Politics
Tania Bruguera’s banned Havana performance comes to New York
The work deals with politial corruption and censorship, themes that are “especially important to discuss in the Trump era”, the artist says
Boris Johnson related to mummy found in Basel crypt
Corpse is identified as Anna Catharina Bischoff, who is great-great-great-great-great-great-grandmother of British foreign secretary
Después de Fidel: dissident art in Cuba flourishes after Castro’s death
Artist-run spaces and an unofficial biennial resist government pressure
In pictures: rare show of North Korean graphic design to open in London
Exhibition revealing notoriously closed-off society comes to House of Illustration in February
Louvre Abu Dhabi replaces map that omitted Qatar after international outcry
Museum claims it was an "oversight", but others say it was political
Photographer Larry Fink recalls “magnificent” marchers
Steven Kasher Gallery to host fundraiser pegged to anniversary of Women’s March
First look at Rachel Whiteread’s suburban house sculpture in London’s new US Embassy
Sections of an all-American home have been mounted on the walls
Trump: the first year
How have artists responded to the US president’s first 12 months in office?
Museums must reassert their values in the face of a divisive and malevolent Trump
The 45th president's values are at odds with those that most museums hold at their core
How should museums respond to Donald Trump?
We asked directors of prominent US institutions what they can or should do
‘Putin is forever’—artists respond to the Russian president’s decision to seek a fourth term
The range of reactions reflects the ideological splits in country's arts and culture sector
‘The president stole your land’
Multiple lawsuits launched in the wake of Trump’s decision to shrink national parks in Utah
How the new US tax law affects the art world
President Trump today signed sweeping changes to the tax system that will impact wealthy individuals, art businesses and museums
Outcry over Polish government’s changes to Second World War museum
Five hundred academics sign open letter criticising amendments to the permanent exhibition of major Gdansk institution
Erdogan replaces Ataturk’s cultural legacy with his own
The Turkish president is to demolish a landmark opera house that symbolises the modernity of the country’s founding father
Beijing artist who filmed mass evictions of migrants released on bail
Hua Yong was arrested after posting images of government crackdown
Polish parliament gift shop removes Jewish figurines from sale
The trinkets drew criticism from anti-racism campaigners
Did the artist Kudzanai Chiurai foresee the fall of Zimbabwe’s president Robert Mugabe?
Jock Sturges’s nudes incite strong feelings in Moscow, again
Activist targets American photographer’s latest show for second time amid claims of promoting paedophilia
China lifts ban on Korean art
Embargo was enforced after South Korea installed air-defence system amid tensions with North Korea
Spanish police cordon off Catalonia museum after religious artefacts seized
Battle between the government and the Lleida Museum is a flashpoint in independence crisis
Art world fights back in US culture crisis
Art Basel panel calls for united response to political “apocalypse”
Artists bring fight against ‘new fascism’ to the fair
Work made under former dictatorships mirrors current political unrest
Cuban artists crowdfund to create a ‘Havana Biennial for everyone’
Organisers vow to run their own exhibition after government postpones official event
Supreme Court hears arguments in claim against Iranian antiquities
Victims of a 1997 suicide attack want to seize ancient Persian tablets from a Chicago museum to satisfy a $71m judgment in their favour
Art made in Guantanamo is now US property
An exhibition in New York has sparked the Department of Defense to review its policy of allowing work created in prison art classes off the island
