Politics
As regimes are challenged in Cuba and Haiti, a timely exhibition on power and resistance opens in Miami Beach
A group show at Oolite Arts explores the ways government power plays out and can be counteracted by those under its influence
Italy bans cruise ships from the Venice lagoon from 1 August
Unesco and citizen action groups have campaigned for the move for years
'Patria y Vida': anti-government protests sweep Cuba, as artist-led movement gains ground
The 11 June protests, the largest seen on the island in 30 years, were sparked by years of economic hardship and a lack of government support for its people
Cuban artist Hamlet Lavastida, a vocal critic of the government's suppression of artistic freedom, arrested on return from artist residency in Germany
The 27N member's colleagues believe he may have been tried in absentia for subverting the Cuban government.
Appointment of former UK Chancellor George Osborne as new British Museum chairman draws criticism
Ex-politician, who presided over austerity cuts to culture, takes up the position on 4 October
Ahead of G7, Cuban artist Tania Bruguera addressed the Geneva Summit on Human Rights and Democracy
The activist spoke about her own experiences with state repression and the growing movement for political change in the country
Uyghur tribunal reveals horrific abuses inside Xinjiang detention camps
Museums who partner with China need to know about the violence, says panel investigating alleged crimes against humanity
'Mount Recyclemore': ahead of summit, artist builds gigantic electronic waste sculpture of G7 leaders
Kirill Serebrennikov, film director and ousted arts complex chief, banned from leaving Russia for Cannes
His film Petrov’s Flu has been nominated for the prestigious Palme d’Or prize at the Cannes Film Festival
Door still open to Hermitage Barcelona after city council calls for revised project
Ongoing negotiations for a new satellite of the Russian museum will focus on a collaboration with the Barcelona opera house
Fuelling culture war, UK government forms new 'retain and explain' board for controversial monuments
"Independence cuts both ways," UK culture secretary Oliver Dowden warns museums and heritage bodies
Museum directors and art school leaders demand that UK government ‘scraps cuts to arts education’
"Art is essential to the growth of this country," say 300 art world figures and academics in open letter
Germany pledges to return Benin bronzes to Nigeria starting in 2022
“We are facing up to our historical and moral responsibility”, says culture minister Monika Grütters
Museums weigh in on the vaccine passport debate, as countries are under pressure to open up their economies
As Israel and Denmark introduce Covid-19 status certificates, institutions are concerned that government schemes may keep visitors away
Despite Raúl Castro's retirement, Cuban artists don't believe the country will change any time soon
"As long as the Communist Party is in power, Cuba will be a ‘dictatorship’," some believe as Cuban president Miguel Díaz-Canel takes over leadership
A feeble congress and the raising up of poetry in Cuba
While the Eighth Congress of the Cuban Communist Party ignored the needs of the people, the activist group 27N published a manifesto encapsulating their aims for the future
Plans to build new Museum of Brexit move ahead with plea for funds and objects
Institution initially called the Museum of Sovereignty will present a balanced picture of the divisive EU debate, say founders
Russian culture figures fear new law change will require government approval for museum tours, exhibitions and lectures
Artists and curators says the amendment to the eduction law, which is intended to stop anti-Russia propaganda, will restrict cultural activity
National Trust's report on colonial and slavery history did not breach charity law, regulator says
Research commissioned by the trust provoked complaints from Conservative politicians amid UK culture war around controversial monuments
Pandemic anniversary: the things museums should learn from our plague year
Although “thumbstoppable” social media content is essential, the online world has dark consequences too, says Tristram Hunt, the director of the Victoria and Albert Museum
UK art trade questions who benefits from England's freeport bonanza
Eight mega warehouses announced in the budget will 'unlock billions' in investment, says the government, but they have a tarnished reputation, market analysts warn
Archaeologists appeal to Greek prime minister to halt restructuring of five big antiquities museums
Experts oppose culture ministry's proposal to separate Greece's major museums from the state archaeological service
'Where is the champion within UK government for a vigorous, independent visual arts sector?'
The culture sector is being relegated to the ranks of "indoor entertainment"
UK Budget 2021: further £408m boost for struggling culture sector
Chancellor Rishi Sunak digs deep, adding £300m to the £1.57bn Cultural Recovery Fund, £90m more for museums, and £18m for cultural community projects
Governments are ‘weaponising’ Covid-19 to silence dissident artist voices, report says
Seventeen artists were killed, 82 imprisoned and 133 detained over the past year in 26 countries, according to new Freemuse study
Keep your distance, former culture ministers warn UK government
Independence of museums and heritage bodies is at risk, say Ed Vaizey and Chris Smith, as Johnson’s government pushes ‘anti-woke’ agenda
Belarus culture figures face severe repression for criticising 'Europe's last dictator', amnesty report reveals
Artists among those being arrested and tortured for speaking up against President Aleksandr Lukashenko
Are museums as Covid-risky as saunas? Culture leaders outraged over late reopening of English art spaces
Commercial galleries, non-essential retail, and even gyms have been given the green light to open before museums under the UK government's "roadmap" to lift coronavirus restrictions
Bank of England wades into UK's escalating culture war on controversial monuments, saying it will remove images of slave owners
“Retain and explain” or restrain and refrain? Culture chiefs raise the alarm on government’s policy to keep problematic statues ahead of crucial meeting
Officials confirm: museums in England can reopen from 17 May under Boris Johnson’s lockdown roadmap
Commercial galleries will be permitted to open from 12 April under the new plan to gradually lift Covid-19 safety measures





























