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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

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What happens when the identity politics of the Left meet up with the racial isolation of the Right

The controversy over Dana Schutz's Open Casket is like a scene depicted in another of her paintings: a fight in an elevator with worn cables

A 'heartbreaking' day: Anish Kapoor on Theresa May invoking Article 50

British-Indian artist is among raft of leading cultural figures who oppose Brexit

Performance artists living in exile in the UK might be forced to return to Poland

The pair say a nearly decade-old legal dispute against them in Poland is politically motivated

What does the election mean for France’s art market?

The country’s presidential election on 7 May could strengthen or derail the trade, with the emergence of far-right contender Marine Le Pen a particular cause for concern

Liberty, fraternity, Fossil Free: activists protest oil giant Total’s sponsorship at Louvre

In the first climate change performance inside the Paris museum, protesters shed black clothes to create a mock oil spill