According to the BBC, Westminster council has also spent around £60,000 on security measures for a statue the street artist installed in central London in April

‘Free museums and galleries are a fundamental part of London life’, says the long-serving Labour mayor in a new op-ed

As Andy Burnham opens a new office in the city of Manchester, we offer up some suitably northern works for the walls

From the future of the Arts Council to AI, there are several complicated issues for the incoming culture secretary to tackle

And he has a message for the UK's incoming prime minister

Government awareness is increasing globally as the emphasis shifts from treatment towards prevention

The Public Accounts Committee scrutinises the Department for Culture, Media and Sport in its report, accusing the government department of a ‘lack of leadership’

The UK prime-minister-in-waiting’s legacy is seen as not just about big-hitter projects such as Factory International but also the way culture has been threaded into the city’s infrastructure

The television veteran will replace Nicholas Serota, known for his Tate directorship, on 1 August for a term of four years

Following an independent review, Let's Create has been replaced with an interim strategic framework

Banksy has confirmed, via his Instagram page, that the sculpture of a man with his face obscured by a flag is his work

The Reform-run council sold the public work back to the artist for an undisclosed sum

Representatives for the Victoria and Albert Museum, the National Trust and the Tate had warned that the legislation could have severely impacted their funding

As her landmark Tate Modern exhibition opens, the artist discusses the rise of Reform UK and the British Museum's "terrible colonial past"

Many cultural leaders welcome the move, while the UK National Audit Office reports that the culture department is consistently underspending

Labour peer Margaret Hodge, who led the report, has suggested new funding proposals based on philanthropic giving

Testimonies from arts workers claim that expressions of solidarity with Palestine and support for the rights of transgender people are being disproportionately stifled

The fee, announced ahead of today's budget, would apply to overnight stays, with England's mayors and local leaders able to decide what revenue should be spent on

Campaigners have welcomed the change, which they say represents a move away from inequality

The organisation is “selling everything” in a bid to offset debts of almost £200m

Zack Polanski, the new UK Green Party leader, has big plans for the culture sector, while Reform’s Nigel Farage is giving little away

Gallaccio's series was commissioned by the UK Government Art Collection, as part of the Robson Orr Ten Ten Award

The newly announced initiative follows the popular City of Culture scheme, which has been running since 2013

Speaking at the recent Art Business Conference, Tristram Hunt also called for a reversal of changes to inheritance tax policy and for art's return to school curriculums

The work at London's Royal Courts of Justice was revealed by the street artist on Instagram

The heads of the Victoria and Albert Museum and the National Trust UK say the changes could seriously impact lucrative membership schemes

A letter issued by the right-wing campaign group Great British Pac claims there is a “politically orchestrated” movement to remove the sculptures

Civil servants felt frustrated after Prime Minister John Major returned the 13th-century artefact 30 years ago, newly released papers reveal

Announced yesterday by chancellor Rachel Reeves, the review states that total expenditure at the DCMS will be reduced by 1.4% in coming years

Chris Bryant has said he wants to “bury” the rumour that Prime Minister Keir Starmer plans to abolish the Department for Culture, Media and Sport