Fiona Banner drops a klanger outside Defra while Laure Prouvost takes language to new levels

The country's artists and galleries are using their platforms to press for social change and support protestors

An open letter calls for the Whitney to “commit to a year of action—of mobilisation and introspection”

Funding a refugee rescue boat is just the latest in a long history of politically motivated acts

The British artist accused European authorities of "deliberately" ignoring distress calls issued by the overwhelmed Louise Michel, a vessel he financed to aid migrants crossing the Mediterranean

Peng collective auctions off ten objects bought from committed anti-fascists for €10,000

Two women who are part of the Ukrainian feminist group Femen were charged for topless protests, one of which was in a Paris museum

The Los Angeles-based artist discusses how dance can bring political power to marginalised communities

Organisers of the three-day action, the group BP or not BP?, called it the "largest protest in the history of the museum"

After spending months in a Bangladeshi jail, the artist continues to speak out against injustice

China’s ‘artful dissident’ has attracted worldwide attention through his drawings of protests, but he is still little-known in the art world

The work holds weight in New Mexico, which has the highest rate of violent crimes against Native American women in the US

The new project, launched by Pen America and ArtX, aims to support at-risk artists

The artist and activist, whose School of Integration runs at Manchester International Festival, will organise workshops and awards for new writers

Independent artists groups plan to put Cuba's controversial Decree 349 to the test

The San Isidro Group of Cuban artists explain their plans for the Bienal Sin 349

Activist who was recently imprisoned for Russian group's World Cup protest in July "lost his vision, speech and ability to walk"

Case against Filipino artist who protested in support of reproductive rights in Manila Cathedral, continues as solicitor general asks court to reconsider

In their latest project, the guerrilla group Indecline compares the US president to serial killer John Wayne Gacy

Eight members of the family are being sued for helping to fuel the opioid epidemic through their pharmaceutical company

This latest impromptu project is a direct response to Trump's "willingness to inflict trauma on young children and families”, the group says

An image of his Chicago sculpture Cloud Gate was used in a video by the gun lobby that the artist says “seeks to whip up fear and hate”

New Ebacc qualification marginalises the arts and damages the future of young people in the country, say Turner prize winners

The temporary prison installation featured live rats, McDonald’s wrappers and a handcuffed lookalike depicting “Trump’s likely fate”