Officials at the Gallerie degli Uffizi in Florence say that the 15th-century painting was not damaged thanks to protective glass cover

Workers at the museum have been without a contract since forming a union in 2020

The campaign group, Just Stop Oil, has targeted famous works at Kelvingrove, Courtauld and Manchester Art Gallery

Two demonstrators are in police custody after they attached themselves to a 19th-century landscape by Horatio McCulloch at the Kelvingrove Art Gallery

The artist Cian Dayrit says the group were “detained long before there was any idea on what basis we were being held”

Demonstrators gathered outside the museum's annual Party in the Garden gala to confront honouree Mellody Hobson, chair of the Starbucks board, who they claim is complicit in the company's union-busting efforts

A recent investigation revealed that rather than divest his chemical weapons divisions, as he claimed he would, Kanders has reconfigured his holdings

Sri Lankan gallery owner Saskia Fernando says artists have found ‘an opportunity to use their art for greater purpose’ in response to the country’s economic and political turmoil

Around 100 demonstrators rallied outside the institution during its gala, hoping to give greater urgency to ongoing negotiations with museum leaders

The rally comes as faculty who have already unionised seek to secure their first contract and staff members undertake a vote to form their own union

Guests arriving at Tuesday’s reception were handed leaflets explaining the current state of negotiations between the newly formed union and museum administration

BP or not BP demonstrated against the museum's partnership with the oil giant over the weekend

The Central State Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the capital sustained some damage, according to a government statement

Amid calls to boycott the Havana Biennial, artists and dealers are using Miami Art Week as a bullhorn

Archaeologists and museum professionals "urge" institution to cut ties with British Petroleum company

Proposed legislation aimed at cracking down on unruly protests may criminalise protest art

Demonstrators plant cardboard tombstones outside a New York courthouse to call attention to Purdue Pharma’s role in deaths from the opioid painkiller Oxycontin

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

Demonstrators argue the museum is complicit in mass incarceration and the gentrification of Chinatown

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

Otero Alcántara’s hunger strike and calls for free speech and artistic freedom in Cuba has drawn international attention

Dozens gather to denounce sexualised depiction of actress with her skirt flying up

"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

Tumult over his former business ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein brought pressure for him to step down

Accusing the museum of elitism, alliance says its ultimate goal is “disassembling” the institution

Decision raises questions about his future role at the museum after artists call for him to go

Members of the collective argue that the museum implicitly supported construction of a jail

Signers allude to his payments to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and other financial ties

Plus, India reconstructs its history and Navid Nuur on Walter de Maria

We ask artists, writers and experts on Middle Eastern art about their memories of the revolutionary movements—and what they think the lasting legacies are