Protests
‘People power will overcome’: photographer in Gaza aid flotilla calls on arts workers to show solidarity
Shahidul Alam is taking part in the Thousand Madleens flotilla on behalf of the Palestinian Arts and Culture Solidarity Collective
Protest at White Cube gallery over Cai Guo-Qiang's fireworks display
The Chinese artist, whose exhibition ‘Gunpowder and Abstraction 2015-25’ is currently on show at the London gallery, has been accused of ‘cultural violence’ in Tibet
Participants withdraw from Chicago Architecture Biennial over sponsor’s investment in weapons manufacturer
In a letter to the biennial’s organisers, more than 20 participants wrote that Crown Family Philanthropies’ “sponsorship is incompatible with the values of our work”
Mexico City’s major art museums closed amid union dispute
The two-day closure earlier this month stemmed from a structural crisis in Mexico’s cultural sector
Pussy Riot members sentenced to prison in absentia over anti-war performances
Diana Burkot, one of the five members of the activist collective who have been handed prison terms by a Moscow court, has released a strong statement in response
Israeli art spaces and workers join nationwide strike and protests, calling for hostage deal and end to war in Gaza
The director of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art said it is “important for us to express outrage at the humanitarian crisis in Gaza”
Glasgow art centre to reopen under new leadership after pro-Palestinian protest incident
The Scottish organisation, which has been closed since police were called to stop a planned takeover in June, has issued an apology to its community
Mexico City’s Muac damaged during anti-gentrification protest
A rising movement calls for housing reform in Mexico’s largest and most expensive city, but vandalism by disruptive groups has weakened its cause
Glasgow art centre shuts after police called over planned pro-Palestinian take-over
Art Workers for Palestine Scotland had arrived to host an unofficial week-long programme of events before officers arrived and, the group claim, “violently escalated”
Climate protester splashes pink paint on Picasso work at Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
The activist from Last Generation Canada said “more resources have been put in place to secure and protect this artwork than to protect living, breathing people”
Education union calls on schools to boycott London's Science Museum over ‘image-laundering’ sponsorship deals
Groups representing scientists, teachers and culture workers held a protest outside the institution on Sunday over its deals with oil company BP and Adani Green Energy
‘The pain has become unbearable’: Tel Aviv Museum of Art workers stage daily protest outside the institution
A group of employees, representing a range of stances on the ongoing war, has protested outside the museum every workday for nearly two months
Seoul museums shut their doors as court removes President Yoon
Downtown commercial galleries were also among those to make the decision as police prepared for potential political violence
Just Stop Oil to release soup cookbook after calling end to protests
In the wake of its recent announcement, the group is turning to gastronomy, with recipes for Vincent van Gazpacho and Hieronymus Borscht
Paintings safe from soup as Just Stop Oil ‘hangs up the high viz’
The controversial climate campaign group, whose protests have included throwing orange cornflour at Stonehenge and supergluing themselves to various works of art, says its final action will take place in April
Protestors descend on London’s Royal Academy over planned job cuts
The RA says that up to 60 jobs are a risk of redundancy—but the union claims the true figure is almost 100
Brooklyn Museum workers protest mass layoffs and alleged union-contract breaches
At least 100 people, including local politicians, gathered on Tuesday night to put pressure on museum leadership
Artists at London's ICA stage mass walkout in support of pro-Palestine protesters
The institution has described the protests at the opening of its New Contemporaries exhibition as "misguided"
Just Stop Oil protesters charged after Charles Darwin's grave spray-painted
The two women are set to appear in court next month
How Bangladeshi artists played a role in their country’s ‘monsoon revolution’
Artists who had long suffered threats and censorship contributed to, and then celebrated, the downfall last year of the country’s repressive regime
‘There won’t be any artefacts if we don’t turn this crisis around’: the retired priest, 82, facing prison for Magna Carta protest
Revd Sue Parfitt is “quite relaxed” about the prospect of prison for attacking the foundational document as part of climate action but she is upset that her licence to officiate as a priest has been revoked
The Year in Review: escalating art attacks and responses to war
This year has been marked by a rising number of politically-motivated attacks on art. But we should not forget the power of art to unite diverse groups of people
Nan Goldin supported by protesters as she pleads for Gaza at Berlin opening
In an impassioned speech at the Neue Nationalgalerie, the artist accused Germany of gagging artists and conflating anti-Zionism with antisemitism
Three climate activists charged following Stonehenge paint protest
The members of Just Stop Oil are set to appear in court next month
A slither of hope: ‘artivists’ bring colour and snake-themed protest to Cop29
The Artivist Network organised a range of actions at the summit that both highlighted the serious costs of climate breakdown and interrupted what can be a drab visual environment
Sponsorship, sustainability and security: what’s the future for UK museums?
The directors of the British Museum, V&A East and Tate Modern talked activism, funding, empire and more in a wide-ranging discussion on The Art Newspaper’s Week in Art podcast
Exhibition at Columbia University seeks to bring renewed attention to war in Gaza
Two-day exhibition organised by student activists and outside collaborators comes sixth months after the height of the campus encampment movement
Australian museum under fire for acquiring object linked to protesters' attack on well-known painting
Politicians have slammed the museum for ‘glorifying’ the attack on Frederick McCubbin’s ‘Down on his luck’
Students at School of the Art Institute of Chicago hold walkout in support of Palestine
SAIC students continue to protest the school’s ties to defence contractors
Just Stop Oil protestors place high-vis jacket on ancient Greek statue at the British Museum
The campaign group dressed up a sculpture of the goddess Demeter and added a speech bubble beside it reading “just stop famine”