Politics
UK government still dragging its feet over Hague Convention
Destruction of artefacts in Syria and Iraq is a pressing issue but UK remains only major power not to ratify international law
India’s leading institutions suffer political setback
Directors modernising formerly moribund museums are being undermined by Hindu extremists
Has Russian government’s half-billion dollar pledge to save historic city of Vyborg come too late?
Experts blame local authorities in Vyborg for failing to act as architecture begins to collapse
Fears for cultural heritage as Israel sells off property
Experts say Palestinian heritage is at risk as ministry makes money from buildings seized from refugees
Budapest’s anti-government Off biennial draws 35,000 visitors
Organisers say they started the art festival, which closed today, in direct response to the political interference at Hungary’s cultural institutions
London’s cosmonaut exhibition is back in orbit
Science Museum show was postponed last year amid political tensions with Russia
Cuban artist to stage new political project in Havana following arrest
Tania Bruguera, who has had her passport confiscated after planning a free-speech performance in Revolution Square, is due to host a 100-hour reading of the book The Origins of Totalitarianism ahead of the city's biennial
Prince of Wales’s positive pressure
“Black spider” letter helps to save Antarctic Shackleton and Scott huts
New UK culture secretary named
John Whittingdale is expected to focus more on the media than on the arts
How to get on with artists, handle mergers and avoid lawsuits
Legal conference tackles issues facing US museums, from commissioning work to developing diversity
Artists protest in support of Bruguera
International art world shows solidarity with Cuban artist—but her compatriots are less keen
UK General Election: parties fail to put money where their mouth is
Manifestos make big promises on the arts but remain vague on funding nation prepares to go to the polls <br>
Reflections on art as an (ineffective) social expression
Jane Jakeman on art since the Arab Spring
Vote Bob, vote art: on the campaign trail with Bob and Roberta Smith
As the polls open today, and the UK votes for its next government, the British artist is standing against the architect of the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition’s education policy, Michael Gove. We joined them on the campaign hustings
Mayor commissions new public art for London in regeneration plans
Ten new works for parts of the city thanks to High Street Fund initiated after 2011 riots<br>
Why there are no cash cows in European arts funding
As the European Union announces its latest grants, applicants find the barriers to success getting higher
Kiev Biennial finds a new venue and international support
Second edition to open at the Visual Culture Research Center in September with related projects across Europe, curators say
'We are grateful that many Middle Eastern treasures are in international universal museums'
Zaki Nusseibeh of the UAE endorses the role of institutions such as the British Museum during discussion with French cultural leader Jack Lang
Democrats lobby for US artists’ economic rights with two bills
But it remains unclear what chance either proposal has of passing into law while Republicans control both houses of Congress
Complex talent needs greater understanding
Denmark’s Asger Jorn was far more than a painter
Don’t be scared of what will be: the Medieval way of art and death
The union of devotional imagery and religious observance was a comfort
The verdict that flies in the face of art history: Luc Tuymans guilty of copyright infringement
A Belgian court recently found Tuymans guilty, a ruling that ignores appropriation’s vital role in art over the centuries and has worrying implications for the future
Ukraine’s art scene soldiers on despite political crisis
Artists can fight for freedom as the country asserts its independence, says gallery founder Victor Pinchuk
Bob and Roberta Smith's Basel 'Art Party' raises awareness about slashing of UK arts education funding
Bob and Roberta Smith’s crusade against cuts is bringing politics and mayhem to the Swiss fair
Anish Kapoor speaks out on Indian elections
The artist has condemned Narendra Modi, widely expected to be India's next prime minister
Western dealers push for trade sanctions against Iran to be repealed
Galleries and artists see improvement after temporary relaxations were implemented to discourage nuclear proliferation
Books: William Morris and creating a social fabric
An indispensable book on Morris’s revolutionary cloth designs and techniques—and the political views that inspired them