International Memorial documented the crimes committed under Stalin's Great Terror and its sister organisation Memorial Human Rights Centre chronicled today's abuses

New law will set up expert commission to sift through thousands of objects at the Royal Museum for Central Africa

Masha Alekhina and Lucy Shteyn, who have previously served prison terms, were sentenced to 15 days following charges of "propaganda of Nazi symbolism"

Renewal of Abu Dhabi deal means the Louvre can partner with the network of museums planned for Saudi Arabia's AlUla region

Jaroslaw Suchan's contract has not been extended by the country's minister of culture

Non-profit Artists at Risk issue letter to Boris Johnson, Joe Biden and other senior figures urging for better systems for those seeking asylum

A new publication and forthcoming exhibition explore Herlinde Koelbl’s chronicle of the extraordinary 30-year political career of Germany’s first woman chancellor

Plus, Warhol’s Catholicism and Moscow’s new museums

Proposals include eliminating statutes of limitation for claims, creating a central court for cases and strengthening the advisory commission

An all-party parliamentary group headed by the MP for Streatham aims to “start a discussion and educate people”

The British Prime Minister met with Greek leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who reiterates that the ancient sculptures should be shown at the Acropolis Museum

He spent over three months in prison after being arrested at a protest against the military dictatorship that has been ruling the country since February

This world-class institution is a magnificent achievement, but it faces a profoundly different political environment today from its inception 25 years ago

Concerns persist that a government-backed renovation of the Shalva Amiranashvili Museum of Fine Arts in Tbilisi could endanger its collection of 139,000 ancient and modern works

Arts education policy amounting to £270m was missing from autumn budget announcement last week

Aishat Kadyrova marked her appointment by announcing an exhibition in the Chechen capital of historic weaponry from the State Hermitage Museum

Abdul Wasi Rahraw Omarzad set up a school for women artists and Afghanistan’s only art journal

Some European gallerists say they may not participate in future London fairs because of how "extremely complicated" it has become

Artist and activist who has fled her home country says it is “immoral” to travel to Cuba "when there are so many people [there] who have been wrongfully imprisoned”

Former Brexit Party candidate Inaya Folarin Iman joins board of the National Portrait Gallery in London

The outspoken museum chief is leading the St Petersburg ticket of United Russia, the pro-Putin ruling party, in national parliamentary elections this weekend

Plus, Van Gogh’s final months and master printer Kenneth Tyler on Helen Frankenthaler

The right-wing politician, who appeared on the TV programme I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!, replaces Oliver Dowden

Covid impact on commercial income has led to cost cutting, organisation says

Work left inside the British embassy will be protected, vow Taliban insurgents

Turkish authorities behind the legal saga have been criticised by the European Court of Human Rights

UK government agrees that new regime must "safeguard the full diversity of Afghan culture"

Rita Flores is the most recent member of the feminist collective to have been sentenced

Of the 169 online campaigns related to the arts since they were introduced, only three have been debated in the House of Commons

Artists and writers are among those targeted by the government, causing human rights groups to raise an alarm about abuses