Department of Cultural Affairs
Arts fundingnews
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
NYC Department of Cultural Affairs announces $52.2m in grants to more than 1,000 organisations
The Cultural Development Fund distributed grants to 76% of eligible applicants throughout the city's five boroughs
Arts fundingnews
In rare victory for an artist-run space, New York’s Flux Factory buys its building
The purchase, plus an expansion to a second Queens locale, was made possible by a rarely used municipal allocation for culture funding
Cultural policynews
Gonzalo Casals, director of the Leslie-Lohman Museum, is named commissioner of New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
Official succeeds Tom Finkelpearl, who resigned amid scrutiny of city’s commissioning of public monuments