The artist discussed the impetus behind his New York City-wide public art project Good Fences Makes Good Neighbors

In a surprise election, the dark-horse candidate won the vote of the culture agency’s executive board

The feature-length film is now open in New York and Los Angeles

The State Department says the decision was based on concerns over funding and anti-Israel bias in the cultural organisation

Artist unveils his “black site” installation in Yorkshire as Guardian article reveals the suffering of prisoners shackled in dungeons in Afghanistan and Thailand

German design survey has opened alongside Deutsche Bank collection exhibition in beleaguered state

The government has launched an immediate consultation period with the aim of protecting African elephants

As the debate rages about divisive Confederate monuments, five leading US scholars and curators pick the nation’s greatest memorial sculptures

Colonial monuments and the US flag are subverted at Frieze London

Police oversaw end of protest as new director Chris Dercon said he could not find “common path” with occupiers

Joint letter urges parliament not to appoint far-right party member as chair of culture committee

While some hail the reform as progressive, others question it as a PR stunt

The French street artist teams up with a very very young collaborator—one-year-old David

Artists Carrie Mae Weems and Wangechi Mutu have created new works for the show

For his travelling project, Mel Ziegler exchanged old flags—from private homeowners, a National Guard office and even a casino—for new ones

Shows about the collapse of borders between North and South America now face a new reality

City and state governments around the country are looking at what to do with the controversial statues

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

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

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

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

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

Moving works of art difficult and museum building projects may suffer

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

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

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

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

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

Appointment of indie publisher Françoise Nyssen enthuses French cultural world