Arts funding

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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

Tate launches US-style endowment fund, with aim of raising £150m by 2030

The new fund, announced at a star-studded gala yesterday, has raised £43m so far

Trump administration violated the law by withholding museum and library funding, government watchdog finds

The non-partisan Government Accountability Office says the Trump administration illegally impounded federal funding that had been approved by Congress

UK department of culture faces cuts following government spending review

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

Comment | Let’s not get rid of the UK’s culture department—let's fix it instead

Axing the Arts Council and the many other arm’s-length bodies overseen by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport makes more sense, argues Bendor Grosvenor

Humanities organisations sue Department of Government Efficiency to restore NEH grants

Two humanities organisations have filed a lawsuit against Doge and the National Endowment for the Humanities in an attempt to restore slashed funds

Sunday Times Rich List 2025 reveals changing art world fortunes

Leonard Blavatnik moves down and Denise Coates up amid tax changes that could affect the philanthropic landscape

Foundations' emergency arts and humanities grants provide temporary fix for gaps left by Trump’s slashing of federal funding

Staff reductions, budget cuts and grant cancellations at the NEA, NEH and IMLS have left state and local organisations seeking alternative support

‘There is not enough money for education’: French philanthropist to fund museum visits for 100,000 UK children

Frédéric Jousset will provide £1m over four years to send school children to cultural venues, including the British Museum

What would abolishing the UK government's department for culture mean for the arts?

Following recent reports that Prime Minister Keir Starmer wants to dismantle the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, experts and politicians weigh up the pros and cons of such a move

Arts organisations defend the National Endowment for the Arts amidst its proposed elimination

As Donald Trump attempts to eliminate the NEA from the US federal budget, arts groups voice their support for it

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Comment | Losing federal funding for emergency heritage conservation in the US is a disaster

The Foundation for Advancement in Conservation’s National Heritage Responders programme has channelled federal funding and support from local organisations to help communities struck by natural disasters to preserve their culture

The NEA is on Trump’s chopping block again, amid Doge review

The US president continues to strongarm his way into power over American culture

To make up for NEH grants cancelled by Trump, Mellon Foundation gives $15m to US humanities organisations

The emergency funds will go to humanities councils in all 50 states and six US territories

Could artwork donations provide stability for cash-strapped UK art schools? London's Goldsmiths College thinks so

The college has launched a new model, backed by a £4m art donation, encouraging donors to give money and art, or entire collections, to support its teaching and finances

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Comment | Trump's 100 days should remind us to be brave—because in an autocracy there is no safety

The Trump administration has taken aim at numerous arts bodies. Elizabeth Larison, the director of the Arts and Culture Advocacy Program at the National Coalition Against Censorship, argues they need to remain steadfast in their missions—and consider strategies for survival

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‘It’s much more extreme’: US institutions and artists enter a new culture war

The Trump administration’s efforts to slash funding and influence programming have pushed cultural workers to organise

‘The arts are vanishing from education’: new report urges UK government to invest in arts sector

Backed by MPs and artists including Tracey Emin and Larry Achiampong, the report calls for a £5m grassroots visual arts fund and a reversal of funding cuts

Chicago's cultural affairs department hits crisis point

The Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events recently added new members to its Cultural Advisory Council to help right the ship

Democratic lawmakers urge J.D. Vance to save the Smithsonian from Trump

Four members of the House of Representatives wrote a letter to the US Vice-President to articular their "great concern over [the Smithsonian's] future"

Canadian art museum gets $36m funding boost for expansion from provincial government

The McMichael Canadian Art Collection, the country’s largest museum devoted to Canadian art, has also received $18m from the federal government toward the renovation and expansion project

Trump administration will use humanities grant money to build patriotic sculpture park

Funds from cancelled National Endowment for the Humanities grants will help realise one of the US president’s pet projects

National Endowment for the Humanities cancels grants as Trump administration redirects agency’s resources

State humanities councils and other grantees received notices from the NEH and Doge this week that their grants were being cancelled immediately

Smithsonian leader: institution will continue to operate ‘free of partisanship’ following Trump attack

Smithsonian secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III has affirmed in a memo to staff that the institution will “remain steadfast in our mission to bring history, science, education, research and the arts to all Americans”

US agency that funds museums and libraries ‘cannot’ be unilaterally eliminated, advisory board warns

In a letter to the Institute of Museum and Library Services’ new, Trump-appointed acting director, the agency's advisory board emphasised that its activities are governed by Congress