Demonstrators from Argentina to Puerto Rico are relying on traditional art forms, dances, and music to hold their leaders accountable

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

Will artists and institutions participate in “national celebration” planned for 2022?

Although Tory announcement calls it the “largest cultural capital programme in a century”, pledge is only quarter of Labour’s £1bn culture fund

Meanwhile, the Liberal Democrats commit to stopping Brexit and protecting arts funding through the National Lottery

October saw full deployment of culture in Russian and French political and commercial diplomacy with Saudi Arabia

Two directors left the museum last week, and 126 employees have received a dismissal notice

Iraqi-Kurdish artist Serwan Baran supports the move by the Ruya Foundation, saying “the people will prevail as long as we are with them”

Hundreds to take part in re-enactment of America’s largest slave rebellion, ending with a victorious celebration in New Orleans

The arts and performance venue has refused to accept a £1m grant from the Sackler Trust because of risk it would "distract from its work with young people"

Artists and institutions come out in support of protestors who are demanding political reforms in Lebanon

As the museum opens an ambitious $450m expansion, activists are demanding that “vulture fund” investor Steven Tananbaum be taken off the board—but he is not the only trustee with financial interests in the island

Art world condemns Ali Gureli's political comments and say it could affect art fair's future ability to sign up foreign exhibitors

After being blocked from entering the American Museum of Natural History, decolonisation demonstrators took to the streets, ending at the Metropolitan Museum’s steps

Expected victory for ruling Law and Justice party raises concerns that minority voices will be silenced as museums increasingly come under state control

Cultural programme of Russian art launches to coincide with president's trip to the Gulf state to sign over $2bn worth of deals

Ed Ruscha, Yael Lipschutz and Tristan Milanovich have resigned over the decision to launch the sculpture biennial in Al-Ula next year

Show in Shanghai cancelled after being deemed "too sensitive" to run during 70th anniversary of country's founding

Traditional medium is back in fashion amid looming Brexit

Uffizi director says he is able to pursue reforms at Florence museum under Italy's new centre-left government

We need to acknowledge the complexity of our time and not hide in simple political polarities, says the director of the Art Gallery of Ontario

Nicholas Coleridge, the chairman of the Victoria and Albert Museum, tells how Boris laid down the law on his plans for the project

Textile-works showing Nazi prison camps and Mussolini with a spear through his head will feature in first German survey of Swedish artist

The Danish-Icelandic artist has long been addressing environmental issues in his work

Politician also says Brexit will have 'disastrous' consequences for creative industries

Staff members found their keys to the city's Art Bank abruptly deactivated as tensions rose between Mayor Muriel Bowser and the commission

“If you are interested in politics you will be far better off if you study maths or physics,” writes aide Dominic Cummings in his blog

Street art and digital art used as tools of subversion, as artists themselves bear the brunt of a brutal government crackdown