Fundraising
Smithsonian receives $40m from the Lilly Endowment
The money will be used for programming related to the semiquincentennial of the US in 2026
Sonia Boyce, Jeremy Deller and more donate works to a charity auction for Gaza
More than 200 artists have given works to an auction and exhibition in London, with all proceeds going towards the work of Médecins Sans Frontières UK/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) UK
Grayson Perry and Rana Begum take the 10gram sculpture challenge
Forty artists have contributed to The Royal Society of Sculptors fundraising campaign
‘An irreplaceable portal to the past’: English Heritage launches campaign to help preserve more than one million artefacts
Funds are sought to help experts store, care for, catalogue and undertake new research on the UK charity’s vast array of objects
UK’s largest artist residency programme launches £7m fundraising campaign
The Delfina Foundation in London, which has hosted more than 450 artists and curators, hopes to secure its base and continue its programmes
More than 100 artist donated works to fundraise for Kamala Harris
Jeff Koons, Kara Walker, Jenny Holzer, Jasper Johns, Amy Sherald and many others are offering works through the Artists for Kamala fundraising sale and auction
Smithsonian Institution launches $2.5bn fundraising campaign
The campaign, timed to coincide with the semiquincentennial of the United States in 2026, is the most ambitious fundraising undertaking for a cultural organisation on record
Los Angeles's Institute of Contemporary Art reveals details of $12m revamp and expansion
The downtown museum has announced an ambitious renovation plan that centers local artists
Bellevue Arts Museum nears its emergency fundraising goal—but the fight is not over
The museum has already raised more than $200,000 (with the help of a generous reader of 'The Art Newspaper'), and its director is looking to local tech companies as future partners
Louvre acquires Chardin’s Strawberries painting thanks to 10,000 individual donors
Famous 18th-century work will tour France, heading to Lens and Brest
Washington state's Bellevue Arts Museum faces 'dire' financial straits
The institution may be forced to close its doors if it doesn't raise the requisite funds, says its permanent director less than a week into her new role
New Courtauld director Mark Hallett promises to ‘shout about’ art history’s importance
College chief faces double challenge of fundraising for renovation and diversifying the student body at the UK’s leading art institute
Three months on, art organisations continue to rally for Morocco’s earthquake victims
The Moroccan cultural sector has been hard at work to help the communities hit hardest by the disaster and trying to remind people that "this is still going on"
Vancouver artists donate works to fundraiser for social housing in hardscrabble neighbourhood
Stan Douglas, Ken Lum, Douglas Coupland and others are helping efforts to raise C$8m for housing for Vancouver’s homeless
Frick Collection's fundraising for renovation and capital campaign reaches $242m
With 83% of its renovation fund raised, the museum is on target to reopen in its historic home in late 2024
Lacma reaches $750m fundraising goal for new Peter Zumthor-designed building
The museum says its new building, which stretches across Wilshire Boulevard, is now 65% complete
National Endowment for the Arts gives $103m in grants to organisations across the US
The NEA's second round of grants for fiscal year 2023 supports a wide range of exhibitions, partnerships and programmes
Santa Fe's Center for Contemporary Arts closes permanently despite last-minute fundraising effort
The New Mexico institution, established in 1979, has shut its doors, seemingly forever
Lacma adds more high-profile board members as it inches closer to $750m fundraising goal for new building
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art says it is now 98% of the way to its fundraising goal for the campaign to construct its controversial Peter Zumthor-designed building
Here's how you can help the post-earthquake aid effort in Turkey and Syria through art
Art organisations and artists are rallying to provide money for disaster relief in the region
'Now is the time': UK artists and galleries unite for climate campaign to mark COP26 conference
Conservation charity WWF and curatorial collective Artwise call on art world to raise funds and awareness for climate action
Artists Samson Young, Angela Su and Lee Kit donate works to fundraise for Hong Kong dealer Anthony Tao Xinshu's hospital treatment
The Gallery Exit founder was diagnosed with a brain aneurysm in December—now 43 artists are selling work to pay for his care
After thwarted art sales, Baltimore Museum of Art marshalls funding to promote diversity and equity
Institution announces $1.46m in gifts to finance goals such as pay increases for hourly workers and extended visiting hours
Performa biennial hosts virtual telethon, evoking the work of George Orwell, Nam June Paik—and, of course, Jerry Lewis
The event has been produced in partnership with Pace gallery and will feature new and archival material
Cranach, Courbet and Corot: a closer look at what the Brooklyn Museum is selling off
The institution is deaccessioning its only Cranach and 11 other works to finance care of its collection
Emergency fund launched in aid of Beirut's devastated art community
Belgian non-profit Mophradat says that 100% of the money raised will support individual artists and arts organisations
San Francisco Art Institute says it is reinstating degree programmes
Decision follows the resolution of contract disputes with tenured faculty and an infusion of funds
Art can save us: six of the best creative face masks you can buy now
From photo faces to protest pieces, designers and artists have responded to a new demand for PPE
Where to buy works of art to support anti-racism causes
Artists and galleries have been raising money to help charities and funds in the wake of the George Floyd and Black Lives Matter protests
What would you do to keep your museum afloat? The Garden Museum director is swimming 50 miles in the Atlantic Ocean
The swim from Cornwall to the Isles of Scilly aims to raise £100,000 for the London museum, which is planning shows on Derek Jarman and Lucian Freud