Arts funding
Collectors are now collecting museums, not the other way around
Seats on boards offered by major museums are increasingly being used to serve the narrow agendas of the ultra-rich
Philanthropy, but at what price? US museums wake up to public's ethical concerns
Daniel Weiss, Adam Weinberg and other museum leaders speak out following the fallout from the resignation of the Whitney’s vice chairman and the ongoing Sackler affair
Yoko Ono controversy | Government agencies cannot dictate museum programming
The revelation that New South Wales's tourism chief questioned the Sydney MCA's inclusion of a Yoko Ono show crosses a dangerous line
Just a 'well-known celebrity': Australian tourism chief doubted Yoko Ono's ability to draw crowds
Letter reveals that 2013 exhibition at Museum of Contemporary Art was offered AU$500,000 of state money despite reservations
Collector wins $1.7 million in damages from New York Gallery over violation of lending contract
Jean-Pierre Lehmann was denied “the right of first refusal over everybody”
Dara Birnbaum comments on fostering the museum-sponsor relationship
Can a balance be found whereby both parties stand to gain from a partnership?
Infrared-light technology gets funding boost
Technology could foresee deterioration of artworks
Pompidou cancels Calder exhibition for lack of funds—and renovations are also delayed
The French gallery has been hit hard by a 6% reduction in government subsidy, part of Sarkozy's pledge to modernise the State by reducing public spending
Tate Modern is a museum for the 21st century
The announcement by the British Government that it is putting £50m towards the costs of the new development of Tate Modern is one of the most significant moves in public cultural policy in recent years
Tate woos US patrons with cocktails at 10 Downing Street
Guggenheim director says US institutions cannot compete with such incentives
Future of US museum sponsorship in question after split of tobacco giant Altria
The Whitney and the Brooklyn Museum could lose annual grants from the conglomerate, which gave $300m to charitable organisations over the past five years
Are the culture wars over? White House proposes $18m increase to federal arts funding
The boost, which will send "American masterpieces" across the US, comes more than a decade after Congress threatened to abolish the NEA for financing "objectionable" works
Warhol Foundation gives $10 million to artists
The money is being given to Creative Capital, a nonprofit picking up the slack in arts funding
From the archive | When Jacob Rothschild spoke out about the challenges of running the Heritage Lottery Fund
Rothschild retired as the first chairman of the Heritage Lottery Fund at the end of March 1998. In a rare interview, he described its relationship with government
German art heavyweights including Hans Haacke and Rosemarie Trockel sign document rejecting corporate sponsorship
If the State relinquishes its responsibility for funding culture, art will be restricted by private patronage, the letter argues
Business Committee for the Arts survey suggests that US recession will not reduce art sponsorship
Corporations' trust in art as a tool for generating publicity has not wavered