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  • Thursday, 5 May, 2022
    Tate Modern
    Tate Modern scales back size of shows to cut costs and emissions

    London gallery says it will look for partnerships with other institutions to save money

  • Friday, 15 April, 2022
    Personal Finance
    Crafts cost crunch threatens centuries-old skills

    Rising energy and materials bills squeeze traditional artisans

  • Friday, 1 April, 2022
    City of London
    City of London grandee’s collection of barometers goes up for sale

    Sir Nicholas Goodison was a driving force behind Big Bang reforms but also pursued cultural interests

  • Tuesday, 22 February, 2022
    BP PLC
    National Portrait Gallery ends BP sponsorship under pressure from activists

    London gallery becomes the latest UK cultural institution to sever fossil fuel links

  • Friday, 4 February, 2022
    British Museum
    Osborne taps backers to raise £1bn for ‘radical’ renovation of British Museum

    Government and private funding sought for modernisation of 170-year-old cultural institution

  • Thursday, 3 February, 2022
    ReviewArchitecture
    Theaster Gates is an inspired choice for this year’s Serpentine Pavilion

    The artist will combine the potteries of England and the spirit of Chicago in his structure

  • Tuesday, 25 January, 2022
    Miranda Green
    An East London night school that built an artistic movement

    Millions of ‘lost learners’ in the austerity decade missed the opportunity offered to working class painters in the 1920s

  • Monday, 22 November, 2021
    Non-fungible tokens
    Art by Anish Kapoor and David Bailey for sale as NFTs without their consent

    Some artists consider legal action as images marketed for millions of pounds

  • Wednesday, 27 October, 2021
    UK Budget
    Crisis-hit museums and galleries welcome expansion of tax relief

    Treasury confirms additional funding of £850m for cultural institutions as they recover from pandemic

  • Friday, 18 June, 2021
    Theatre
    18 open-air theatres to visit across the UK

    From Cornwall to Perthshire, the pandemic has brought a surge in popularity of alfresco venues and productions

  • Friday, 28 May, 2021
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    The show must go on but it needs insurance

    Performing arts’ contribution far exceeds the risk of guaranteeing cover

  • Friday, 26 March, 2021
    Merryn Somerset Webb
    Junior Isas or NFTs? Dangers lurking for the digital generation

    £9bn in child trust funds are maturing so let’s make it easier for their newly adult owners to carry on saving

  • Saturday, 20 March, 2021
    Sotheby’s to auction painting behind memorable artist vs patron spat

    Family portrait in the collection of the Mountbatten family embarrassed the man who commissioned it

  • Friday, 12 March, 2021
    Visual Arts
    Damien Hirst to join NFT art sale trend after $69m Beeple auction

    British artist plans to sell ‘secret art project’ using ‘non-fungible token’ digital technology later this year

  • Wednesday, 3 March, 2021
    UK Budget
    Arts and culture sector handed £408m funding boost

    Museums and theatres welcome grants but many have already cut operations and jobs

  • Friday, 4 December, 2020
    Coronavirus economic impact
    Theatres hit by lack of Covid insurance as London’s West End reopens

    Producers focus on smaller shows to mitigate the financial risk of cancellations

  • Friday, 18 September, 2020
    FT SeriesUK Arts Special
    How to make art accessible to all

    Ditch the jargon, use tech and tell stories in more modern ways

  • Friday, 14 August, 2020
    Lights up again for England’s struggling theatres

    Reopening of arts venues to go ahead from Saturday amid fears of irreparable damage

  • Friday, 17 July, 2020
    Theatres and music venues in England can reopen from August 1

    Fans set to return to sporting arenas in October subject to series of pilot projects

  • Sunday, 5 July, 2020
    Sunak gives £1.5bn lifeline to struggling arts sector

    Grants and loans made available for theatres, music venues and museums

  • Tuesday, 16 June, 2020
    UK business & economy
    UK creative industries risk ‘cultural catastrophe’ without support

    Revenues forecast to drop by £74bn in 2020 amid bleak outlook for the arts, study finds

  • Sunday, 7 June, 2020
    Visual Arts
    Rembrandt self-portrait up for auction in London

    Painting is one of only three in private hands and carries estimate of £12m-£16m

  • Wednesday, 3 June, 2020
    How I Spend It: Ronnie Wood on painting

    The Rolling Stones guitarist paints it black – and blue, red, yellow…

  • Saturday, 30 May, 2020
    LexSpace industry
    Space economy: rocket fuel Premium content

    The cost of getting into orbit are going down while the profit potential is going up

  • Friday, 29 May, 2020
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Preserving the arts should be a priority after the lockdown

    Theatres, galleries and museums are a vital part of the social fabric

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