Art schools
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
Bard College, in partnership with Indigenous art organisation Forge Project, will use $50m gift to overhaul Native American studies programme
The school’s American Studies programme will become the American and Indigenous Studies programme, and Forge Project’s executive director will become a fellow at Bard’s Center for Curatorial Studies
London's Royal College of Art—whose graduates include Tracey Emin and David Hockney—doubles size of its Battersea campus
The £135m development is designed by Herzog & de Meuron
At an art school in Gaza, creation prevails amid destruction
Bombings have halted classes in the city’s only accredited arts academy, but its founder keeps hope alive
Museum directors and art school leaders demand that UK government ‘scraps cuts to arts education’
"Art is essential to the growth of this country," say 300 art world figures and academics in open letter
Michigan billionaires Jennifer and Dan Gilbert give $30m to Cranbrook Academy of the Arts
The donation will support diversity efforts and student scholarships for the Detroit area art school
Huge fee hikes for EU students who want to study art in the UK come into force from September
Visa issues and increased red tape could also deter European Union applicants, warn university leaders
Goldsmiths art school—alma mater of Sarah Lucas and Damien Hirst—‘on edge of a precipice’
Lecturers have stopped assessing students after management consultants propose mass overhaul
San Francisco Art Institute chair steps down in wake of controversy over proposed Diego Rivera mural sale
Pam Rorke Levy, who has led the school’s board since 2018, will be replaced by photographer and alum Lonnie Graham
Rector at Danish art academy steps down over royal bust drowned by artist protesting school’s colonial legacy
Row over plaster cast of monarch dumped in the canal escalates after Danish culture ministry steps in
Billionaire Leonard Blavatnik donates £10m to the Courtauld Institute of Art
Suite of galleries in refurbished Courtauld Gallery will be named after the Ukraine-born industrialist
Sydney bucks trend for marginalisation of drawing at art schools with new National Centre for Drawing
Opening on 4 November, the centre, which is part of the city's National Art School, is modelled on the the Drawing Centre in New York and London’s Drawing Room
Saatchi Gallery exhibits London’s graduate artists deprived of degree shows
The exhibition forms part of the education programme at the collector’s gallery which has now ‘transitioned into a charity’
Virginia Commonwealth University launches programme dedicated to the art of podcasting
Embedded within the school's Institute for Contemporary Art, the initiative positions podcasting as a crucial skill for creatives
Danish art school on brink of closure after director resigns following misconduct allegations
Open letter from current and former students accuses Fatamorgana's founding director Morten Bo of “unpleasant, degrading, discriminatory” behaviour
Tomorrow’s YBAs? White Cube launches series of online exhibitions by London art graduates
Gallery owner Jay Jopling says it is vital to support the next generation during such precarious times
International art students may be forced to leave the US under Trump's new ICE policy on remote learning
Harvard and MIT filed lawsuits against the US government while the president of CalArts calls the move an act of "political theatre" amid the pandemic
Hunter College art staff protest expected cuts for contract workers that would ‘hobble’ the programme
The school’s full and part-time faculty speak out in defence of college assistants who are at risk of losing their jobs and healthcare
Britain's young artists had a hard time before the pandemic. What will happen to them now?
Inequality is rife in British society, not least in the arts, where decades of ‘class-cleansing’ policies have made it harder than ever to be an artist and designer
San Francisco Art Institute plans to stay open but suspend degree programmes
School seeks a new business model as well as a partner that can shore up its finances
Glasgow School of Art will be back as a 'working art school' but restoration is mired in delays
Almost two years after fire ravaged the Mackintosh building, debate intensifies over future plans for the site
San Francisco Art Institute considers suspending classes after May graduation
Citing coronavirus tumult, the 149-year-old school says it has failed to find a partner to ensure its financial survival
‘Social Distance Gallery’ gives MFA and BFA candidates a chance to exhibit their work
Instagram offers an outlet for students whose hopes were dashed by cancelled thesis exhibitions
UK art schools begin 14-day strike action
Dispute centres on zero-hours contracts, pay devaluation, rising workloads and the gender and ethnicity pay gap
Back to school: Massachusetts college museum gets a $12.5m makeover
The free-entry MassArt Art Museum, formerly known as the Bakalar & Paine Galleries, opens this weekend
'Taking us back to the dark ages': UK-Europe exchange programme Erasmus hangs in the balance
Art history academics speak out as impending Brexit deadline threatens European partnership
JR launches open call on Instagram for his new free photography course
French artist says he will invite Naomi Campbell to school in Paris to help him teach 12 budding photographers
Special: is art education in crisis? Featuring Bob and Roberta Smith
As art schools start their new term in the UK, this week’s episode is an education special. Produced in association with Bonhams, auctioneers since 1793.
Open School East free art school moves into two new venues in Margate
The organisation has relocated to the former home of Thanet School of Arts and Crafts on Hawley Square
Despite Brexit, applications from EU up 12% at London's Royal College of Art
Art and design institution announces five-year plan centred on $108m Battersea base