As civil unrest and internet shutdowns continue, organisers say they now hope to hold event in 2020

Frieze's Matthew Slotover and Gagosian Gallery's Gary Waterston among signatories

Some, like Mark Wallinger, hold out vain hope for a second referendum, others, like Anish Kapoor, say we must come together to beat mounting xenophobia and intolerance

Finnish artist Jani Leinonen has asked museum to remove the work—with no response

Public conversation to be held in February will address long impasse on museum loans

The departments of culture, sports and social development have merged

A largely emptied Los Pinos opened to the public on 1 December, leaving many in the country wondering where the collection of paintings and decorative objects went

Brazil’s cultural sector must respond to hard-right politics by reconnecting with the wider community

Phallic-shaped sculpture has both shocked and endeared itself to the public

Cuba's culture ministry waters down Decree 349, a new controversial censorship law

Students’ parents complain and psychologists sent to school after art contest for International Day of Tolerance draws fire from authorities

Country's galleries are out in force at the fair after far-right Jair Bolsonaro's election

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

Jeu de Paume photography gallery and Arc de Triomphe caught up in violent demonstrations

The mayor’s plan to curtail the powers of the leading arts funder in the US capital could reduce its vital independence

Kuwaiti artist Mohammad Sharaf hopes to provoke the general public as well as the authorities

Meanwhile, the museum partners with a Chinese tech firm to digitise its catalogued collection

A new report on the status of African objects in French museums will urge the president to return works taken “without consent” in the colonial period

Court decision comes after a wave of protests from cultural and political figures

The US and Israel announced plans to leave the international organisation last year

The artist Martha Rosler, whose politically focussed work is on view at New York’s Jewish Museum, explains what we can take away from this week’s Democratic wins

The artist, Daniel Bejar, sees the early dismantling of his show in Westchester as an example of institutional censorship

Works made with the funding should not be “lewd, lascivious, vulgar, overtly political, excessively violent, constitutes sexual harassment, or is, in any other way, illegal,” according to the clause

Russian pilgrims can no longer participate in services or sacraments there

Austrian People’s Party politician has refused to schedule parliamentary culture committee meetings and has overseen a decline in the culture budget

The former army captain's apparent leanings toward authoritarianism and his fundamentalist views have arts professionals feeling wary

As midterm elections approach, take in art that takes on issues at stake

The German Chancellor also welcomed debate on colonial-era art at a ceremony in the Humboldt Forum

French President Emmanuel Macron confirmed plans to develop Al-Ula Province one day after Turkish officials announced killing of Saudi journalist