Art education

‘Art is being squeezed out’: Royal Academy poster campaign calls for increased arts education in UK schools

The campaign highlights the dramatic drop in number of students studying art, design and technology at GCSE

Running an art school in London is not easy, but in The Art Academy the capital finally has a space that breaks the mould

The institution, which is about to welcome the first students to its new home, takes a refreshing and genuinely democratising approach to art education

How to decode art: UK schools embark on ‘visual literacy’ week

As government aims to put the arts at the heart of the curriculum, an Art UK project is teaching children how to 'cope with today’s image-saturated world'

'Untenable': UK Arts Society chiefs and trustees resign following internal opposition to reforms

A new governance structure was rejected by 70% of voting members at an extraordinary general meeting

London’s Courtauld Institute gets down to business with new art market-focused degree

The art and business MA is being set up to equip students with commercially valuable skills alongside an understanding of the history of the market

UK public proud of the arts above all else—even sport—study says

The British Social Attitudes Survey shows pride in arts and literature falling only 1% over the past decade, a much smaller drop than in other categories

California College of the Arts contemplates major changes amid $20m deficit

The school, fresh off a campus expansion, is reassessing its course offerings, considering layoffs and exploring possible mergers to reverse the effects of declining enrollment

Connoisseurship has gone out of fashion—to diversify the canon, it's time for a revival

With the Royal Academy the only UK institution now teaching connoisseurship, too many students of art history are missing out on learning an important skill

The National Gallery: a place of learning on the road

With workshops, crafting sessions and special events, Art Road Trip is collaborating with communities across the UK to produce inspired results

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Sonia Boyce, Maria Balshaw and Grayson Perry join campaign to advance the study of art history

The Art History Now project sees over 90 big names share new reflections on what art history means to them

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”

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‘A timely intervention’: how University of the Arts London's new digital platform is championing Black creatives

UAL's Kene Igweonu discusses the goals of the initiative, which hosts a directory of Black students, staff and alumni, alongside promoting their work and achievements

School’s in: new UK biennial puts pupils front and centre

Organisers of the inaugural Camden Schools Art Biennale hope it will inspire broader action on arts education

Art History grads face highest rates of unemployment in the US

An interactive report by the New York Fed reveals that those with university degrees in the arts are most likely to find themselves without jobs in the current labour market

UK foundation makes mark ahead of general election with £30m gift aimed at promoting arts education

Clore Duffield organisation will back the creation of extra learning spaces and a new garden at Tate Britain

East Coast art college strikes deal for West Coast campus facilities

In response to financial pressures, the Vermont College of Fine Arts, a graduate-only art school, is partnering with the big-name California Institute of the Arts 3,000 miles away

President Biden forgives $6bn in loans for students of defunct Art Institutes

The eight art and design colleges closed without warning last September

'UK school art curriculum should reflect diversity efforts in our institutions'

Research by the Runnymede Trust found that only 2.3% of artists named in GCSE Art papers over the last five years were Black or Asian

Sustainability takes root in US art schools as green push intensifies

The promotion of materials with less environmental impact than traditional art media—such as milk-based paints and leather created from yeast and bacteria—is gaining momentum

UK Labour leader Keir Starmer pledges to turn the arts from a ‘luxury’ to a ‘necessity’

The head of the opposition party was speaking at the Labour Creatives Conference in London

New Frank Bowling project to send £500,000 worth of art supplies to UK schools

Work by the students will be displayed on London's Piccadilly Lights in 2025

Art is fanciful? The opposite is true as artists and designers address the most urgent global challenges

Rhode Island School of Design is participating in the Sustainable Markets Initiative’s Terra Carta Design Lab, leveraging art and design to address social issues

UK's Royal College of Art appoints Christoph Lindner as vice-chancellor

The new president's previous roles have included a focus on the climate crisis

A brush with... Sutapa Biswas

An in-depth interview with the artist on her cultural experiences and greatest influences, from the the textural, labour-intensive work of Howardena Pindell to Jean Cocteau's film Orphée

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Masters curating course at Whitechapel gallery to be wound down

Joint initiative with London South Bank University shelved but collaborative PhD project is in the pipeline

US art college network abruptly closes its remaining campuses, shocking students and teachers

After losing accreditation in 2018, falling enrollment numbers and financial instability have led the Art Institutes to shut the doors of its remaining campuses

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Private sector picks up the pieces as UK government cuts art education funding

While university arts departments are being dismantled, dealers and auction houses provide learning programmes