Philanthropy
Major Swiss museum acquisition proves far larger after extra works revealed in donor’s unopened portfolios
Philippe Bodenmann has gifted his entire collection—including pieces by Joseph Kosuth, Lawrence Weiner and Max Bill—to the Musée des beaux-arts de La Chaux-de-Fonds
Portrait of Bayeux Tapestry exhibition sponsor goes on view at British Museum amid scrutiny over ties to IDF
A painting of Igor Tulchinsky is on display within the museum’s blockbuster Bayeux Tapestry show
Comment | It's high time philanthropy was decentralised
Charles Asprey has shown courage and imagination by donating works to the tiny and remote Pier Arts Centre, instead of one of the UK’s prestigious London-based institutions
Collector couple to fund art history and AI fellowship at London’s Birkbeck
The fellowship, supported by the founders of the Klesch Collection, is looking for an early-career researcher ‘redefining how art history is studied in the age of artificial intelligence and digital technologies’
Training scheme for budding curators from lower socio-economic backgrounds receives £3m donation
Russian-born philanthropists Anastasia and Igor Bukhman have pledged the grant to the New Curators programme, launched by three former Tate curators
London’s Courtauld to open two new contemporary art galleries after £10m gift
The spaces, which will launch as part of a 2029 re-development plan, will be funded by a donation from the Blavatnik Family Foundation
Inside the star-studded party celebrating 30 years of Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo
Through her Turin-based foundation, collector Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaundengo has shaped the art world as we know it today
UK’s National Trust receives £10m, its largest-ever cash donation
Humphrey Battcock has not attached any conditions to the donation, saying he trusts “the National Trust to know how best this money can be used”
Arts Council England review: reforms, endowment funds and tax incentives
Labour peer Margaret Hodge, who led the report, has suggested new funding proposals based on philanthropic giving
Philanthropy rules: how the private sector is supporting France’s national culture
Amid continued political upheaval and budget cuts, corporate foundations are plugging the funding gap
A tale of two philanthropies: why private foundations differ in London and Paris
While the new Fondation Cartier exemplifies the heft of corporate giving in Paris, the additions of YDP and Ibraaz bring London greater diversity
London's Courtauld Gallery and Institute receives landmark £30m donation
The Reuben Foundation's financial gift is the largest in the institute's 93-year history
Participants withdraw from Chicago Architecture Biennial over sponsor’s investment in weapons manufacturer
In a letter to the biennial’s organisers, more than 20 participants wrote that Crown Family Philanthropies’ “sponsorship is incompatible with the values of our work”
Agnes Gund, collector and philanthropist who helped transform MoMA, has died, aged 87
In addition to supporting many art institutions, Gund was a passionate funder of arts education and criminal justice reform initiatives
US billionaire Howard Buffett and Ukrainian Railways team up to create ‘art train’ exploring war-time resilience
The train—which is due to travel across Ukraine—features photographs Buffett took during his 19 trips to the country between 2022 and 2025
Sunday Times Rich List 2025 reveals changing art world fortunes
Leonard Blavatnik moves down and Denise Coates up amid tax changes that could affect the philanthropic landscape
Art Basel Awards name inaugural medalists including artists, curators and patrons
The 36 medalists will be honoured at a reception during Art Basel’s Swiss fair
Candida Gertler steps down from Outset Contemporary Art Fund citing 'alarming rise of antisemitism' in cultural spaces
Move comes after 1,100 art workers sign an open letter demanding Tate cuts ties with the philanthropic organisation, which she co-founded in 2003
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
Harvard University will not rename its Arthur M. Sackler Museum
The decision follows a years-long campaign by activists who urged Harvard to distance itself from the Sackler family over its ties to the opioid epidemic
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 foundation makes mark ahead of general election with £30m gift aimed at promoting arts education
Clore Duffield organisation will back the creation of extra learning spaces and a new garden at Tate Britain
Blavatnik up, no change for Zabludowicz: Sunday Times Rich List reveals art world fortunes
This year's list records a historic low for the number of British billionaires
‘MoMA, dump Kravis’: activists call on museum to break up with board chair in Valentine’s Day protest
A coalition of environmental-justice organisations renewed their calls for the removal of board chair Marie-Josée Kravis
The hangover after the museum party: institutions in the US are facing a funding crisis
As the baby-boomer generation of major donors pulls back or dies off, museums are struggling to attract their heirs’ interest
Philanthropy reinvented for a new generation of collectors—now with financial perks
New charitable schemes mirror shifts in attitudes to collecting and giving among younger art buyers
The legacy banking foundation buying up works at Artissima for Turin’s major museums
Fondazione Arte CRT’s new chief wants to bring art to the masses via public art programmes
Climate protesters call for removal of MoMA’s board chair over ties to fossil fuel industry
After a protest in front of the museum’s main entrance, 16 activists were arrested after further actions inside the museum
No stone unturned in erasing Sackler at the British Museum
An inscription of the beleaguered family's name is set to be removed from a stone lintel




























