Politics

India's new Partition Museum opens near Pakistani border

Crowdsourced collection of survivors’ artefacts includes identity cards, steamer trunks and clothing carried by refugees

Charlottesville protestor thought to have targeted LaBeouf, Rönkkö & Turner work with anti-Semitic comments

The man was photographed attending torch-lit white nationalist rally in Virginia

Will the land surrounding Michael Heizer’s City stay protected?

US Interior Secretary hinted at downsizing after visiting two of Nevada’s national monuments, as part of review ordered by President Trump

Parviz Tanavoli's Lions of Iran exhibition gets green light after Hassan Rouhani’s victory

Almost 1,000 guests attended the opening night to support the show, organised by Iran's leading artist 

Forged in war, revolution and turmoil, works head for Les Rencontres d’Arles

The annual photography festival assembles works that open up doors closed by political turbulence

Blockade of Qatar threatens cultural institutions

Moving works of art difficult and museum building projects may suffer

Agnes Gund urges collectors to sell their art to fight for justice

The philanthropist used her profits from the sale of a Roy Lichtenstein painting to create a criminal justice fund, in partnership with the Ford Foundation

Andrea Fraser tracks down museum trustees' political donations

The artist says her project will examine how the US has become a plutocracy

Cornelia Parker wants children to tweet Trump about climate change

Artists, designers, technocrats and fellow starchitects gather to launch Norman Foster’s foundation in Madrid

David Goldblatt brings ex-offender portrait series to British jails

The South African photographer also gets career survey at Centre Pompidou, Paris

The art Donald Trump saw during his state visit to Saudi Arabia

Exhibitions organised especially for the US President include works by Ahmed Mater, Maha Malluh and Abdullah Al-Othman

Artists give warm welcome to new French culture minister

Appointment of indie publisher Françoise Nyssen enthuses French cultural world

Conservatives will deliver 'best Brexit deal for the arts', says digital minister

Matt Hancock pours scorn on Labour’s £1bn culture pledge and promises a review of UK export regulations

One year after her release from prison, Iranian artist says she will not stop making political work

The activist Atena Farghadani, who was given a 12-year sentence for her satirical cartoons, reveals the harrowing details of her incarceration

Labour Party promises £1bn extra in culture funding over five years

Published ahead of the general election in June, the UK opposition party’s manifesto includes strong support for the arts

Iran's presidential election casts shadow over show organised by country's leading artist

Artist Parviz Tanavoli hopes Lions of Iran exhibition will still go ahead in Tehran—and travel abroad

Banksy paints first Brexit mural in Dover

Street work showing man chipping away at star on EU flag has already been defaced

French art world breathes sigh of relief as Macron wins presidency

Arts professionals hope that victory speech in front of the Louvre is a sign that the young president will bring new life to the culture sector

Russian performance artist granted political asylum in France

Pyotr Pavlensky and his partner Oksana Shalygina fled after charges of sexual assault were brought against them in Russia

Artist Andrea Fraser to reveal 2016 campaign donations

The conceptualist's project will expose US institutions’ links to the country’s conservative elite

NEA and other culture agencies spared the axe

Bipartisan spending Congressional bill even gives a small boost to their budgets

French cultural groups organise anti-Le Pen rally

Organisers fear the presidential candidate's policies would curtail artistic freedom

What does Trump's plan to abolish estate tax mean for collectors?

The plan could be a mixed bag for both wealthy market players and cultural charities

What French presidential candidates Macron and Le Pen have in store for the arts

Both politicians have pitched new cultural, artistic and heritage measures

Fake news! Photographers’ project explores the media in the post-truth era

Fake Newsroom reimagines the 1980s Newsroom project by Larry Sultan and Mike Mandel

Art collector Steven Cohen gave $1m to Trump inauguration

Other high-net-worth donors include Sheldon Adelson, Steven Wynn, and Henry Kravitz

Artist who shot Beyoncé’s maternity photographs takes on Trump in London show

Awol Erizku's exhibition at Ben Brown Fine Arts tackles “racism and bigotry” in the US

House Republicans join fight to save NEA

Bipartisan letter to budget committee urges an increase in funding

Director of Poland’s Second World War Museum dismissed

Move comes after court ruling allows right-wing government to create new Gdansk institution

Triennale di Milano: art effects empathy as forced migration anchors show

The Restless Earth explores the divisive subject currently preoccupying global media