Arts funding

Freedom of expression in England's culture sector under threat from ‘structural’ political pressure, report warns

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

UK government's tourist tax plans could boost funds for culture sector, industry leaders say

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

In bid to diversify KW Institute in Berlin, artist Sung Tieu sells work to fund new board member

The contractual work was sold for €25,000 to appoint curator Mi You to the institution's board

Where will Labour government’s local reforms leave England’s cash-strapped museums?

Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ planned overhaul of regional councils promises stability, but delivers confusion for the cultural sector

With end of US government shutdown, National Gallery of Art and Smithsonian museums start reopening

Areas of the National Gallery of Art and parts of the Smithsonian were open to the public for the first time in more than a month on Friday

Farewell to Lumiere? UK light festival holds what may be its final edition

Organisers announced in October that this would be the last iteration of the event due to funding challenges

California nonprofits keep losing funding in what new study calls ‘the shadow of the pandemic cliff’

The latest Otis College Report on the Creative Economy paints a sombre picture of arts nonprofits in the US’s most populous state

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Where do New York City’s mayoral candidates stand on the arts?

While it is not a central topic in their campaigns, Andrew Cuomo, Zohran Mamdani and Curtis Sliwa have all addressed issues relevant to artists and arts workers

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Philanthropy rules: how the private sector is supporting France’s national culture

Amid continued political upheaval and budget cuts, corporate foundations are plugging the funding gap

Tasmania’s remote Unconformity festival navigates a harsh landscape in more ways than one

Artists at this year’s event—opening at a difficult time for many in Australia’s art sector—are drawing on the qualities of the ravaged location

London's Courtauld Gallery and Institute receives landmark £30m donation

The Reuben Foundation's financial gift is the largest in the institute's 93-year history

Chicago's cultural commissioner resigns following accusations of bullying and mismanagement

The city’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events has experienced turmoil since Clinée Hedspeth's appointment in March 2024

Storied media arts centre launches emergency fundraising appeal to avoid closure

Vivo Media Arts Centre has been a cornerstone of the new media community in Vancouver, throughout Canada and internationally since 1973

National Gallery of Art closes as US government shutdown continues

The Smithsonian’s museums in Washington, DC, and New York City will remain open for now

New York City provides long-term support to five local arts organisations

The organisations have been inaugurated into the coveted Cultural Institutions Group, made up of entities that operate on public land and engage meaningfully with their communities

Trump fires members of group that advises National Endowment for the Humanities

All but four members of the National Council on the Humanities were informed via email that their positions had been terminated

US judge rules NEA’s review of ‘gender ideology’ in grant applications is unconstitutional

The National Endowment for the Arts' policy changes, made in response to one of Trump's executive orders, were found to violate the First Amendment

Henry Moore Foundation awards £100,000 in unrestricted grants

Fifty sculptors will split the funds, which are given against the backdrop of the UK's cost-of-living crisis and funding cuts across the culture sector

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Amid layoffs and defunding threats, here's how US arts funding is adapting to life under Trump

The largest federal funders of culture—and the organisations that depend on them—are beginning to resume activities under the country's new regime

Philadelphia museum sues Trump administration over lost federal funding

After filing its lawsuit, the Woodmere received a letter from the Institute of Museum and Library Services informing it that the full $750,000 grant had been reinstated

Teiger Foundation gives grants totalling $7m to 85 curators

Grants of between $50,000 and $150,000 will fund exhibitions, research, touring shows or three years of programming

Arts Council England announces changes to funding plans amid independent review

Developments at the public funding body are expected to impact almost 1,000 arts and culture organisations

Yale University Art Gallery withdraws federal funding applications over anti-diversity regulations

Instead, the museum will draw on Yale University’s endowment for funds to mount an upcoming show of African art

US states step up to fund the arts in the wake of federal cuts

Trump’s defunding of the NEA and NEH is changing how state arts commissions get their money

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Comment | Now is the time to fight for US arts funding

The Trump administration’s defunding of the arts has more than symbolic significance

Trump seeks to defund Institute of American Indian Arts

The only four-year college of its kind is on Trump's chopping block, along with countless other Indigenous causes

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Tate chair floats selling Turbine Hall naming rights for ‘a minimum of £50m’

Roland Rudd made the comments in relation to the new endowment fund Tate announced last week

Trump’s bill to cut taxes and social safety net programmes includes $40m for patriotic sculpture park

The president’s signature bill, approved by the US Senate on 1 July, is expected to add trillions of dollars to the national debt

Miami arts organisations face existential crisis amid funding collapse

Cuts in federal, state and county funding—sometimes to nil—are pushing South Florida’s arts ecosystem to the brink

Frankenthaler Foundation awards grants totalling $3.4m for new climate initiatives

In addition to revealing the 74 recipients of new Frankenthaler Climate Initiative grants, the foundation announced it will extend the initiative another five years