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Hundreds protest oil sponsorship at Louvre during UN climate change conference
International activists arrested after spilling fake oil in the museum entrance
Private fortunes drive Beirut’s museum boom
Zaha Hadid, Renzo Piano and David Adjaye get involved as donors step in to fill the funding gap
Colchester’s flagship arts centre on the brink
The £27m, Viñoly-designed Firstsite gallery faces closure without regular government funding
US election 2016: which of the presidential frontrunners gets the arts?
Our guide to who’s running for the White House and what they have funded—or cut
Residency programme extends its global reach, from Beijing to Brooklyn
Davidoff Art Initiative sends contemporary artists from the Caribbean to Europe, Asia and the US
Lottery fund is a success, but grants are much harder to get
Report praises most of the first 100 projects to be completed, but the days of enormous largesse are gone
Volkswagen’s extended sponsorship deal to include Greater New York survey at MoMA PS1
MoMA is ‘das museum’, German carmaker says, as it expands support to cover digital education, exhibitions and events for the next two years
Paris mayor gives city’s decaying churches a Hail Mary—to the tune of €80m
But heritage groups say the funds fall far short of the real cost of restoration
Five more divisive years for museums and art galleries
The new Conservative government has so far kept quiet about its plans for the arts but the signs point to a fractious battle for resources between national and local institutions
British Museum to send star objects to the Gulf
Assyrian reliefs among the 500 loans earmarked for long stay in Abu Dhabi
Pompeii in a fix despite cash boost
Funds for Great Pompeii Project could be withdrawn as lack of staff and red tape stifle efforts to save site
Has Russian government’s half-billion dollar pledge to save historic city of Vyborg come too late?
Experts blame local authorities in Vyborg for failing to act as architecture begins to collapse
Tate Modern secures £6m in extra government funding
Promised increase to help run extension made quietly last year as public spending cuts expected elsewhere
Three-year, $2.8m grant programme to rescue artists in conflict zones
Following similar fund for scholars, Institute of International Education with funding from Mellon Foundation launch project to aid persecuted artists and performers
Minister hails revamped Egyptian Museum as shining example
Turin-style reforms could take place across Italy as soon as a dozen new directors are appointed
California’s capital city pooh-poohs Koons’s $8m piglet
Work commissioned under Percent for Art causes controversy as the public and politicians across the US criticise the scheme
Fear of censorship fuels debate over cash from oil industry
Companies accused of dictating museums’ programmes in return for support
Why there are no cash cows in European arts funding
As the European Union announces its latest grants, applicants find the barriers to success getting higher
Florida archaeologists launch legal fight against US Department of Transportation
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Boom to bust: Brazil's arts lose out as economy stalls
Funding squeeze causes museums and institutions around the country to postpone or cancel exhibitions
Africa is the new China, so it must be time for a dedicated art fund
Its founders want to raise $40m and plan to support the continent’s museums
Comment: The Tate should take BP’s money—and ask for more
Protests about the gallery’s lack of transparency concerning the energy company's sponsorship miss the point of how big business and the arts interact
Will the Chancellor back V&A’s Olympian vision for a cultural quarter?
Art and design museum with space for London’s biggest exhibitions could open by 2020, subject to funding
UK-Russia Bacon show goes on…
…but British government officially pulls out of joint Year of Culture
The V&A responds to Boris Johnson’s call to make the Olympic park a major cultural destination
The Mayor of London says, go east!