The US is signatory to The Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict, which forbids any act of hostility to cultural property

Decision to lease Italian medieval monastery to an organisation affiliated with President Trump’s former chief strategist is blamed on staff shortages

But not a single visual artist is on the list of honourees, which were reportedly chosen without regard to the nominating council's recommendations

The hotel magnate, who owns an estimated $25m art collection, testified today in Congress that there was a quid pro quo between Trump and the president of Ukraine over investigations involving his political rival

No issue is more relevant—and relevance is the cultural sector’s current leitmotif

From Smithson’s Spiral Jetty to a mordant Trump nutcracker figure

Experts worry that artefacts would be in peril if a 30-ft-high steel barrier is built

Trump's tariff of 15% on Chinese art that went into effect 1 September also applies to the antiquarian trade, further frustrating dealers and auction houses

New 10% tax will come into force on 1 September and apply to all works originating from China, regardless of where they are imported from

Painted before Donald Trump disparaged the city, Derrick Adams's new works celebrate family life there

Art organisations join other US businesses at a series of hearings this week in Washington, DC on the proposed 25% tariff on $300bn worth of Chinese goods

We take a look at the art that Her Majesty dug out of the Royal Collection for the US president

Despite eviction procedures, the US strategist’s collaborator says they will fight to stay in the 13th-century building

Romanian artist, whose show is open at the Palazzo Cini during the Biennale, compares his art market ascendancy to working in porn

Protests against the right-wing group’s takeover of a 13th-century cloister are growing

The signed novelty note will be included in the artist's upcoming Trump-themed show in New York

The administration points to private fundraising like crowdsourcing platform Kickstarter as a better way to support the arts

The US President’s former lawyer and “fixer” tells Congress the candidate used a straw bidder to ensure his likeness was the top lot of an Art Hamptons auction

Artist paid $1,880 for the mini chocolate cake, given as a favour at US President's marriage in 2005, but is tight-lipped about his plans for the baked good

‘Opportunity Zones’ present a new kind of tax-deferred exchange on high-value assets

Our London and New York teams ponder 2018's biggest art stories. Produced in association with Bonhams, auctioneers since 1793.

Trump's decision to station 15,000 troops at the country's southwest border has further soured political relations between the US and its South American neighbours

Galleries in New York and Los Angeles make the most of their cultural and financial capital

“It’s a very potent time to raise many of these issues,” says curator of the Warhol survey opening at the Whitney Museum of American Art