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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Both politicians have pitched new cultural, artistic and heritage measures

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

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

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

Bipartisan letter to budget committee urges an increase in funding

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

The Restless Earth explores the divisive subject currently preoccupying global media

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

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

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

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

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

Miriam Aroeste says she was surprised to have her art mixed up with the US President’s politics

Exhibition goes on show in Stuttgart after being cancelled in Istanbul in 2016

The bipartisan group outlines the importance of the culture agencies and how they improve American’s lives

LD50 defends programme as promoting the “free exploration of ideas” while campaigners call for its closure

The country's cultural institutions speak out about the importance of the National Endowment for the Arts, as President Trump's office drafts a new budget

Tacita Dean, Ed Ruscha and Frances Morris sign-up in support of the Hands off our Revolution movement

Over the Presidents’ Day break, the Davis Museum at Wellesley College, Massachusetts will remove or obscure work by artists, or donated by collectors, who are immigrants