#art-funding

#art-funding

We knew everything we needed to know about the art world before the Epstein Files dropped. Before heinous allegations against Museum of Modern Art trustee Leon Black emerged, or School of Visual Arts chair David A. Ross's sympathetic endorsement of Epstein came out, we knew about the intimate connections between institutional heads and donors and trustees. The exchanges of money, donations, or favors that bind them.

The lawsuit, filed in March by a group of arts organisations, pushed back against policies the NEA adopted stipulating that federal funds "shall not be used to promote gender ideology". After the lawsuit was filed, the NEA softened the terms of its "gender ideology" policy, stipulating in a " final notice" that the chair of the endowment would review grant applications on a "case-by-case" basis "for artistic excellence and merit including whether the proposed project promotes gender ideology".

The National Gallery has lifted its ban on collecting modern paintings made after 1900 as part of a revamp that will include a new wing, made possible after it secured a landmark investment of 375m. A new part of the gallery will be built behind the Sainsbury building as part of Project Domani tomorrow in Italian after two donations of 150m each from Michael Moritz's Crankstart foundation and the Hans and Julia Rausing Trust.