Funding
Urgent revamp of William Morris’s country home to go ahead after £4.3m grant
UK National Lottery award will also fund a new education centre at the Victorian designer’s 16th-century Kelmscott Manor
Columbia University cancels talk with Saudi artist Ahmed Mater amid scrutiny over the kingdom’s cultural funding
The Metropolitan and the Brooklyn museums have also decided not to use money from the Crown Prince’s arts organisation for related events
Funding the arts through the National Lottery is not a winning solution
Thanks to an austerity-induced accounting trick, lottery funding is replacing taxes
Thermal spa developer buys Frida Escobedo's Serpentine Pavilion 2018
Structure will be re-installed as part of Therme Group's art and architecture initiative
Conflict-of-interest scandal at publicly funded UK arts centre Firstsite
Chairman and trustee resigned amid investigation into more than £90,000 spent on consultancy firm they directed
Will museums stop accepting Sackler money in wake of Massachusetts lawsuit?
Eight members of the family are being sued for helping to fuel the opioid epidemic through their pharmaceutical company
Emmanuel Macron orders radical review of France’s art residencies
The French President has commissioned a report identifying the strengths and weaknesses of the current programmes
Lauded, but not loaded: being shortlisted for a major prize does not solve a museum's money worries
Being part of the Museum of the Year brings kudos and a big PR boost, but some finalists have still found the financial going tough
German culture budget grows to €1.8bn
Newly-funded projects include abandoned department store that was the set for The Grand Budapest Hotel film
World Monuments Fund gives $1m for post-quake restoration of Mexican archaeological site
Monte Albán, the ancient capital of the Zapotec people, was damaged by earthquakes in 2017
Eight World Monuments Fund watchlist sites get $1m in grants from American Express
In many cases, the funding will be used to help prevent future damage, including public outreach and scientific research
Sydney’s flagship museum is entirely focused on building a costly extension. Why?
Unless the Art Gallery of New South Wales begins to focus more on exhibitions, there is every reason to believe that Sydney Modern will be a gigantic and costly flop
Kunsthalle Mannheim unveils €68m extension backed by German billionaire
Foundation of Hans-Werner Hector, one of the country's richest people, contributed €50m to the revamp
UK museums suffer as Heritage Lottery grants plummet
Building projects are major casualties as emphasis shifts to supporting smaller, local initiatives
Russian billionaire’s Peri Foundation will keep paying for culture after arrest
It is business as usual, says the organisation’s director, as its founder, Ziyavudin Magomedov, remains in custody awaiting trial on racketeering charges
Bridging the divide: Terra Foundation and Art Bridges fund collaborative programming between major art institutions and regional venues
The MFA, Boston and the Detroit Institute of Arts are the first institutions awarded grants in a $15m pilot programme
Is the EGO Act a lot of hot air?
A new law bans government-funded oil portraits of officials, but most paintings have been paid for privately for years
The National Gallery’s issue of trust
I only found out by accident how well off the museum really is
The mirage of riches in museums’ vaults
Putting aside museum ethics, Martin Gammon looks at the financial viability of museums deaccessioning their collection as a quick fix for financial trouble
Creative Scotland chief apologises for funding backlash—though questions remain
Arts funder grilled by Scottish parliament over controversial cuts in £99m grants programme
Towner Art Gallery on England's south coast at risk as local council confirms funding cut
Critics of the move include the Art Fund and the broadcaster and Towner chairman David Dimbleby
New Art Fund report reveals 'shocking' state of UK museums funding
Price of Leonardo’s Salvador Mundi, which sold for £333m, represents over half of government’s total financial backing for museums last year
Trump wants to axe NEA and other culture agencies—again
The president’s 2019 budget includes a similar proposal to last year’s failed plan to defund America’s arts bodies
The Getty, the world’s richest museum, hunts for wealthy patrons
Some are concerned that new fundraising drive will lure donors from other Los Angeles institutions
Artists back Nan Goldin’s call to hold Sackler family to account over US opioid crisis
"Maybe the Sacklers don’t care, but we should give them the chance to discuss solutions, and if they rebuff, then f*** them"—Jeremy Deller
Cuban artists crowdfund to create a ‘Havana Biennial for everyone’
Organisers vow to run their own exhibition after government postpones official event
Knight Foundation awards $2.5m in grants to realise 43 Miami art projects
Funding will help bring the Creative Time Summit to South Florida, back a show on the Cuban artist José Antonio Aponte, and finance a “wine club for art” subscription collecting service
Culture is compromised by donations from the Sackler family: we must not accept any more of their money
Anna Somers Cocks on the revelations published in the New Yorker magazine
Business as usual for museums funded by Sackler opioid money?
Beneficiaries of the family’s largesse deflect or ignore questions about the donors’ role in the drugs epidemic sweeping the US