As shadow minister for the arts 15 years ago, Johnson laid out his plans in The Art Newspaper

Chinese artist and activist’s team has been documenting the intensifying anti-government protests over the weekend

Artist’s works on iconoclasm in Mosul are currently on show at the Imperial War Museum in London

The Chinese artist will also design the sets and costumes for the production at the Teatro dell'Opera next year

Show at WMA Space tells the “story of HongKongers” through protest ephemera

The work was unveiled as the name of a Conservative politician behind the Komagata Maru incident was removed from the federal building on which it is painted

Liverpool slavery museum keen to collaborate on project highlighting UK’s involvement in the trans-Atlantic slave trade

Speaking to the BBC, Chinese dissident artist says West is unlikely to interfere and he has 'no trust in Britain at all'

Labour MP Owen Smith calls the tax-free zones “self-storage for art thieves”

“Actions that take place on one side have a direct consequence on the other side,” say project founders

Remain campaigner has said that schoolchildren who focus on arts and humanities are limiting their career choices

From his mother to his partners, the UK's new prime minister has been surrounded by people in the arts

No deal prospect and track record as London Mayor scrutinised

The new project, launched by Pen America and ArtX, aims to support at-risk artists

Museum’s director Tristram Hunt says securing loans and sponsorship is “more of a challenge” as tension grows between Trump and Tehran

Christian institutions are calling attention to their marginalisation in wake of Israel’s focus on Jewish-centric policies

Axel Krause’s support for anti-immigration party AfD was a step too far for the organisers, but others say his exclusion suppresses freedom

The artist and activist, whose School of Integration runs at Manchester International Festival, will organise workshops and awards for new writers

Vast storage facilities for high-value items such as art and cars have stoked controversy

The New York-based artist Xaviera Simmons responds to art critics who thought the 2019 Whitney Biennial was "not radical enough"

The former UK minister for culture, Ed Vaizey, weighs in on which of the two candidates for prime minister would best serve the arts

Critics say the move by Italy's populist coalition government will compromise the autonomy of museums

While Boris Johnson describes himself as a keen painter and Jeremy Hunt spent time as culture minister, the sector is likely to remain far down the agenda

The city's artistic response to the political unrest proves that the best work often comes at times of crisis

Roberto Alvim, who is calling for a conservative artists' database, will close his São Paulo theatre after claiming he was persecuted over political views

An exhibition about migrant deaths at sea provides the information missing from the Swiss-Icelandic artist’s display in Venice

The successful candidate must organise an international symposium in 2021

The mayor demands that liners use other channels to enter the lagoon but this solution also poses problems

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

Portuguese-born artist says banning abortions is "cruel and unjust" on eve of her first UK retrospective in 20 years