The national arts-funding body will refocus some grant programmes to help individual artists and freelancers withstand lost earnings

Chancellor Rishi Sunak delivers first post-Brexit spending pledges

More than 680 cultural figures and institutions sign open letter over decision they believe "threatens an impoverished future for British creativity"

The Conservative MP for Hertsmere in Hertfordshire replaces Nicky Morgan

Exhibition project You, Me & Cold War Steve: the International Exhibition of the People has already been downloaded 3,000 times with scheduled venues across the globe

Art history academics speak out as impending Brexit deadline threatens European partnership

Boris Johnson gives former MP a peerage in order to keep her in the cabinet, but survival of culture department in the longer term is not assured

Issues raised include the environmental crisis and the future of the Labour party

As the election looms this month and Nicky Morgan announces she is standing down, the department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport prepares for its latest secretary of state

Will artists and institutions participate in “national celebration” planned for 2022?

As UK political parties launch their manifestos, the artist sets out his own guidelines for art world equality

Although Tory announcement calls it the “largest cultural capital programme in a century”, pledge is only quarter of Labour’s £1bn culture fund

Meanwhile, the Liberal Democrats commit to stopping Brexit and protecting arts funding through the National Lottery

In a special podcast episode we talk to Simon Werrett who has written a book on pyrotechnic arts in European history

In honour of Bonfire Night in the UK this podcast looks at how artists—from Whistler to Cai Guo-Qiang—have captured fireworks

Museum has avoided transporting loans to and from Europe around 31 October “deadline”, but the last-minute extension to next January may cause shipping issues

If Scottish independence follows Brexit, what will happen to the national collection?

Wave of sentencing and changes in legislation puts pressure on art world

As the art world turns out in the capital during Frieze, Justine Simons, London's deputy mayor for culture and the creative industries, wonders what the rest of the world must be thinking

Cultural institutions need to decide what they stand for, says London's ICA director Stefan Kalmár

Nicholas Coleridge, the chairman of the Victoria and Albert Museum, tells how Boris laid down the law on his plans for the project

The recipient of the 2019 J. Paul Getty Medal discusses how understanding Cicero can help decipher the rise of populism

Politician also says Brexit will have 'disastrous' consequences for creative industries

Treasury says there will be “over £300m to support the UK’s world-class national museums and galleries” in 2020-21

“If you are interested in politics you will be far better off if you study maths or physics,” writes aide Dominic Cummings in his blog

High-profile UK politician will organise a show of works at Towner Art Gallery that focus on the environment

Trade condemns the move and prepares for mayhem of no-deal Brexit

As shadow minister for the arts 15 years ago, Johnson laid out his plans in The Art Newspaper