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National Endowment for the Arts

Artist Kehinde Wiley Is Part of the NEA’s Second Major Funding Round of 2023

More than half of the National Endowment for the Arts' funding is earmarked for state arts agencies.
By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly

How Europe Is Luring Away America’s Best and Brightest Ballet Dancers

In the US, professional dancers face both a constant hustle to make ends meet and a dearth of new exciting projects to tackle. So what is Europe doing differently that creates both financial stability and fertile ground for experimental work?
By Charlotte Barnett

Ben Folds Is Trying to Get All the Candidates on the Record About Arts Funding

'It's notable that when candidates for public office speak on issues, the arts almost never come up,' Folds said. Ahead of the 2020 election, Ben Folds is trying to get all the democratic hopefuls to go on the record about funding for the arts.
By Amy Webb
Minnesota Orchestra

Call Off the Requiem: The Classical Music Business Is Not Dead Just Yet

By Arick Wierson and Beau Draghiciu

Born From the Battle Over the NEA, Four Foundations Made a Model for Nonpartisan Arts Funding

By Lucia Love

Are Republicans Intentionally Trying to Piss Off Their Base?

By Brian Darling

The Personal, Punitive Reasons Behind Trump’s Proposed Cuts to Arts Funding

By Noah Charney
BALTIMORE, MD- NOVEMBER 12: "12 Portraits of Remington Residents", 2012, by Gaia is seen in the Contemporary Wing of the Baltimore Museum of Art on Monday November 12, 2012 in Baltimore, MD. The wing includes works by Andy Warhol among other artists. (

With Admission Fees, the Question Is: What Should a Museum Be?

By Daniel Grant
Film stills from Nick Cave's Drive By.

Nick Cave Pays His Dues to Artadia

By Margaret Carrigan
Jeff: The Brotherhood

Brooklyn DIY Is Dead, Long Live Brooklyn DIY

By Justin Joffe
An artwork you can send to your Senator via Artifax.

NEA Protest Melds Design and Annoyance

By Guelda Voien
Queens Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer held a rally to save the arts from President Donald Trump's budget cuts.

Pols and Creatives Rally in Manhattan to ‘Save the Arts’ from Trump’s Budget Cuts

By Madina Toure
Shea Stadium

Can DIY Venues Solve the National Endowment for the Arts Crisis?

By Justin Joffe
'Piss Christ.'

Chasing the Publicly Funded Art Dragon

By Guelda Voien
The most viewed Instragram post in history so far.

This Artist Took Beyoncé’s Twins Reveal Shot, NEA Budget Is Less Than Trump Security

By Guelda Voien
Priests' Katie Alice Greer @ Brooklyn Bazaar on Friday, January 28

‘Resistance Absolutely Works’: How Artists and Fans Can Influence Policy

By Justin Joffe
Mayor Bill de Blasio.

The Times, Which Blasted Rudy for Censorsing BAM, Mum on de Blasio Censoring Trump

By Evan Gahr
Jason Garcia Ignacio in Thirst, a film made in the protected desert of Wadi Rum in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. (Photo: Courtesy of Paul Gordon Emerson)

NEA Awards $27.7M in Arts Funding for ’16

By Ryan Steadman
Constellation. (Photo: courtesy of Rob Penner)

Those Mystery Lights Above a Hudson River Castle Are… Art

By Guelda Voien
Egon Schiele, Portrait of Ida Roessler 1912.

The Masterpiece Trade: Meet the U.S. Agency That Makes Museum Blockbusters Possible

By Daniel Grant
The High Line is launching its newest art exhibit "Panorama." (David Berkowitz/ Flickr Creative Commons)

High Line to Host Year-long Art+Nature Exhibition, ‘Panorama’

By Molly Shilo
The medal. (Courtesy NEA/Wikimedia)

National Medal of Arts Award for Ellsworth Kelly

By Andrew Russeth

NEA Chairman Rocco Landesman Announces Exit, ‘Cannot Wait to Spend More Time in Miami Beach’

By Andrew Russeth
Landesman. (Courtesy PMC)

NEA Chairman Rocco Landesman Announces Exit, ‘Cannot Wait to Spend More Time in Miami Beach’

By Andrew Russeth
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