NSW government scraps controversial billion-dollar relocation plan but faces questions from community groups and parliament

Luciano Querido, trained as an IT technician, has been in the role provisionally since May despite lacking the federal qualifications for the role

Spanish art group Democracia have taken over LED screens in the city’s metro

Former concentration camps are being increasingly drawn into culture wars by “normal-looking” people challenging guides and disrupting tours

Galleries, fairs and auction houses are issuing solidarity statements and re-evaluating the diversity of their staffs. But "performative wokeness” will not fix the market’s whiteness

Plus, art historian Alyce Mahon on Leonor Fini’s illustrations. Produced in association with Christie's

Concerns over freedom of expression and self-censorship on the rise after introduction of new rules

Plus, art under threat in Putin's Russia and George Shaw on Thomas Jones. Produced in association with Christie's

The artist’s final message posted on social media this morning was “they are taking me”

Frias is the fifth person to hold the role since Bolsonaro dissolved the ministry of culture after his election in 2019

Artist Pyotr Verzilov was sentenced to 15 days in prison for "petty hooliganism" in latest clampdown on the arts in Russia

Turkey’s national modern art collection, closed off for much of its 80-year existence, will be hard-pressed to open $25m new building this year

Online project documents one year of anti-government protests in the territory and aims to rally support from international art community

Portraits of George Floyd and other victims of police violence and racial injustice raise awareness and funds for activist groups

A new draconian law against protests imposed by Beijing and the end of a more open trade agreement with the US has the city’s arts community worried

Ahead of Poland's ghost election earlier this month, a group of artists carried a 14-metre letter to parliament

Ulrike Lunacek was in office for less than four months

The photojournalist went missing after publishing an investigation into a Dhaka sex-ring. Discovered in a remote prison, he now faces a possible seven years behind bars

Appointed in January, Olga Lyubimova is the third Russian government minister to announce a Covid-19 diagnosis in the past week

Finance minister Rishi Sunak has attracted criticism for his emergency bailout plan over claims that it discriminates against gig workers

Grütters sees "massive burden" for arts sector as theatres and concert halls close, ticket sales dwindle

More than 680 cultural figures and institutions sign open letter over decision they believe "threatens an impoverished future for British creativity"

The artist will face a summary trial in ten days while activists say the arrest amounts to "state terrorism"

Controversial curator Piotr Bernatowicz has cancelled several 2020 exhibitions and cut funding from progressive art journal at Ujazdowski Castle CCA

Freedom of expression was at the forefront of the fight to overthrow Omar al Bashir, now the political cartoonist Khalid Albaih asks the US to keep an eye on its own dictatorial leaders

Our beleaguered art colleagues need our help and we must not turn our backs on Chinese art institutions, says Philip Dodd, head of Made in China

Plus, Shirin Neshat on Trump’s America. Produced in association with Bonhams, auctioneers since 1793

But the clause is unlikely to refer to the ancient Greek sculptures in the British Museum, expert says

The Conservative MP for Hertsmere in Hertfordshire replaces Nicky Morgan

Artists and activists gather in Los Angeles later this month for the first For Freedoms Congress, a three-day event to spur voter engagement