Foundation of Hans-Werner Hector, one of the country's richest people, contributed €50m to the revamp
Building projects are major casualties as emphasis shifts to supporting smaller, local initiatives
It is business as usual, says the organisation’s director, as its founder, Ziyavudin Magomedov, remains in custody awaiting trial on racketeering charges
The MFA, Boston and the Detroit Institute of Arts are the first institutions awarded grants in a $15m pilot programme
A new law bans government-funded oil portraits of officials, but most paintings have been paid for privately for years
I only found out by accident how well off the museum really is
Putting aside museum ethics, Martin Gammon looks at the financial viability of museums deaccessioning their collection as a quick fix for financial trouble
Arts funder grilled by Scottish parliament over controversial cuts in £99m grants programme
Critics of the move include the Art Fund and the broadcaster and Towner chairman David Dimbleby
Price of Leonardo’s Salvador Mundi, which sold for £333m, represents over half of government’s total financial backing for museums last year
The president’s 2019 budget includes a similar proposal to last year’s failed plan to defund America’s arts bodies
Some are concerned that new fundraising drive will lure donors from other Los Angeles institutions
"Maybe the Sacklers don’t care, but we should give them the chance to discuss solutions, and if they rebuff, then f*** them"—Jeremy Deller
Organisers vow to run their own exhibition after government postpones official event
Funding will help bring the Creative Time Summit to South Florida, back a show on the Cuban artist José Antonio Aponte, and finance a “wine club for art” subscription collecting service
Anna Somers Cocks on the revelations published in the New Yorker magazine
Beneficiaries of the family’s largesse deflect or ignore questions about the donors’ role in the drugs epidemic sweeping the US
Funders are furious about plans to exclude them from selecting the artist to represent the country
As well as backing arts-focused initiatives, the money will help support organisations working to change government policy
Non-profit Art Jameel throws weight behind London museum’s long-term funding campaign
Roman museum aims to become the primary reference for scholarship on the artist
With a grant from the Ford Foundation, the ten-year-old initiative will now help artists in Detroit, Newark, Oakland and San Antonio
South London institution wants visitors to feel emotional connection to anthropology collection
The well known Oaxacan artist Francisco Toledo, is working with others to collect food and supplies and open community kitchens
Kassel city and the state of Hesse pledge to secure long-term liquidity
The Museum of Fine Arts will offer three days of free admission
The agency, which was targeted for elimination by the Trump administration, supports culture and history projects across the US
New Art Gallery Walsall plans to form partnership with local university