Politics
Vuitton foundation's Russian loan show overshadowed as Putin cancels French trip
Russian and French presidents were due to visit exhibition of Modern masterpieces from Shchukin collection
VP candidate Tim Kaine sponsors gun art show in Washington, DC
Photographs of works made by artists using decommissioned weapons are displayed in Senate building one month before the election, while originals are on view at local think tank
Photojournalism show in Moscow attacked by right-wing protesters
Two back-to-back incidents at Sakharov Center centred on pictures of Ukrainian soldiers
US museums’ Cuban dreams deferred
High-profile loan programmes are hindered by practical problems and political realities
Moscow gallery shuts US photographer's show after vandalism attack
Jock Sturges defends work against pornography claims by conservative protesters
Liverpool’s The World Transformed festival aims to build Momentum on the British left
As the UK’s divided Labour Party meets for its annual conference, a politics and arts event aims for social engagement
Artist-activist calls for boycott of St Louis show due to ‘institutional racism’
Damon Davis says Kelley Walker failed to answer concerns about his Black Star Press series on view at the city’s Contemporary Art Museum
Archaeological work at Ephesus shut down by Turkish government
The Austrian-run project was forced to close early, reportedly due to a political row between the two countries
Mosaic of drawings by North Korean refugees lights up the Thames
Ik-Joong Kang’s floating sculpture focuses on the reunification of North and South Korea
Pedro Reyes’s haunted house taps into the scary side of American politics
The artist calls the Creative Time project in Brooklyn’s Sunset Park “political catharsis”
US artist builds wall near Mexican border to confront ‘everything that Donald Trump represents’
Louis Hock tackles fear, racism and hatred of immigrants with temporary barrier at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego
London mayor Sadiq Khan ditches Olympicopolis name, but presses ahead with East London cultural hub
Politician is determined to develop arts project on Olympic site in Stratford
Gazebo where 12-year-old Tamir Rice was shot coming to Chicago
Theaster Gates’s Stony Island Arts Bank reportedly to display the structure
Turkish painter and journalist Zehra Doğan arrested
Her art and writing has reportedly been used against her as evidence of ties to “illegal” Kurdish organisation
Turkey’s Çanakkale Biennale to forge ahead despite attempted coup
Immigrant artists are due to take centre-stage in the September exhibition
Like Ike? Toledo Museum of Art decodes the fine art of political persuasion
Over 50 American political ads on view, from the first television spot in 1952 to those used in the 2012 presidential election
Artists speak out against racial injustice in the US
Growing number of exhibitions and works address current and historical issues of race and politics
Shanghai’s alternative Bank gallery evicted from state-owned building
The move seems to be part of a government crackdown on private entities renting spaces across the country
KGB prison doors given questionable cultural heritage status
Political artist Pyotr Pavlensky, who set fire to the entrance on Lubyanka Square as part of a performance, is now facing trial in Moscow
Members of Egyptian performance group arrested for mocking president
Performers face charges of inciting protests and insulting state institutions
The rent is too damn high: artists tackle New York’s gentrification problem
William Powhida and Jennifer Dalton team up again for a month-long programme of talks and performances that address the city’s housing issues
Arts reveal huge gulf between leaders in London Mayor race
With two weeks to polling day, Sadiq Khan plans 15 year culture strategy while Zac Goldsmith doesn’t mention the arts
Bipartisan bill to remove hurdles for heirs seeking Holocaust-era art
The legislation, sponsored by presidential hopeful Ted Cruz among others, comes as the race for the US election heats up
Cuban artist offers free wifi to Havana locals, with backing from Google
Kcho’s sculpture studio has been equipped with laptops, cell phones and virtual-reality goggles and is open to the public from 7am to midnight
Barack Obama visits Havana’s historic city centre
The tour is the first by a sitting US president in 88 years
Qatari poet released from prison after royal pardon
Muhammad ibn al-Dheeb al-Ajami was given a 15-year sentence for reciting a poem in support of the Arab Spring on YouTube
Budget 2016 to see extra arts funding heading north
But London's Royal College of Art among biggest winners as Chancellor presses on with austerity measures
Damien Hirst, suffragette, spins with a twist
Artist has made a work to support the Women’s Equality Party
Moscow judge extends detention of Russian protest artist
A cheery Pyotr Pavlensky demanded again in the courtroom to be tried as a terrorist for his political performances against the Russian government