Politics
Turkish artist Zehra Dogan continues to paint on scrap paper from prison
She was sentenced to jail for "spreading terrorist propaganda" after posting a painting depicting a Kurdish town draped in Turkish flags
Bay Area commissions turn dismantled guns into art
The Robby Poblete Foundation, started by the mother of an aspiring artist and gun violence victim, aims to take guns off the street and draw attention to daily shootings in minority neighbourhoods
Contemporary art biennial returns to Mardin in Turkey after three-year hiatus
Event resumes in the ancient city in the country’s south-east corner after years of tumult
Unarmed female photographer hit by Israeli rubber bullet
World Press Photo Award winner was injured on her leg and suffered dizziness from tear gas
Women beaten at Beijing’s 798 Art District for wearing rainbow badges
The attack on the two young women by 798 security staff has been condemned by LGBT groups, online activists and China’s art world
Why the French can sell arms and culture to Saudi Arabia, but the US and UK only arms
France's latest deal with the Kingdom reveals the close connection between culture and foreign affairs
The blueprint for Saudi Arabia's multi-billion-euro project with France
We exclusively reveal the details of the plans for a “historic” collaboration
Open letter signed by over 100 artists, including Grayson Perry, slates UK’s education policy
New Ebacc qualification marginalises the arts and damages the future of young people in the country, say Turner prize winners
Prime Minister Theresa May reveals her artistic leanings
New £3m fund announced for arts projects in northern England at Downing Street reception for creative industries
San Francisco promotes pro-immigrant projects
The programming series comes as Trump’s administration is fighting California over its "sanctuary state" laws
Artoon by Pablo Helguera, Frieze New York 2018, Issue 2
"In order to bring diversity to our all-white male artist stable, we decided to bring in a few other, slightly more affordable, white male artists."
On the road, from Iraq to Germany
The Iraqi-Kurdish artist examines migration and contemporary politics in his solo show at the New Museum
Paris celebrates 50th anniversary of May ‘68 protests with shows and new commissions
Institutions remember the turbulent period and consider its legacy
Nan Goldin supports opioid treatment bill worth $100bn
The photographer calls on Elizabeth Sackler to support proposed law amid family members’ denials of responsibility for health crisis
Trump’s travel ban: artists and museums speak out against third iteration
US Supreme Court called on to consider potential harm to arts organisations and the American public
Vital artistic exchanges will be stifled by Trump's travel ban
The amicus brief signed by more than 100 museums should shame the justices of the US Supreme Court
Abbas, Magnum photographer who focussed on political conflict and religion, dies aged 74
His documentation of the Iranian Revolution in his home country sparked a career-long fascination with the world’s major faiths
Alabama memorial confronts America’s racist history
A site dedicated to the 4,400 victims of lynching and a museum about the country’s legacy of inequality opens
Ukrainian artists tackle country’s political turmoil head on in Budapest show
Exhibition at Ludwig Museum aims to uncover work that remains "a blind-spot in the European cultural arena"
Special counsel investigates Victor Pinchuk’s $150,000 gift to Trump Foundation
The payment came early on in the US presidential campaign in exchange for a 20-minute video appearance
France to help build a 'new Petra' in Saudi Arabia with estimated $20bn development deal
The country is due to sign a massive contract with the kingdom to turn Mada’in Saleh and the Al-Ula region into a cultural tourism destination
Italian far right wants to turn Fascist HQ into mega-museum
The Lega party—which may soon be in power—believes that Italy, through its culture, can lead the world
Rashid Johnson starts filming Native Son in Chicago
The US artist finds contemporary resonance in the 1940s novel
Art collective Indecline stages secret anti-Trump work in his New York hotel
The temporary prison installation featured live rats, McDonald’s wrappers and a handcuffed lookalike depicting “Trump’s likely fate”
Is the EGO Act a lot of hot air?
A new law bans government-funded oil portraits of officials, but most paintings have been paid for privately for years
NEA and other arts agencies given funding boost by Congress
After pushing to eliminate the agencies, US President Donald Trump reluctantly signed a spending bill that assures their survival for 2018
Palmyra, ancient city or deadly missile? In Russian vote, it was almost both
In an online competition devoid of irony, the archaeological site threatened by destruction was a strong contender for the name of Putin’s new weapon
Plant from Las Vegas gunman’s garden is at the centre of anti-gun exhibition in New York
The Austrian artist Martin Roth says the aim is to create a space to discuss violence in the US and help visitors, including school children, take action