives
How much power do a museum’s curators really have?
New York's Department of Cultural Affairs awards institutions more than $200m for capital projects
A $4.3m renovation grant will help restore the historical Art Students League to its former glory
‘We need a shared language’: Scotland-wide festival highlights links between the arts and health
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
Scottish culture crisis deepens as major arts award pulled
Creative Scotland's Open Fund for Individuals has closed indefinitely after funding was put on hold by the Scottish government
Women artists across US receive $308,000 to create environmental work
A collaboration between the New York Foundation for the Arts and Anonymous Was A Woman, the Environmental Art Grants celebrate their third year
Warhol Foundation to sell the artist’s works on eBay to benefit its grantees
The initiative, called the Philanthropy Factory, hopes to raise an additional $1.5m for 74 US arts organisations
Texas city faces backlash for stripping local arts centre's funding over drag performances
The city council in Lubbock, Texas voted last week to cut $30,000 in grant money to a free monthly art walk
Frankenthaler Foundation announces $3.3m in climate grants to 69 art organisations
The money will be used to install solar panels, updating lighting and create carbon-neutrality plans
UK spending on culture among the lowest in Europe, says landmark report
The State of the Arts research document also shows arts education in England to be in “significant decline”
New London hub with ‘affordable’ artists studios to rise from ruins of 19th-century warehouse
A scheme by the non-profit Create London will convert the Newham building into a culture and learning centre
New York City’s 2025 budget includes a record $254m for culture
Mayor Eric Adams and the city council restored $53m in funding for public programming last month
UK’s Henry Moore Institute reopens after major redevelopment
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
Collector Jorge Pérez blasts Ron DeSantis for vetoing $32m in Florida arts funding
"We were long a society of fun and sun, but we’re no longer that—we don’t want that," he said.
French parliamentary elections 2024: candidates outline plans for arts and culture
Rassemblement National, New Popular Front and Renaissance politicians discuss policy areas, closing the Centre Pompidou and free entry to museums
'We need strong leaders to stand up for the future of UK arts funding'
Hit by austerity cuts and activist boycotts, who is standing up for the arts?
New York City budget for 2025 restores $53m in cultural funding
The $112.4bn municipal budget for the coming fiscal year also restored $58m in critical funding for the city’s three library systems
Antony Gormley donates art worth £500,000 to the UK Labour party ahead of general election
Fellow artists Grayson Perry and Maggi Hambling have also made “non-cash” contributions
The Week in Art podcast | Arts and the UK election, ex-Uffizi head fails in Florence mayoral bid, Hank Willis Thomas at Glastonbury
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
UK arts bodies urge incoming government to stand up for the culture sector
More than 20 organisations have called for improved arts education and freedom of movement in Europe
Florida governor Ron DeSantis vetoes $32m in state arts funding
Museums and other cultural institutions will lose out on millions in promised grants that were originally in the state budget before it was sent to DeSantis to sign