Funding
Cathedrals could be free for everyone—where is the imagination needed to make it happen?
A visit to Wells Cathedral, the most beautiful of Gothic cathedrals, raises questions about why the UK’s great religious edifices are not free to enter
MoMA PS1 receives $1m gift from trailblazing collector’s foundation
The gift to the New York contemporary art centre from the organisation named after David Teiger will help to fund an upcoming exhibition programme
In Minnesota, a no-strings-attached cash programme for artists is gaining momentum
Springboard for the Arts is expanding its funding to support a greater number of artists
Artists protest at Toronto Arts Foundation gala over funding from Israeli real estate company’s charitable foundation
The protests are part of a broader campaign pressuring Canadian arts organisations to cut ties with the Azrieli Foundation
Pro-Palestine boycott of Goldsmiths CCA ends after gallery cuts ties with donors
Students ended the action, which had led to the London institution’s temporary closure over the summer, after the names of Candida and Zak Gertler were removed from one of the CCA’s galleries and its donor list
Sponsorship, sustainability and security: what’s the future for UK museums?
The directors of the British Museum, V&A East and Tate Modern talked activism, funding, empire and more in a wide-ranging discussion on The Art Newspaper’s Week in Art podcast
British Museum still taking money from tobacco firm
Japanese acquisitions have been funded by maker of Benson & Hedges, Winston, Camel and Silk Cut
New-York Historical Society changes its name and reveals plans for new $175m wing
The museum's new wing dedicated to American democracy will open in 2026, just in time for the US’s semiquincentennial
‘Art is being squeezed out’: Royal Academy poster campaign calls for increased arts education in UK schools
The campaign highlights the dramatic drop in number of students studying art, design and technology at GCSE
Smithsonian receives $40m from the Lilly Endowment
The money will be used for programming related to the semiquincentennial of the US in 2026
MFA Boston gets $25m gift to renovate galleries and add staff
The Wyss Foundation’s donation will create more than 5,000 sq. ft of extra space for the museum’s 20th-century art collection
New UK arts minister: 'I am passionate about people being able to make a career out of art'
In front of a crowd at Frieze Masters, Chris Bryant MP discussed funding, culture wars and the importance of education
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Hanwha, the main partner of the forthcoming museum, has come under fire for its links to Israeli arms manufacturer Elbit Systems
New London Museum gets £50m cash boost in face of rising costs
The original budget for the museum has so far been surpassed by £100m
Centre Pompidou Seoul partner's links to Israeli arms manufacturer draw criticism
Hanwha, which will operate the forthcoming museum, has come under fire for its ties to Elbit Systems
Hong Kong officials throw financial lifeline to West Kowloon mega arts hub
Green light given to property sales in hopes of boosting cash-strapped cultural quarter
Government bail out for National Museum Cardiff 'won't go far enough', says chair of museum group
The Welsh government has promised over £3m to repair Wales' national cultural institution, but the true figure needed could be more than seven times higher
Cash-strapped museums struggle with ‘moral reckoning’ over sponsors
The Israel-Gaza war has escalated campaigns against arts funders deemed to be problematic
'We need strong leaders to stand up for the future of UK arts funding'
Hit by austerity cuts and activist boycotts, who is standing up for the arts?
UK general election: the dawn of a new era for the arts?
We look at the impact of 14 years of Tory rule on the culture sector—and ask if the future looks any brighter
Centre Pompidou renovation project at ‘high risk of slippage’
Supreme auditing body Cour des comptes judges Paris museum's five-year renovation project as “underfunded and insufficiently piloted”
Where do the UK political parties stand on culture?
Labour, the Conservatives, the Liberal Democrats and the Green Party—even the Animal Welfare Party—tell us about their policies for the arts
How radical transparency saved a US museum
Kate Casprowiak Scher, the Bellevue Arts Museum’s new permanent director, explains that candour about the institution’s finances helped bring the kunsthalle in suburban Seattle back from the brink
National Endowment for the Arts awards more than $110m in grants to US organisations
Visual-art projects receiving support include a new Agnes Denes work in California, a Duane Linklater commission in New York and a public collaboration to help heal Indigenous generational trauma in Alaska
Jacob Lawrence’s painting series on Haitian revolutionary Toussaint L’Ouverture to be conserved thanks to $1m grant
The Amistad Research Center in New Orleans has received a grant from the Terra Foundation to get the 41 paintings ready for their first public exhibition since 2010
Welsh pub serving beer to open at museum outside Cardiff
The Vulcan Hotel, which closed in 2012, has been rebuilt on site brick by brick
Will funding crisis in UK councils lead to art sell-offs?
Sales of art collections may be forced on English local authorities that are technically bankrupt following cuts in grants from central government
How much should museums pay artists for events such as the Whitney Biennial?
Compensating participants for group exhibitions is an important but taboo subject, as is the fee amount institutions provide
Museums in the firing line as UK council funding crisis bites
Local authorities in England are taking drastic action, including scrapping all funding for museums, leading some experts to argue that new funding models are the only way to survive
Happy 100th! The Morgan Library and Museum gets birthday gifts totalling $15m
The money will go towards the institution’s endowment and operational expenses