Non-profit

Inside the Miami non-profit that is rethinking art patronage

Since 2018 the organisation Commissioner has helped Miamians connect with and collect local artists while fostering a sense of community

Powerhouse south London art organisation Gasworks celebrates 30 years

The exhibition space, international residency and workshop has given early platforms to now major names like Tania Bruguera, Sonia Boyce and Subodh Gupta

Non-profit art collaborative using craft to promote cross-border relations returns to Los Angeles

Ambos (Art Made Between Opposite Sides) has been working with communities on both sides of the US-Mexico border for nearly a decade

Crime news

Kentucky man who defrauded local art organisations gets prison time

The FBI apprehended the man, who took $340,000 from the ArtWorks Community Arts Education Center and Russell County Arts Council, as he disembarked from a cruise ship in 2022

'Non-profit burnout is real': Brooklyn Museum offers funding and specialised training to culture leaders of colour

Eight Brooklyn-based arts non-profits will each receive $25,000 and ten months of workshops and other sessions

Art marketanalysis

Wealthy American art collectors capitalise on tax-efficient gift scheme

Donor Advised Funds allow individuals to claim tax relief while they are still alive through making gifts of art and other assets—without obligation to pay out money to charity straight away

Art Explora opens applications for €50,000 cultural project prize

Last year’s winners include the Museo de Bellas Artes de Sevilla in Spain and Projekt Europa theatre company in the UK

Activist prevails over collector Sheldon Solow’s estate in intellectual property dispute related to satiric website

Since 2017, Ethan Arnheim has maintained a website critiquing the Sheldon Solow Foundation’s tax-exempt status, though it does not provide public access to its $500m art collection

More than $3.1m awarded to recipients of United States Artists grants for 2022

The non-profit’s new cohort of fellows includes sculptors Lonnie Holley and Nicole Marroquin, and textile artists Melissa Cody and Indira Allegra

Two non-profits team up to offer $100,000 grants to artists in the San Francisco Bay Area

Annual stipends will benefit creators struggling with an astronomical cost of living in the region, which is facing an artistic exodus

Congress approves $100,000 for pilot digital project

Digital Promise non-profit will develop electronic education programmes

Bloomberg calls for collaboration, not censorship in New York

Mayor Bloomberg has set up a Cultural Affairs Advisory Commission which, he says, will help non-profit organisations