Julian Assange
Political Artinterview
Artist who threatened to blow up art to save Julian Assange reflects on ‘extreme stress’ of the experience
Andrei Molodkin had threatened to destroy unidentified works by artists including Pablo Picasso if the WikiLeaks founder died in jail, but now they are to be set free
Diaryblog
Julian Assange miniature goes on show (unofficially) at the V&A
Hand-painted portraits of the WikiLeaks founder and his wife Stella were smuggled into a display case at the London museum in April
Political Artinterview
Could 16 artworks save Julian Assange's life?
The Russian artist Andrei Molodkin says he will destroy works by Jake Chapman, Sarah Lucas, Picasso and Rembrandt if the Wikileaks founder dies in jail
Protest artnews
Sculpture of whistleblowers Julian Assange, Chelsea Manning and Edward Snowden makes appearance in UK's Parliament Square
The work invites audience participation and is about defending "freedom of speech", says its creator Davide Dormino
Human rightsnews
London exhibition supporting Wikileaks whistleblower Julian Assange draws contributions from Ai Weiwei and Vivienne Westwood's foundation
Physical copies of some of the top secret US diplomatic cables leaked by Assange will be on show