Petition launched calling for Southbank Centre staff to be reinstated in light of Chancellor’s announcement while Royal Academy confirms coronavirus funding snub

Culture secretary Oliver Dowden has been ignoring the arm's length principle and offering museums unsolicited advice

In its largest round of grants ever, the arts club turned artist funder has created a new “Next Level” series of prizes

Oliver Dowden confirms recipients were "encouraged" to acknowledge fund on websites and social media

Whitechapel, Whitworth, Mary Rose Trust and Photo London are also among the recipients for long-awaited Covid-19 rescue funds

NTU Centre for Contemporary Art to close physical venue in March, casting doubt on future of gallery district

First funding round hailed as a "lifeline" for heritage sites and specialists reeling from the pandemic, but job losses continue

Clore Duffield Foundation funds are designed to relaunch learning and community programming

Ethical institutional practices such as staff equity and due diligence are essential investments, "not merely a luxury for flush times"

UK museums may deaccession collection objects with curatorial justification and transparency, but it cannot be treated as a quick financial fix

The Garfield Weston foundation is offering grants of up to £2m while Historic England is launching a £7.4m initiative for artist projects that help boost high streets

Survey by The Art Newspaper also reveals that the Serpentine and Barbican have been left in limbo while the Southbank Centre is already £20m in debt

In a letter leaked to The Art Newspaper, the culture minister Oliver Dowden tells directors they must raise their own funds during the pandemic—but how?

Priority will be given to institutions of regional and national significance

The pandemic has laid bare the betrayal of the cultural sector, but corporations and individuals can alleviate the hardship

Museum trusts in Birmingham and York warn job cuts are in the pipeline

Instead of its annual summer gala, the long-running East Hampton art space will host a selling exhibition to raise funds

Plus, curator Emily Butler on Rhea Storr's video art. Produced in association with Christie's

Hermann Parzinger, the president of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, says he hopes the organisation will no longer exist in five years

Poorly paid and with few employment benefits, freelance museum educators are more likely to be people of colour compared with full-time staff

Lawyer says Egypt breached heritage protection laws by contracting a private company to tour the artefacts

Charity's Covid-19 crisis support package includes £150,000 to launch new network of touring exhibitions

As institutions reopen their doors to a world that has changed significantly, public scrutiny of private money is not going away

In our first live virtual event on 25 June, part of a new online series, we bring together institutional leaders to discuss the challenges ahead

‘We help museums do what they do best,’ says the executive who oversees the company’s support of international institutions

Unrestricted money from public and private sources is helping to keep hard-hit organisations running, but capital projects could suffer

In a fortunate position of financial security, the institution is finding ways to continue its efforts towards accessibility, social justice and equity

Cultural institutions bracing for a fall in visitors and shrinking revenue will need huge increase in public funding to recover after reopening

The leader of the Institute of Museum and Library Services tells us what his organisation is doing to help spaces reopen

With short-term assistance varying between countries, trade organisations fear many businesses will close permanently due to coronavirus lockdowns