As the European Union announces its latest grants, applicants find the barriers to success getting higher
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Funding squeeze causes museums and institutions around the country to postpone or cancel exhibitions
Its founders want to raise $40m and plan to support the continent’s museums
Protests about the gallery’s lack of transparency concerning the energy company's sponsorship miss the point of how big business and the arts interact
Art and design museum with space for London’s biggest exhibitions could open by 2020, subject to funding
…but British government officially pulls out of joint Year of Culture
The Mayor of London says, go east!
Younger and less recognised artists were the order of the day
Bid for Exhbition Road extension and underground gallery rejected
The new design will hopefully be complete by 2015
The galleries are set to reopen in May after funding goals were reached
Despite the recession, the British Museum, Tate and V&A attract major donations
National institutions reluctantly set up trusts to gain access to their own reserves
Corporate giving down 14% over three years according to Business Committee for the Arts
Investment in art has become less popular among US companies when more commercial options are available
As Oman pledges funds to Tate's expansion project, they share their art and know-how
Given the Tate still needs over £100m, it is a welcome gift
But Arab donors are in scarce supply, while Turks, Iranians and others spend freely
The collector lectures museum professionals at their annual conference in Los Angeles
The famous library founded by Aby Warburg for a special kind of research may lose its essential nature
Completion is expected in 2014 or 2015
Longtime arts and heritage patron Olivier de Rohan denounces the increasing influence of external bodies on museums' creative decisions
Medieval and Renaissance galleries crown phase one of museum’s “Future Plan”
Appeals which demonstrated the museum's necessary and individual character were made to target potential patrons
Otherwise the Wandworth house's unique fretwork decoration could be lost
Institutions must grit their teeth and hope for the intervention of private investors, as several large shows are going ahead without corporate sponsors
The supercharged shopping trip was worth £125,000 this year