Arts funding

‘Transformative potential’: more arts funding on the horizon in Scotland following success of culture and health festival

A glowing report on Healing Arts Scotland festival, held in 2024, has spurred on hope that the arts will be better integrated into the Scottish national health system

'We haven’t seen positive things yet': UK arts bodies urge clarity on funding six months after Labour victory

With local authorities in crisis and Tate running a deficit, leaders of British organisations hope for much-needed capital investment

Berlin government approves €130m culture cuts

Move will kill off the art scene, say museum directors

Arts Council England to face scrutiny as government announces new review

Former minister of state for culture, creative Industries and tourism Margaret Hodge will lead the process

Saudi Arabia to give €50m towards Centre Pompidou refurbishment

France will also help develop a raft of new museums in the kingdom, including a photography institution

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Comment | Why it's important to find hope for—and through—the arts after the US election

The divisions within American society cannot be ignored, but let’s focus on where the country is united, and how the cultural sector can foster that unity

Jamie Bennett and Suzy Delvalle

UK artists earning an average of just £12,500 per year, says new report

The document warns that visual arts is now a 'privileged profession', where 'only those with certain economic advantages can afford to pursue and sustain a career'

UK's National Lottery at 30: who are the culture sector's winners and losers?

National Lottery players raise more than £30m every week and fund over 700,000 projects across the UK—but when it comes to funding the arts, some say the scheme is in need of an overhaul

Billionaire collector Ken Griffin gives $10m to Pérez Art Museum Miami

The gift was announced in tandem with the museum’s annual Art of the Party gala, where Griffin and the Colombian artist Delcy Morelos were honoured

Mixed news: the UK's culture sector reacts to Labour's Autumn budget

While a boost in funding for national museums has been welcomed by key figures, concerns remain among regional institutions

Gareth Harris. Additional reporting by Joe Ware

Smithsonian receives $40m from the Lilly Endowment

The money will be used for programming related to the semiquincentennial of the US in 2026

Florida arts organisations devastated by Ron DeSantis's funding cuts

Right-wing governor's decision to slash entire $32m budget leaves smaller organisations fighting for survival

Mellon Foundation launches $25m fund to support culture along the US-Mexico border

The inaugural Frontera Culture Fund will contribute to 32 arts and community organisations

France's cultural pass at risk as calls to scrap it grow

President Macron’s flagship youth scheme receives twice as much public funding as the Louvre

Smithsonian Institution launches $2.5bn fundraising campaign

The campaign, timed to coincide with the semiquincentennial of the United States in 2026, is the most ambitious fundraising undertaking for a cultural organisation on record

National Endowment for the Arts awards $12m in new grants to more than 100 US arts organisations

The grants are part of a new initiative, dubbed ArtsHere, intended to increase community arts engagement in underserved areas

How the UK can be a cultural superpower: think tank puts forward arts policies for new Labour government

The Fabian Society has proposed actions including introducing a tourism charge and organising a review of Arts Council England

An open letter to Chris Bryant, the tenth UK arts minister in ten years

Labour’s pre-election arts manifesto, Creating Growth, included policies to put the arts back into education and bring museums into line with universities on open data

Sonia Boyce and John Akomfrah among 4,000 arts professionals urging UK government to stand up for culture

The Venice Biennale artists are backing a collective manifesto which calls for new policies to support the visual arts

New York's Department of Cultural Affairs awards institutions more than $200m for capital projects

A $4.3m renovation grant will help restore the historical Art Students League to its former glory

‘We need a shared language’: Scotland-wide festival highlights links between the arts and health

Healing Arts Scotland, organised by the Jameel Arts & Health Lab and Scottish Ballet in collaboration with the World Health Organisation, is the first national festival to explore the role of cultural engagement in health

Scottish culture crisis deepens as major arts award pulled

Creative Scotland's Open Fund for Individuals has closed indefinitely after funding was put on hold by the Scottish government

Women artists across US receive $308,000 to create environmental work

A collaboration between the New York Foundation for the Arts and Anonymous Was A Woman, the Environmental Art Grants celebrate their third year

Warhol Foundation to sell the artist’s works on eBay to benefit its grantees

The initiative, called the Philanthropy Factory, hopes to raise an additional $1.5m for 74 US arts organisations

Texas city faces backlash for stripping local arts centre's funding over drag performances

The city council in Lubbock, Texas voted last week to cut $30,000 in grant money to a free monthly art walk

Frankenthaler Foundation announces $3.3m in climate grants to 69 art organisations

The money will be used to install solar panels, updating lighting and create carbon-neutrality plans

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”

New London hub with ‘affordable’ artists studios to rise from ruins of 19th-century warehouse

A scheme by the non-profit Create London will convert the Newham building into a culture and learning centre

New York City’s 2025 budget includes a record $254m for culture

Mayor Eric Adams and the city council restored $53m in funding for public programming last month