Controversies
Once bitten, twice shy: Canadian artist caught using comedians' photos without permission promises no more funny business
Despite controversy over public art project in Calgary, Derek Michael Besant has been commissioned to create a similar work in Ottawa
German museum and auctioneer Im Kinsky tussle over looted glass goblet
Object was returned to consigner not museum from where it was looted at the end of Second World War
Zeitz Mocaa director Mark Coetzee embroiled in #MeToo scandal
Curators accuse the Cape Town museum director of inappropriate and abusive behaviour, according to local reports
Is nothing sacred? The Metropolitan Museum should apologise to the Vatican for Heavenly Bodies show
Curator Andrew Bolton’s Costume Institute blockbuster is pointlessly offensive to believers
Instagram deletes photographer Dragana Jurisic's account and Facebook censors her work
Image is no more contentious than those shared on the platforms by celebrities such as Kim Kardashian, supporters say
Paris mayor wants to turn city into ‘refuge’ for works in conflict zones
Anne Hidalgo’s plan, which has drawn fire, involves storing items threatened by conflict in buildings owned by the city authority
Controversial animal works pulled from Guggenheim New York will go on show in Bilbao
Contemporary Chinese installations drew 'threats of violence' from animal rights activists last year
‘At the heart of all this is the question of power’: Sonia Boyce on the notorious Hylas and the Nymphs takedown
The artist reveals the story behind the headlines and the film she made about the painting's removal
Chinese art professor responds to sexual assault allegations
Xu Gang has been dismissed as curator of the Shenzhen Biennale
Adel Abdessemed’s blazing chickens withdrawn from Lyon show
Violent animal video triggers another avalanche of criticism for provocative Algerian artist
'Disgusted' Anish Kapoor condemns NRA’s use of his Chicago ‘Bean’ sculpture in advert
The organisation’s “intolerant, divisive vision perverts” the work’s democratic nature
BAE Systems pulls sponsorship of Great Exhibition of the North after protests
The defence giant withdrew after Art not Arms petition condemned company’s sales to Saudi Arabia
Tate's artist-in-residence resigns over institution's 'appalling response to sexual harassment'
Liv Wynter says Tate is failing women and people from ethnic minority backgrounds
The ethics of appropriation
Can art represent the culture of marginalised groups without exploiting them? Jillian Steinhauer investigates
Russian art critics challenge director of Ghent museum over show of dubious Russian avant-garde works
De Standaard newspaper reports that the contract allowed any piece in the display to be sold
Church of the Holy Sepulchre re-opened after three-day protest closure
Shrine was shut amid escalation of Israeli-Palestinian hostilities
Facebook censors 30,000 year-old Venus of Willendorf as 'pornographic'
Nude statue is latest artwork to be deemed inappropriate by social media giant
Sam Durant and Anne Ellegood reflect on being in the hot seat of museum controversies
The artist and curator shared what they learned from their 2017 experiences during a College Art Association panel on "censorship"
Santiago Sierra work censored at Arco fair to be shown at Catalan museum
Media mogul Tatxo Benet says that censorship is damaging for artists—and the viewing public
Palais de Tokyo removes work showing artist protesting against Dana Schutz's Open Casket painting
Parker Bright says protest image of him taken at Whitney Biennial was used by Neil Beloufa without permission
Commission to investigate dubious Russian avant-garde works disbands due to 'a de facto veto of our work'
Belgium rocked by Ghent museum scandal and major museums consider refusing future loans
Campaign group calls on Tate to remove Anthony d’Offay from its programme
The museum has already suspended contact with the retired dealer who is accused of sexual harassment
Controversial new director plans to turn Rome museum into art ‘asylum’
Critics objected to selection of Giorgio de Finis for role at Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Roma without an open recruitment process
Artist burns Gothic structure made of twigs causing controversy in Russia
Nikolay Polissky's act took place at Nikola-Lenivets event, which is likened to the US Burning Man festival
Tate director Maria Balshaw apologises for comments about sexual harassment
Museum chief's interview with The Times was criticised by lobby group
Casino mogul and collector Steve Wynn resigns after sexual harassment claims
Billionaire has described the allegations as “preposterous”, but says he cannot continue to be effective in his current role
Auction houses must share the blame for university sell-offs
Christie's sale of 46 works from La Salle collection will diminish the museum and its academic programme
Podcast episode 17: Real or fake? The suspicious Russian avant-garde show in Ghent
Expert on Russian art Simon Hewitt discusses developments in The Art Newspaper's current cover story, plus we explore an unusual collaboration at Hauser & Wirth Somerset
The Art Newspaper's exposé helps close dubious Russian avant-garde art display in Ghent museum
Heirs of George Costakis, Naum Gabo and leading scholars disputed provenance claims of works on show at the Museum voor Schone Kunsten
Louvre Abu Dhabi replaces map that omitted Qatar after international outcry
Museum claims it was an "oversight", but others say it was political