Universities
Former university museum director drops lawsuit seeking to block sale of works to fund dormitory repairs
The deaccessioning dispute at Valparaiso University’s Brauer Museum of Art centres on works by Georgia O’Keeffe, Frederic Church and Childe Hassam collectively valued at up to $15m
London's prestigious Courtauld Institute to create British art centre with $12m donation
US-based Manton Foundation's gift will establish a research facility and "intellectual hub" at Somerset House
Amid deaccessioning scandal and falling enrollment, Valparaiso University shuts down campus museum
The university’s plans to sell off works by Georgia O’Keeffe, Childe Hassam and Frederic Church prompted a lawsuit and appeals to Indiana state officials
Photographer Shahidul Alam returns his honorary doctorate to the University of the Arts London
Alam made the decision in solidarity with the students protesting against the university’s stance on the war in Gaza
UK's Royal College of Art appoints Christoph Lindner as vice-chancellor
The new president's previous roles have included a focus on the climate crisis
Masters curating course at Whitechapel gallery to be wound down
Joint initiative with London South Bank University shelved but collaborative PhD project is in the pipeline
UK's University of East Anglia to cut more than two dozen arts and humanities jobs
As part of its £30m cost-cutting initiative, the university is proposing to reduce staff numbers by a total of 113, a spokesperson says
‘Such folk are treated like shit’: artists urge University of the Arts London to improve cleaners' working conditions
Artists including Tai Shani, Larry Achiampong and Jade Montserrat sign an open letter asking the institution to bring outsourced cleaners in-house
9,000 workers on strike at Rutgers University, home to one of US’s top art schools
The Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers is one of the most prestigious university art programmes on the East Coast
American art schools brace for positive discrimination policy ban
With the highest court in the US expected to rule against policies intended to boost student body diversity, universities and colleges are exploring alternative approaches.
Professor who was controversially fired for 'Islamophobia' after showing depictions of Prophet Muhammad is named
US university's decision to dismiss employee for displaying the 14th- and 16th-century works has been described as an "egregious violation" of academic freedom
After 25 days, strike ends at New York’s New School and Parsons School of Design
The longest adjunct faculty strike to date in the US is over after instructors and administrators finally reached a tentative agreement on a new contract
'Systematically underpaid': arts courses across UK grind to a halt amid nation's biggest university strike in history
Lecturers across the country are protesting university workers’ pay, pensions and working conditions
Mark Hallett appointed director of the Courtauld Institute of Art in London
He joins from Yale University's Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art and will now oversee the next phase of the Courtauld's £57m redevelopment project
Faculty at the ArtCenter College of Design in Southern California vote to form union
Faculty at the school voted 60% in favour of forming the union, which will represent some 700 people
Deborah Swallow retires as Courtauld director after 18 years
During her tenure she oversaw a £57m redevelopment of the London university's campus
California College of the Arts and two unions reach agreements on new contracts
The agreements come after many months of negotiations and a strike in February
California College of the Arts workers go on strike
Staff, faculty and students have joined the picket lines, some over protracted contract negotiations, others in solidarity with their colleagues
Courtauld Institute forms 'strategic partnership' with neighbouring King's College London—what does this mean for the prestigious art history college?
The two institutions of vastly different sizes will join forces at a time of "great uncertainty" for arts and humanities in higher education
Whitworth Gallery in Manchester U-turns on decision to remove pro-Palestine statement after Forensic Architecture threaten to pull work
Exhibition addressing the use of tear gas in Palestine adjusted to “give voice to different perspectives” following intervention by Israeli legal groups
Ancient history? Worcester University to close its archaeology department in another blow to heritage sector
Decision is a "canary in the coal mine" for other arts and humanities subjects, warns museums body
UK government approves 50% funding cut for arts and design courses
Education secretary Gavin Williamson says money will be directed towards Stem subjects
Class struggle: how a year of cancelled degree shows has left fine art graduates in the lurch
The coronavirus pandemic has led to a whole cohort of young creatives struggling to gain a foothold on the career ladder
Startup consultant and collector George Wells gives Morehouse College a million-dollar art collection
The historically Black men’s college in Atlanta, Georgia will receive works by Mickalene Thomas, Rashid Johnson, Amy Sherald, McArthur Binion, and Ivy Haldeman
Plans ‘in the trash can’: remote learning forces US college museums to get creative
Closures, postponements and sharp reductions in programming prompt soul-searching—and innovation—among institutions
Citing opioid crisis, Tufts University strips Sackler name from its buildings and programmes
Institution declares that the name “runs counter to the school’s mission”
Artists boycott Rose Art Museum shows
Ex-director says Brandeis University “doesn’t understand” outrage over plan to sell-off $350m collection